Chapter 33 connect
What morphological features have traditionally been used to classify animals, but are now recognized as being less useful in determining evolutionary relationships than originally thought?
- segmentation - presence/absence of a coelom
Approximately how many animal species have been described so far?
1 million
Animals with radial symmetry have _____ germ layers, and animals with bilateral symmetry have ____ germ layer
2,3
An estimated ______ species of animals await discovery and classification.
2-5 million
What is a hydrostatic skeleton?
A fluid-filled body cavity surrounded by muscle that provides shape and support to the body.
Which is a blastula
A hollow sphere of cells produced early in the development of an animal embryo
Acoelomate
Animal that lacks a fluid-filled body cavity
Pseudocoelomate
Animal with a body cavity not completely lined with tissue from the mesoderm
Coelomate
Animal with a fluid-filled body cavity lined with tissue from the mesoderm
In the deuterostomes, the blastopore of the animal becomes the
Anus
Place the following steps in the history of animal life on earth in order. Begin with the first event at the top and end with the last event at the bottom.
Appearance of invertebrate animals The Cambrian explosion of animal diversity Appearance of vertebrate animals Colonization of land The post Cretaceous explosion of mammalian diversity
Animals that are bilaterally symmetric are place in the group
Bilateral
Animals that are bilaterally symmetrical are placed in the group
Bilateria
Animals that have a dorsal and a ventral side, have an anterior and posterior end, and exhibit cephalization belong to the group
Bilateria
Based on the type of symmetry that they display, animals such as grasshoppers, mice, and ostriches are placed in the group
Bilateria
Which of these animal groups exhibit radial symmetry?
Cnidarians
Providing support and shape to the body of an organism and cushioning internal organs against injury from external forces are two of the advantages of having a(n)
Coelom
What happens during gastrulation?
Different cell layers are produced in a developing embryo.
Molecular studies indicate that the protostomes are divided into two clades: the ____ and the ____
Ecdysozoa and lophotrochozoa
The nervous system and the epidermis arise from the embryonic germ layer called the
Ectoderm
The layer of cells that lines the primitive digestive tract (the archenteron) during gastrulation is called the _____ , while the layer of cells differentiating into the nervous system and epidermis is called the _____.
Endoderm, ectoderm
The three embryonic germ layers are called
Endoderm, ectoderm, mesoderm
Ectoderm is essential in the formation of the:
Epidermis, nervous system
All animals belong to the domain
Eukarya
True or false: Both traditional and molecular methods agree that the presence of a coelom is a useful character to use in the construction of phylogenies.
False
Which of the following include features traditionally used by biologists to classify animal diversity?
Features of embryonic development Number of germ layers Type of body symmetry
Which of the following include features traditionally used by biologists to classify animal diversity?
Features of embryonic development Type of body symmetry Number of germ layers
Place the steps of germ layer formation in sequential order. Start with the earliest step on top.
Fertilization produces a zygote Cleavage Formation of a blastula Gastrulation begins Formation of distinct ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm
The use of molecular data to construct phylogenetic trees is based on the premise that more closely related species exhibit _____sequence differences than distantly related ones.
Fewer
What are Hox genes?
Genes responsible for pattern formation of the body and appendages in early embryos.
Embryonic cell layer are called
Germ layers
Embryonic cell layers are called
Germ layers
Which of the following are characteristics found in all animals?
Heterotrophic Characteristic cell junctions Extracellular matrix Multicellularity
Genes involved in pattern formation of the body and appendages in early embryos are
Hox genes
A(n) _____ skeleton is a fluid-filled body cavity surrounded by muscle that provides shape and support to the animal's body.
Hydrostatic
Which of the following include functions of the fluid in the body cavity of an animal?
It provides shape and support. It can act as a circulatory system. It plays a role in animal movement.
What are germ layers?
Layers of cells in an embryo that form the organs
In what supergroup are animals classified?
Opisthokonta
With regard to phylogenetic trees based on morphological data and molecular data:
Phylogenies based on molecular data tend to be more accurate
Which animal phyla lack tissue differentiation?
Porifera only
Members of the phylum ____ are not generally thought to possess specialized tissue types or organs, although they may have several distinct types of cells
Porifera, Sponges, or Parazoa
Which of the following animal characteristics occurs only within the Bilateria?
Presence of a fluid-filled body cavity
Which of the following statements about the number of embryonic germ layers is true?
Radially symmetric organisms have two, while bilaterally symmetric organisms have three
In the figure, the jellyfish (left) is an example of animal that exhibits _____symmetry, and the crab (right) is an example of an animal that exhibits _____ symmetry.
Radially, bilaterally
Animals that can be divided equally by any longitudinal plane passing through the central axis are said to be _____ symmetric, while animals that can be divided along a vertical plane at the midline to create two halves are _____symmetric.
Radially, bilateraly
One of the most commonly used nucleotide sequences obtained during molecular phylogenetic analysis is:
SSU rRNA
The specialization of body regions is a major advantage of _____ in those animals that possess such a body plan.
Segmentation
Animals that would be placed in the group Bilateria include:
Spider Lobster Horse
Germ layers develop in all animals except
Sponges
_____refers to the existence of balanced proportions of the body on either side of a median plane.
Symmetry
____refers to the existence of balanced proportions of the body on either side of a median plane.
Symmetry
Which of the following accurately describes animals with a segmented body plan?
The animal's body is divided into nearly identical units.
What statement about the endoderm and ectoderm is correct?
The ectoderm differentiates into the nervous system and epidermis, while the endoderm lines the digestive tract.
How are presence of a coelom and segmentation used to classify animals?
They are useful in describing body structure, but less useful in understanding evolutionary relationships
Which of the following is true of animals within the group Bilateria?
They have a left and right side that are mirror images of each other.
How do traditional and molecular phylogeneticists view the use of body cavity in animal classification?
Traditional phylogeny used the presence or absence of a body cavity; molecular phylogeny suggests this is not a useful method of classification.
Which of the following statements best describes the difference between triploblastic and diploblastic animals?
Triploblastic animals develop a mesoderm; diploblastic animals do not.
Animals belonging to the group Bilateria exhibit what anatomical characteristics?
a dorsal and a ventral side cephalization an anterior and a posterior end
An animal is an organism best described as being:
a multicellular heterotroph that lacks cell walls and is motile at some point during its life cycle
Animals lacking a body cavity are called ____.
acoelomates
Advantages of a body cavity include:
acting as a rudimentary circulatory system enabling movement and growth of internal organs independently of the outer body wall providing support and shape to an organism cushioning internal organs
Cephalization is an advantage in animals because it:
allows for detection and response to predators and other encountered dangers allows animals to better detect and consume prey
Multicellular heterotrophs lacking cell walls are known as
animals
What end of the animal body is towards the front or head?
anterior
The fluid in the body cavity of an animal can:
assist with movement, act as a circulatory system, and provide shape
What is the posterior end of the body?
back or rear
Most animals are _____ symmetric
bilaterally
In the animal kingdom, the majority of species are:
bilaterally symmetric
Which of the following is true of deuterostomes?
blastopore develops into anus
During embryonic development, a hollow sphere of cells called the _____ forms following rapid mitotic division of the zygote.
blastula
Animals classified as radially symmetric ______, while animals classified as bilaterally symmetric ______.
can be divided into similar halves by any plane along the main axis; when cut in only one plane, the two halves are mirror images of each other
An advantage of _____ is the ability to detect and respond to food and predators by animals that encounter their environment initially with their head.
cephalization
The closest living relatives of animals are the
choanoflagellates
Which of the following are features associated with animals that are radially symmetric?
circular- or tubular-shaped with a mouth at one end can be divided equally by any longitudinal plane passing through the central axis
In a bilaterally symmetrical animal, a(n) _____ is a fluid-filled body cavity, which develops entirely within the mesoderm.
coelom
Within the Bilateria, animals can be divided into three major divisions based on the presence and structure of a body cavity called the
coelom
Which of the following is the most likely ancestor from which animals evolved?
colonial flagellated protist
Animals that undergo embryonic development where the blastopore develops into the animals' anus are called
deuterostomes
In ______, the blastopore becomes the anus, and the mouth is formed from a secondary opening.
deuterostomes
The upper surface of an animal, an organ, or a body part is the ___ side
dorsal
What is a coelom?
fluid filled body cavity
A process called _____ is the inward folding of the blastula, resulting in the development of different cell layers in the growing embryo.
gastrulation
In the developing embryo, invagination of the blastula, known as ______, is necessary to allow germ layers to form.
gastrulation
The formation of different cell layers in a growing embryo is called:
gastrulation
The anterior end of an animal's body is the ______ region of the body.
head
The first animals did not have a backbone. These types of animals are collectively called
invertebrates
What is an advantage of segmentation?
it allows for specialization of body regions
Ventral typically refers to the
lower side of an animal's body.
The gene that encodes the small subunit of ribosomal RNA is often used for:
molecular phylogenetic analysis
Protostomes are animals where the embryonic blastopore becomes the:
mouth
Animals are:
multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls
The back or rear of the body is called the ___ end.
posterior
Animals that undergo embryonic development where the embryonic blastopore develops to become the animal's mouth are
protostomes
Cnidarians (jellyfish) are ______ symmetric animals.
radially
Animals that are circular or tubular in shape are typically:
radially symmetric
When an animal's body is divided into a number of nearly identical units or regions, it has a(n) ______ body plan.
segmented
Some of the earliest-diverging animals, such as , __________________ had no plane of symmetry.
sponges
Which of the following groups of animals are asymmetric?
sponges
Which of the following groups of animals do not develop embryonic germ layers?
sponges
Animals can be divided into categories according to the type of ____ their body displays.
symmetry
Based on recent studies of molecular phylogeny, scientists suggest that:
the Protostomes are divided into two clades, the Ecdysozoa and Lophotrochozoa
Animals of the Bilateria with all three distinct germ layers are referred to as _____, whereas _____ refers to animals of the Radiata that have only two germ layers.
triploblastic, diploblastic
Morphological and developmental features typically used to classify animals into taxonomic groups include:
type of body symmetry, number of germ layers, and features of embryonic development
Dorsal refers to the
upper side of an animal's body.
The underside or lower surface of the body is called the ____ side.
ventral