UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ DISCUSS THE SEVEN ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS
IN ANIMALS.
¨ DESCRIBE THE THREE BASIC TRENDS IN ANIMAL
EVOLUTION.
¨ DESCRIBE AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE
MAJOR INVERTEBRATE PHYLA.
¨ COMPARE THE WAYS DIFFERENT INVERTEBRATES
CARRY OUT THEIR ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS.
¨ DISCUSS FORM AND FUNCTION IN THE VARIOUS
CLASSES OF VERTEBRATES.
¨ DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF
VERTEBRATES.
¨ COMPARE TYPES OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN
VERTEBRATES.
¨ DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF PRIMATES.
¨ COMPARE THE WAYS IN WHICH VERTEBRATES CARRY
OUT THEIR ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS.
¨ DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF THE MAJOR VERTEBRATE
CLASSES.
¨ COMPARE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE MAJOR ORGANS
OF VERTEBRATES.
¨ IDENTIFY ANIMALS FROM THE DIFFERENT PHYLA
AND CLASSES.
¨ OBTAIN TWO ARTICLES DEALING WITH
VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES AND WRITE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR THEM.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS TWENTY-TWO