Five Kingdom( Six Kingdom Survey)
Key Concepts
What are the the Characteristics of the Three Domains?
What are the major Characteristics of the following kingdoms of life on earth?
Archaebacteria
Prokaryotae
Protocista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
How do Archaebacteria differ from Eubacteria and Cyanobacteria( Think extremophiles)
What are the characteristics of prokaryote cells? How do prokaryote cells differ from eukaryote cells?
How do eukaryote cells illustrate a jump in evolution through these characteristics? Differentiation, Specialization, Growth and Development,Mitosis and Meiosis( Cell division),
What are the characteristics of the different members of the Protocista?
What is the Endosymbiont Theory proposed by Lynn Margulis?
What is the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates?
What do these animal words mean?
vertebrate
invertebrate
tissue
cephalization
symmetry( bilateral and radial)
dorsal and ventral
anterior and posterior
chordate
notochord
embryological development( protostome versus deuterostome)
embryological connections and comparison in evolution
endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm
amniote egg
respiration
excretion
neurulation
circulatory system( open and closed)
coelom ( body cavity)
mantle
foot
exoskeleton
flame cells
nephridia
gills
lungs
Know the names of all the major phyla in all of the kingdoms
Know the major phyla of the animal kingdom
Be able to differentiate between the groups of Vertebrates
Fish
Cartilaginous and Bony
Amphibia
Reptilia
Aves
Mammalia
Plant Classification
Plant terms
Discuss the evolutionary steps from algae( water plant) to land plants in terms of relationship to retain water, reproduce, support growth, and develop and adapt to changes in the environment
Be able to explain the differences between monocots and dicots
Be able to describe the steps in the sexual reproduction of plants( flowering )
Bryophyte( Moss and liverworts)
Non tracheophyte
Gametophyte
Sporophyte
Alternation of generations
Spore
Diploid and haploid
Tracheophyte
(Ferns, Pine trees, flowering plants)
Vascular tissue( xylem and phloem )
Support tissue( herbacious versus woody)
Sexual reproduction
naked seeds( Gymnosperms)
seeds in fruit or protective covering ( Angiosperms)
Monocots versus dicots