Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24.2, Problem 1CYL
Summary Introduction
To describe:
The differences between the body organization of sponges and all other animals.
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There are approximately nine major phyla in kingdom Animalia. The phyla are classified based on their common characteristics and differences among them.
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Chapter 24 Solutions
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 24.1 - Can you... list the characteristics that...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 24.2 - describe the different types of body symmetry,...Ch. 24.2 - give examples of animal groups with each type of...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 24.3 - Physicians Assistants Another invertebrate animal...Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 24.3 - If you have ever accidentally walked into a spider...Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 24.3 - list some member organisms in each of these...
Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 2TCCh. 24.3 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 24.3 - Prob. 3TCCh. 24.3 - What advantage does a digestive system with two...Ch. 24.3 - Why does pouring sail on a leech harm it?Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 6TCCh. 24.3 - How might insects wings have contributed to their...Ch. 24 - Insects are the largest group of animals on Earth....Ch. 24 - __________ Animals obtain energy by __________;...Ch. 24 - Prob. 1MCCh. 24 - Prob. 1RQCh. 24 - Prob. 2ACCh. 24 - Bilaterally symmetrical animals have __________...Ch. 24 - Prob. 2MCCh. 24 - Prob. 2RQCh. 24 - Animals that have an anterior and posterior end...Ch. 24 - Prob. 3MCCh. 24 - Briefly describe each of the following...Ch. 24 - Lophotrochozoans and ecdysozoans (molting animals)...Ch. 24 - Prob. 4MCCh. 24 - Prob. 4RQCh. 24 - Prob. 5FIBCh. 24 - Prob. 5MCCh. 24 - Prob. 5RQCh. 24 - Three major groups within the mollusks are the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 6RQCh. 24 - Prob. 7FIBCh. 24 - Prob. 7RQCh. 24 - For each of the following distinctive structures,...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8RQ
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