Brooklyn College BIOL 1010 : Lecture Guide (topic vi)

VI. The Diversity of Life

Text: pages 303-316, 320-330, 334-337, 343-365

1. Classification and Phylogeny
2. Prokaryotes
3. Eukaryotes
4. Plant/Animal Evolution
5. Invertebrate Phyla
6. Vertebrate classes

Learning Objectives:

1. You should be able to use and define/describe the following words:

kingdom		species		bacteria
archaebacteria		protist		fungi
plant		animal		halophile
mesophile		thermophile		acidophile
moneran		hypha		mycelia
unicellular		multicellular		photosynthesis
taxonomy		autotroph		heterotroph
phylogeny		invertebrate		vertebrate

2. You should be able to:
1. Name at least 3 differences among bacteria, protists, fungi, plants and animals.
2. Describe the major differences between archaebacteria and eubacteria.
3. List in descending order the taxonomic categories starting with Kingdom.
4. Describe the major differences between fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

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