ZOOLOGY
HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Aristotle 384 BC
Classified organisms as either plants or animals
Considered the investigation of living things, and especially animals, central to the theoretical study of nature
Works provide a record of the first systematic and comprehensive study of animals
Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778
Ernst Mayr 1904-2005
•Swedish Botanist
•Systema Naturae, 10ed
•1758
•Classification system
•Taxonomic groups of related organisms
•Binomial nomenclature
•two names
•Genus + species
•Capitalized, Italics
Believed that when populations within a species become isolated by geography, feeding strategy, mate choice, or other means, they may start to differ from other populations through genetic drift and natural selection, and over time may evolve into new species.
Creating your E-Bird account
Learning about birds is FUN!
1. Go to the eBird website : http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
2. Click on the My eBird tab
3. On the right portion of the screen, click on create an account
4. The website will ask a few personal questions and you'll be ready to go after that.
5. Now that your account is created, you are free to look up birds that have been sighted near you.
E-Bird
E-Bird is an application that can be used to track different birds in specific locations at a real time
E-Bird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
Silver Breasted Broadbill -- It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow--Found in most parts of the world
American Robin
American Eagle
E-Mammal
E-mammal was an application similar to the eBird application. For this specific assignment we were to go through the pictures that were captured and to create a story line in a powerpoint presentation form.
8 CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
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CELLULAR ORGANIZATION
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REPRODUCTION
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METABOLISM
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HOMEOSTASIS
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HEREDITY
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RESPONSE TO STIMULI
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GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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ADAPTATION THROUGH EVOLUTION
Animal Characteristics Assignment
In this specific Zoology class, we were assigned at random, a specific Phylum/Class/Order to present in Powerpoint format. We were asked to identify and discuss various properties and characteristics associated with the animal that was assigned to us. For the semester we were assigned a total of two animals. On the left the animal is called a Diplopoda. Its common name is a millipede. On the right the animal is called an Echinoidea. Its common name is a sea urchin.
Please click on the video to view my Powerpoint Presentation
Characteristics of Life
Animal Characterization
SIX KINGDOMS
