BIODIVERSITY LAB FOR BIOLOGY 2108

BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES:

Course Text (Campbell, et al., 6^th and 7^theds.):

Ch. 29 & 30 – Plant Kingdom
Ch. 31 – Fungi
Ch. 32 – 34 Animal Kingdom

Additional Web Sites:

http://science.kennesaw.edu/biophys/biodiversity (this link requires a password)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html

BIODIVERSITY STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM:

The Biodiversity Exam will consist of short-answer questions. The following is a listing of the information you will be responsible for:

Plant Kingdom

Describe the transition from aquatic green algae to land plants.  In what ways are they similar?

non-vascular (nontracheophyte) plants - Common name examples.  How do these differ from the vascular (tracheophyte) plants?

non-seed bearing vascular plants - Common-name examples.  How do these differ from the seed-bearing plants?

conifers (Gymnosperm) and flowering (Angiosperm) plants - Differences between and common name examples.

monocot and dicot flowering plants - Differences between and common name examples. 

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Fungi

Typical modes of obtaining nutrients in this Kingdom.

Phylum Zygomycota: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples.

Phylum Ascomycota: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples.

Phylum Basidiomycota: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples. 

The ecological significance of mycorrhizae;  the ecological relationship of organisms that compose lichens.

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Animals

Phylum Porifera:  Distinguishing characteristics and common name for this phylum.  How do they feed?

Phylum Cnidaria: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples.  How do they feed?

Phylum Rotifera: Distinguishing characteristics.

Phylum Nematoda: Distinguishing characteristics and common name for this phylum.  Provide an example of how they obtain food.

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Distinguishing characteristics and common name for this phylum. 

Phylum Annelida: Common name examples.

Phylum Mollusca: Common name examples.

Phylum Tardigrada: Distinguishing characteristics and common name for this phylum. 

Phylum Arthropod: Distinguishing characteristics of this phylum.   Provide common name examples of organisms for the following groups within in this phylum:

• Trilobites
  
• Chelicerates
  
• Crustaceans
  
• Myriapods
• Insects: Know a common name example and type of metamorphosis for each of the following insects orders:

Incomplete Metamorphosis: Odonata, Orthoptera, Isoptera, Hemiptera
Complete Metamorphosis: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera

What is the difference between incomplete and complete metamorphosis?

Phylum Echinodermata: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples.

Phylum Chordata: Distinguishing characteristics of this phylum. 

What features do tunicates have in common with other chordate groups?

Amphioxus, agnathans, cartilaginous fish, bony fish: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples .

Classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples .

monotreme, marsupial, and placental mammals: Distinguishing characteristics and common name examples.