Explain why it is necessary to fertilize soils in which crop plants are grown. Noncoelomate Animals Understand how the animals are organized and how this organization is different from that of plants, fungi, protists and prokaryotes. Compare bilateral symmetry to primary and secondary radial symmetry. Differentiate between protostomes and deuterostomes. Explain the structural and physiological changes that occur in parasitic organisms using the flatworms as examples.
Vertebrates Indicate the four principal characteristics of chordates.
Compare the two non-vertebrate chordates with each other and to the vertebrates. Indicate the major characteristics possessed by all vertebrates and those features that separate them into seven classes. Know the characteristics required to evolve a terrestrial form of life from an aquatic one. Differentiate between endothermy and ectothermy, the advantages and disadvantages of each and indicate which classes of vertebrates fit into each category. Describe the general characteristics and functions of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle and nervous tissue.