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    determinations of the human emotion of empathy. Why was empathy chosen to determine whether or not something was human? Because it seems that empathy “existed only within the human community‚ whereas intelligence to some degree could be found throughout every phylum and order including the arachnids” and including androids and other mechanical beings. Because humans are the only living creature known to have empathy‚ it is chosen as one of the distinguishing factors between humans and androids in Dick’s novel

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    Sea Anemones

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    Sea anemones are members of the Phylum Cnidarian. The cnidarians include the anemones‚ jellyfish‚ coral‚ Portuguese man-of-war and hydroids. Their characteristics include a soft body with two tissue layers arranged around a central gut cavity. A ring of tentacles surrounds a central mouth‚ and the tentacles endure stinging cells which contain nematocysts used to capture food and for defense. ("Marine Life Profile: Sea Anemones”) The two basic body forms among the cnidarians are the polyp‚ which looks

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    A Dolphin Organism Evolves Anthony Youmans BIO/101 Pamela Buckman April 13‚ 2013 Kingdom: Anamalia‚ Phylum: Cordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Cetacea‚ Sub-order: Odontoceti‚ Family: Delphinidae‚ Genus: Delphinus‚ Species: Delphi’s‚ or better known as‚ Dolphin. Dolphins occupy all oceans and major seas‚ even some are in larger river systems. This paper will cover characteristics of a dolphin‚ the ancestry to the modern dolphin‚ and what adaptations the dolphin has gone through to be the survivor

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    anthropogenic/ man made phenomenon - based on principles of ecology IV. Applications 1. to understand responses of organisms 2. to make models for predictions 3. to address environmental issues 5 KINGDOM SYSTEM Levels of organization: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Latin – used in naming organisms because it is a dead language - genus and species are taken = scientific name 5 Kingdoms: I. Monera = bacteria - Among the first forms of life over 3.5 billion years ago

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    Humboldt Squid Dosidicus gigas Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida Suborder: Oegopsina Family: Ommastephidae Genus: Dosidicus Species: Dosidicus gigas Ecological Geographic range: Receives its name from its main location - the Humboldt Current This current is found in the East Pacific Ocean region The Humboldt squids are sometimes found along the coastal region of California‚ Oregon‚ Alaska and Washington Generally‚ found about 2‚300 feet below

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    Chapter 10: The Triploblastic‚ Acoelomate Body Plan 1) Which of the following is not an acoelomate? a) Platyhelminthes c) Gastrotrichia b) Rotifera d) Turbellaria 2) Three important characteristics first appeared in the acoelomates. Which of the following is not one of them? a) bilateral symmetry c) an excretory system b) a true mesoderm d) nervous tissues 3) Acoelomates lack a body cavity because the __________ cells completely fills the area between the

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    Mr. Chew Tyng Yong Abstract Mollusks and Crustaceans can be found vastly around the world. Arthropods have 1‚170‚000 described species‚ and account for over 80% of all known living animal species and Mollusca being the largest marine phylum‚ comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. With such diversity of these marine animals‚ the answer to many diseases are waiting to be discovered through the discovery of new bioactive compounds in them such as Chitin. It is proven that

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    The Himalayan Cat is a domestic cat or Felis catus‚ which is “a small‚ usually furry‚ domesticated‚ carnivorous mammal” (Wikipedia‚ 2012‚ Para 1). It is more commonly referred to as the “house cat”. Its taxonomic classification group is “animalia chordata mammalia carnivora felidae felis catus” (Ramel‚ 2012‚ Para 1). According to Ramel (2012) archaeological evidence suggests that modern cats lineage‚ recognizably similar to our present day species‚ began to emerge about 25 MYA and during the last

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    watching the scene of the so called “Zombie Fungi‚” being really fascinated by it. The cordyceps belong in the kingdom of fungi‚ different from plants and animals. Although some people claim the Cordyceps is both plant and animal. Belonging to the Phylum “Ascomycota” or the sac fungi‚ and the Genus is named Cordyceps. I would focus on a single species‚ however‚ there are over 400 different species of Cordyceps found in Asia‚ Australia‚ China‚ Europe‚ North America‚ Russia. The one I’m going to be

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    the five kingdoms. Organisms that were in the kingdom prokaryotae‚ which contain unicellular organisms that don’t have a nucleus‚ are separated into two domains. These are called Archaea and Bacteria. The lower hierarchy stays the same – kingdom‚ phylum‚ class‚ order‚ family‚

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