What does it mean for an organism to be an animal? What does it mean for an animal to be an invertebrate?
What are the three categories as it relates to animal body plan symmetry? What do these categories mean and give examples of animals in each of these categories?
What are some of the factors which cause sponges to be unique compared to other animals?
Compare the functions of the Choanocytes, Pinacocytes, Porocytes and Amebocytes in sponges.
What forms of reproduction are sponges capable of?
Describe the structure and function of cnidocytes and nematocysts.
What forms of reproduction are Cnidarians capable of?
Compare and contrast the major classes of Cnidarians described in the lecture notes.
What are zooxanthellae and how do they relate to anthozoan cnidarians?
Compare and contrast Cnidarians and Ctenophores. How are they similar? How are they different? If you were presented with a living specimen, how would you determine which group it belonged to?
Pick and describe one of the bilaterally symmetrical marine worms. Be sure to mention its phylum, diet, environment / oceanic region that it would be found in, and if there are any significant human interactions that this species or group is known for.
Compare and contrast the classes of molluscs mentioned in the lecture notes.
Pick and describe a specific species of mollusk. Be sure to mention its name, its two-part scientific name, which class it is in, what its diet is, which marine environment it is a part of and what sort of interactions it has with humans. (Note: You will need information beyond just the lecture notes to answer this question, but information from the textbook is sufficient. Other sources of information may be used as well.)
Pick and describe a specific species of marine arthropod. Be sure to mention its name, its two-part scientific name, which class it is in, what its diet is, which marine environment it is a part of and what sort of interactions it has with humans. (Note: You will need information beyond just the lecture notes to answer this question, but information from the textbook is sufficient. Other sources of information may be used as well.)
What are lophophorates, what phyla are included and what features do they share?
Compare and contrast the classes of echinoderms presented in the lecture notes.
How can an organism be both an invertebrate and a Chordate? What are the two subphyla of invertebrate chordates and how do they compare to each other.