BIOLOGY ONE
SECOND SEMESTER FINAL EXAM REVIEW GUIDE
CHAPTER 10 EVOLUTION
Describe Lamark’s evolutionary theory
Describe Darwin’s evolutionary theory
What does fitness mean?
Distinguish between artificial and natural selection.
How does fossil evidence support the theory of evolution?
What is comparative anatomy?
How is comparative physiology beginning to connect all living things?
CHAPTER 17 CLASSIFICATION
Write the names of the classification groups in order from largest to smallest!
Describe three reasons to classify organisms!
CHAPTER 24 ALGAE MOSS AND FERNS
Describe the life cycle of gymnosperms in detail including the sporophyte and the gametophyte!
Describe as many differences as possible between the gymnosperms and angiosperms!
What are the general characteristics of algae
Describe the general strucure of moss
What is unique about the ferns?
CHAPTER 25 PLANTS WITH SEEDS
Compare seeds and spores
Describe the life cycle of angiosperms in detail including the sporophyte and the gametophyte
What are the three parts of the seed and what does each part do?
CHAPTER 26 PLANT STRUCTURE
What are the differences between monocot and dicot flowers?
What are the differences between monocot and dicot stems?
What are the differences between monocot and dicot roots?
What are the differences between monocot and dicot leaves?
CHAPTER 27 SPONGES CNIDARIANS AND UNSEGMENTED WORMS
What are the general characteristics of the sponges
What are the general characteristics of the cnidarians
What are the general characteristics of the flatworms
What are the general characteristics of the roundworms
What is a gastrovascular cavity and what does it do?
What phylum has the first complete digestive system?
CHAPTER 28 MOLLUSKS ANNELIDS AND ECHINODERMS
What are the general characteristics of the mollusks
What are the general characteristics of the annelids
What are the general characteristics of the echinoderms
What is the difference between radial and bilateral symetry
CHAPTER 29 ARTHROPODS
What are the general characteristics of the arthropods
What has allowed the arthropods to be so successful?
What does arthropod mean?
CHAPTER 30 FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS
What are the general characteristics of the fish?
What are the general characteristics of the amphibians
CHAPTER 31 REPTILES AND BIRDS
What are the general characteristics of the reptiles?
What are the general characteristics of the birds?
CHAPTER 32 MAMMALS
Describe the evolution of the vertebrate heart from the fishes to the mammals
Describe the evolution of the vertebrate brain from the fishes to the mammals.
Describe the vertebrate skeleton.
What are the general characteristics of the mammals?