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    Animalia Kingdom: Characteristics

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    This document summarizes key characteristics of the Animalia kingdom. It describes that animals are eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms that engage in sexual reproduction. It then classifies animals as either invertebrates without backbones or vertebrates with backbones. Finally, it outlines various animal systems including respiratory, circulatory, excretory, sensory, and reproductive systems.

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    This document summarizes key characteristics of the Animalia kingdom. It describes that animals are eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms that engage in sexual reproduction. It then classifies animals as either invertebrates without backbones or vertebrates with backbones. Finally, it outlines various animal systems including respiratory, circulatory, excretory, sensory, and reproductive systems.

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    This document summarizes key characteristics of the Animalia kingdom. It describes that animals are eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms that engage in sexual reproduction. It then classifies animals as either invertebrates without backbones or vertebrates with backbones. Finally, it outlines various animal systems including respiratory, circulatory, excretory, sensory, and reproductive systems.

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    Animalia Kingdom

    Characteristics:
     Eukaryotic
     Multicellular
     Heterotrophic
     Sexual reproduction (generally)
     Ability to move

    Classification:
     Invertebrates:  Vertebrates:
    * No internal skeleton with a vertebral * Internal skeleton with a vertebral column.
    column.
    * Body divided in 3 parts: Head, torso and
    * Rigid outer layer to protect their body. extremities.

    * Symmetry: radial, bilateral or assymetry. * Bilateral Symmetry.

    * Oviparous (metamorphosis) * Oviparous, viviparous or ovoviviparous.

    * Porifera, Cnidarians, worms, molluscs, * Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals
    arthropods & echinoderms.

    Vital Functions:

    Nutrition:
     Difference between feeding and nutrition.

     Feeding: The process of in-taking food.


     Digestion: A process through which food is transformed onto nutrients.

    No digestive system
    (Sponge)

    Gastrovascular cavity
    Animals
    (Jellyfish)
    Simple
    Digestive system No glands
    (Annelids)
    Digestive tract
    Complex
    With glands
    (Humans)
    Very thin tubes
    Tracheae
    Spiracles

    Live in water or wet


    Surface of the body places
    Very thin skin
    Respiratory system
    Sheet-like structures
    or filaments
    Gills
    Liquids flow (O2 <-
    >CO2)

    Sponge-like organs
    made up of millios f
    Lungs
    tiny tubes or cavities
    (alveoli)

    Fluid is able
    Open move in and out
    hte vessels
    Circulatory
    system
    The circulting
    Closed fluid never
    leaves the vessels
    Respiratory organs CO2

    Excretory system
    Filter the circulating
    Excretory organs fluids and pick up
    the waste

    Interaction:

    Sensory organs
    Coordination Effectors
    (Send information (Execution of
    (Interpretation of
    gathered from the responses)
    perceived stimuli)
    environment )
    Simple eyes

    Photoreceptors
    Compound eyes

    Camera-type eyes

    Mechanoreceptors

    Sound receptors

    Sensory organs
    Touch receptors

    Chemoreceptors
    Vibration or
    movement

    Antennae, nostrils,
    tongue

    Thermoreceptors Loreal pit


    Nervous
    system
    Coordination
    Endocrine
    system

    The locomotor
    system
    Effectors
    The glands
    Reproduction:

    Budding

    Asexual

    Fragmentation

    Gonads

    Gamete formation Unisexual


    Reproduction
    Sex of individuals

    Hermaphrodite

    Internal

    Fertilisation

    Sexual External

    Without
    impermeable shell

    Oviparous (eggs)

    With an
    impermeable shell
    Embryonic Viviparous
    development (mother´s uterus)

    Ovoviviparous
    (Inside an egg which
    is inside the female)

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