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Exploring Zoology: A Laboratory Guide, 2e

By David G. Smith, Michael P. Schenk  •  
 2014  
•  576
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Print ISBN  9781617311567
• eBook ISBN  9781617311574
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Exploring Zoology: A Laboratory Guide, 2e, is designed to provide a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to the field of zoology. This full-color manual provides a diverse series of observational and investigative exercises, examining the anatomy, behavior, physiology, and ecology of the major invertebrate and vertebrate lineages.

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  • Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives that guides the students and focuses their attention on the essential material.
  • More than 500 full-color photographs, illustrations, and dissection diagrams are presented to clarify procedures and help students identify organisms and their anatomical features.
  • Numbered procedures are set apart from the main text, making the labs easier to follow.
  • Adequate space is provided for students to write their answers.
  • Tables are provided throughout the manual to help students summarize key information.
  • "Check Your Progress" questions ensure students are comfortable with the material they learn in each exercise.
  • Chapter-ending questions for review reinforce key concepts and content from the exercises in each chapter.
  • Many chapters contain "Laboratory Practical Challenges" to replicate the method of assessment and type of questions students may be asked on lab practical exams.

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  • An online Instructor’s Manual contains:
    • answers to all of the exercises
    • electronic access to all of the images in the manual.
What's New in this Edition
  • Updated taxonomy for many groups, especially the protists.
  • Coverage of many new animal groups, including ctenophores, rotifers, gastropods, and trilobites
  • New chapter on taxonomy and systematics
  • New chapter on jawless fishes
  • Increased coverage of birds
  • Many chapters now contain "Laboratory Practical Challenges" to replicate the types of questions students may be asked on lab practicals.
  • Geologic time scale included in the appendix.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Fundamental Laboratory Skills
Exercise 1-1: Metric Weights and Measurements
Exercise 1-2: The Compound Microscope
Exercise 1-3: Making a Wet Mount
Exercise 1-4: The Stereoscopic or Dissecting Microscope
Exercise 1-5: Basic Dissection Techniques
Exercise 1-6: Body Symmetry, Body Planes, and Body Regions
Questions for Review, Ch 1
Chapter 1 Objectives
Chapter 2: Animal Cells and Tissues
Chapter 2 Objectives
Intro Material (Understanding Cells: The Cell Theory), Ch 2
Exercise 2-3: Animal Cells
Exercise 2-2: Vertebrate Tissues
Questions for Review, Ch 2
Chapter 3: Reproduction, Regeneration, and Cell Division
Chapter 3 Objectives
Intro Material (Growth and Regeneration and The Cell Cycle), Ch 3
Exercise 3-1: Stages and Events of Mitosis
Exercise 3-2: Stages and Events of Meiosis
Exercise 3-3: Gametogenesis
Questions for Review, Ch 3
Chapter 4: Animal Development
Chapter 4 Objectives
Intro Material (Fertilization and Influence of Yolk on Cleavage Patterns), Ch 4
Exercise 4-1: Sea Star Embryonic Development
Exercise 4-2: Frog Embryonic Development
Exercise 4-3: In Vitro Fertilization with Sea Urchins
Questions for Review, Ch 4
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 4
Chapter 5: Taxonomy and Systematics
Chapter 5 Objectives
Intro Material, Ch 5
Exercise 5-1: Introduction to Classical Taxonomy
Exercise 5-2: Interpreting and Constructing Phylogenies
Questions for Review, Ch 5
Chapter 6: Animal-like Protists
Chapter 6 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 6
Exercise 6-1: Phylum Euglenozoa (Euglenoids, Kinetoplastids)
Exercise 6-2: Alveolata (Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans, Ciliates)
Exercise 6-3: Unikonta (Amoebas, Choanoflagellates, Animals, Fungi)
Questions for Review, Ch 6
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 6
Chapter 7: Sponges
Chapter 7 Objectives
Intro Material (Sponge Body Types and Evolutionary History), Ch 7
Exercise 7-1: Sponge Anatomy
Exercise 7-2: Observation of Spicules: The Sponge Skeleton
Exercise 7-3: Observing Water Flow in Freshwater Sponges
Exercise 7-4: Cellular Reaggregation in Sponges
Questions for Review, Ch 7
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 7
Chapter 8: Ctenophores and Cnidarians
Chapter 8 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 8
Exercise 8-1: Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)
Exercise 8-2: True Jellyfish (Class Scyphozoa)
Exercise 8-3: Sea Anemones and Corals (Class Anthozoa)
Exercise 8-4: Comb Jellies (Phylum Ctenophora)
Exercise 8-5: Investigating Cnidarian Feeding Behavior
Questions for Review, Ch 8
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 8
Chapter 9: Flatworms
Chapter 9 Objectives
Intro Material (Animal Body Plans and Evolutionary History), Ch 9
Exercise 9-1: Planaria (Class Turbellaria)
Exercise 9-2: Flukes (Class Trematoda)
Exercise 9-3: Tapeworms (Class Cestoda)
Exercise 9-4: Investigating Flatworm Behaviors
Exercise 9-5: Investigating Regeneration in Flatworms
Questions for Review, Ch 9
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 9
Chapter 10: Roundworms and Rotifers
Chapter 10 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 10
Exercise 10-1: Roundworms (Phylum Nematoda)
Exercise 10-2: Investigating Locomotion in the Vinegar Eel
Exercise 10-3: Rotifers (Phylum Rotifera)
Questions for Review, Ch 10
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 10
Chapter 11: Molluscs
Chapter 11 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 11
Exercise 11-1: Snails, Slugs, and Nudibranchs (Class Gastropoda)
Exercise 11-2: Clams and Mussels (Class Bivalvia)
Exercise 11-3: Squid and Octopuses (Class Cephalopoda)
Questions for Review, Ch 11
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 11
Chapter 12: Annelids
Chapter 12 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 12
Exercise 12-1: Sandworms (Class Polychaeta)
Exercise 12-2: Earthworms (Class Clitellata, Subclass Oligochaeta)
Exercise 12-3: Leeches (Class Clitellata, Subclass Hirudinea)
Exercise 12-4: Investigating Annelid Circulation and Locomotion
Questions for Review, Ch 12
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 12
Chapter 13: Arthropods
Chapter 13 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 13
Exercise 13-1: Trilobites (Subphylum Trilobitomorpha, Class Trilobita)
Exercise 13-2: Horseshoe Crabs (Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Merostomata)
Exercise 13-3: Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks, and Mites (Subphylum Celicerata, Class Arachnida)
Exercise 13-4: Centipedes (Subphylum Myriapoda, Class Chilopoda)
Exercise 13-5: Millipedes (Subphylum Myriapoda, Class Diplopoda)
Exercise 13-6: Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea, Class Malacostraca)
Exercise 13-7: Insects (Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta)
Exercise 13-8: Investigating Orientation Behaviors
Questions for Review, Ch 13
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 13
Chapter 14 Echinoderms
Chapter 14 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 14
Exercise 14-1: Sea Lilies, Feather Stars (Class Crinoidea)
Exercise 14-2: Brittle Stars (Class Ophiuroidea)
Exercise 14-3: Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars (Class Echinoidea)
Exercise 14-4: Sea Stars (Class Asteroidea)
Exercise 14-5: Sea Cucumbers (Class Holothuroidea)
Exercise 14-6: Investigating Locomotion in Sea Stars and Sea Urchins
Questions for Review, Ch 14
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 14
Chapter 15: Tunicates and Cephalochordates
Chapter 15 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 15
Exercise 15-1: Tunicates (Subphylum Urochordata)
Exercise 15-2: Lancelets (Subphylum Cephalochordata)
Questions for Review, Ch 15
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 15
Chapter 16: Jawless Fishes
Chapter 16 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 16
Exercise 16-1: Lampreys (Class Petromyzontida)
Questions for Review, Ch 16
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 16
Chapter 17: Cartilaginous Fishes
Chapter 17 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 17
Exercise 17-1: Sharks, Rays, and Skates (Class Chondrichthyes)
Questions for Review, Ch 17
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 17
Chapter 18: Ray-finned Fishes
Chapter 18 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 18
Exercise 18-1: Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)
Questions for Review, Ch 18
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 18
Chapter 19: Amphibians
Chapter 19 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 19
Exercise 19-1: Frogs (Order Anura)
Questions for Review, Ch 19
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 19
Chapter 20: Reptiles
Chapter 20 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 20
Exercise 20-1: Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
Exercise 20-2: Snakes and Lizards (Order Squamata)
Exercise 20-3: Alligators and Crocodiles (Order Crocodilia)
Questions for Review, Ch 20
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 20
Chapter 21: Birds
Chapter 21 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 21
Exercise 21-1: Birds (Class Aves)
Exercise 21-2: A Closer Look at Feathers
Questions for Review, Ch 21
Laboratory Practical Challenge, Ch 21
Chapter 22: Mammals
Chapter 22 Objectives
Intro Material (Evolutionary History), Ch 22
Exercise 22-1: Skeletal System
Exercise 22-2: Fetal Pig (Order Artiodactyla)
Exercise 22-3: Rats (Order Rodentia)
Exercise 22-4: Nervous System
Exercise 22-5: Sheep Heart
Questions for Review, Ch 22
Appendix
References
Glossary
Photo Credits
Index
Instructor Resources

An online Instructor’s Manual contains answers to all of the exercises as well as electronic access to all of the images in the manual.

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