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Objectives for Unit 2 POPULATION Classification: Concepts and Principle

1. Define taxonomy. (P.125)
2. Explain the function of classification systems. (p. 125-126, 130-132)
3. Explain how classification today is based on increasingly narrower categories, using the species as the basic identifying level. (P. 128)
4. Define nomenclature. (P.129)
5. Describe the binomial system of nomenclature used in modern biology. (P.129-130)
6. Name the five kingdoms used in modern biology and describe the main characteristics of each. (Section 7-2)
7. Explain the advantages of the five kingdom system of classification.(p. 133 incomplete)
8. Show how taxonomic keys, often dichotomous in nature, can be used to help classify certain organisms. (P. 136-137) ** There will be an exercise in this objective.

Brief Survey of Plants

1. Define botany.
2. List the general characteristics of plants. (P.671)
3. List the general characteristics of bryophytes, the nonvascular land plants, and relate these characteristics to the limitations of the natural habitat of bryophytes. (P.671)
4. List the general characteristics of tracheophytes, the vascular land plants, and relate these characteristics to the greater adaptability of vascular plants over nonvascular plants to terrestrial habitats. (P.672-676)
5. List possible reasons why angiosperms are more diverse in number and kind than any other plant group. (P.677-678)
6. Identify evolutionary trends (e.g. from gametophyte dominant to sporophyte dominant, and methods of reproduction) demonstrated by a survey of the Kingdom Plantae. (Summative)

Brief Survey of Animals 1. Define zoology. (P.683)
2. Describe the general characteristics of animals. (P. 683)
3. Explain the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates. (P.683)
4. Distinguish between radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry. (P.684)
5. With reference to bilateral symmetry, define dorsal, ventral, anterior, and posterior. (P.684)
6. Explain the importance of the presence of a body cavity in animal classification.(p.697)
7. List the general characteristics of invertebrates.(summative)
8. Identify possible reasons why arthropods show greater diversity in number and kind than and other consumer group.(p.716-720)
9.Discuss developmental trends and the increasing complexity demonstrated by invertebrates in terms of form and function (e.g. symmetry, body cavity, separate sexes, number of tissue layers, lifestyle, body system function). (summative) ** A form will be passed out for this objective**

Invertebrate Phylum	Page Number
Sponges	685-686
Coelenterate	687-690
Flatworms	691-694
Roundworms	694-696
Annelids	696-698
Mollusks	698-701
Arthropods	707-709
Echinoderms	725-726

10. List the general characteristics of vertebrates.(p.733-736)

11. Discuss developmental trends and increasing complexity shown by vertebrates in terms of form and function, and relate such information to the greater adaptability of vertebrates. (Summative)** Design your own form of this objectives**

Vertebrate Class	Page Number
Jawless Fish	736-737
Cartilaginous Fish	737-739
Bony Fish	739-742
Amphibians	743-749
Reptiles	750-755
Birds	761-766
Mammals	766-771

12. Describe why omnivores are less vulnerable to ecological change, and can often exploit such change. Population Studies

1. Define population growth.(p.823, 864-865)
2. Describe graphical techniques for examining population growth. (P.864-865, 833 (inc)
3. Describe how population growth is dependent upon the difference between the birth rate and the death rate and the balance between emigration and immigration of organisms. (P. 865 incomplete)
4. Explain how biotic potential, environmental resistance and carrying capacity interact in population dynamics. (P.864-865)
5. Describe and illustrate with examples, population regulating mechanisms that are density- independent(eg. Intraspecific competition, interspecific competition, emigration, waste and/or toxin accumulation, disease, parasitism, and predation). (p.824-828, 867-871)
6. Apply graphing skills by using real or hypothetical data to depict population growth patterns. (P.864-865, 833)
7. Analyse population data and clearly communicate the interpretations and conclusions of this analysis. (P.864-865, 883 incomplete)

Human Population Dynamics

1. Outline the theory of demographic transition. (P.864-865 incomplete)
2. Evaluate which population phase (according to the demographic theory) is exhibited by one or two selected human populations (various countries) and outline the influence of societal and technological factors on the growth of the population. (P. 864-865 incomplete)
3. Compare how the growth of the human population differs from the population growth of other populations of organisms. (Section 37-2, p. 864-866)
4. Discuss the responsibility that humans have for regulating their own population. (P. 863-866)
5. Describe the efforts that are being made to address the problem of an expanding global human population. (P.865, SECTION 39-2)
6. Assess the effects that human activities (both beneficial and harmful, conventional and technological) are having on the environment and predict the long term effects (eg. greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, habitat destruction or improvement, conservation practices, pollution, the green revolution, human intervention, etc.). (p.865-879)
7. Evaluate alternatives that will allow the human population to co-exist in harmony with its environment. (P. 865-879)

Human Reproduction

1. List the major structures of the male and female reproductive systems and explain the function(s) of each structure. (P.457-460)
2. Compare the production of sperms and eggs (p.458-459 incomplete)
3. List the stages of the menstrual cycle and explain the role of hormones in the cycle. (P.460-462)
4. Trace the paths of sperms and eggs from their points of origin to the point at which they meet (after mating). (p.457-460, 463)
5. Summarize the processes of fertilization and implantation in humans. (P. 463-464)
6. Explain the functions of the placenta and umbilical cord during pregnancy. (P. 464-465)
7. State the origin and functions of the embryonic membranes. (P.464-465)
8. Trace the development of a zygote into a fetus. (P.463-464)
9. Describe the process of childbirth. (P.465-466)
10. Discuss some of the recent developments that relate to human reproduction such as in vitro fertilization, multiple births, surrogate motherhood, drug addiction in newborn babies, etc.. (464- 467)

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