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Biology 2.6 Describe diversity in the structure and function of animals
Sites for revision
S-Cool!: Biology AS & A2 level
This website provides information about many biological topics. The topics relevant to this standard include nutrition and digestion, transport, support and movement, sensitivity and coordination, excretion, gas exchange, and reproduction. Suitable for NCEA level 2.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=3&d=0
Fish – a quick course in ichthyology
This site has some useful material on fish structure and function. It includes biological processes such as transport of materials, reproduction, movement, and sensitivity. It enables fish to be used to illustrate diversity in animal structure and function.
http://www.marinebiology.org/fish.htm
General anatomy of the ruminant digestive system
This website has a concise and easy-to-read description of the ruminant’s digestive system.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_DS061
Digestive anatomy in ruminants
This website has information on the ruminant digestive system and, if you use the digestion index at the top, it will also give a comparison to avian (bird) digestive system. This helps for contrast of diversity of structure and function.
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/herbivores/rumen_anat.html
Insect physiology – digestive and excretory systems
This website provides a diagram and information on the digestive and excretory systems of insects. It has links which explain each part of the process in greater detail and is useful for this achievement standard.
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/digest.html
Bird digestive system – food and feeding habits
This website has a lot of information and short YouTube videos presenting information on the way birds feed and digest.
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/birddigestion.html
The insect ‘heart’
This website contains a simple, labelled diagram and information on the way the insect moves haemolymph around its body.
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Entomology/internalAnatomy/imagePages/heart.htm
Tracheal systems
This website has diagrams and information about gas exchange in insects.
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biog105/pages/demos/105/unit6/tracheasystems.15.html
Insect organization – structure and function
This website contains information and animations about insects. To view each animation, click on ‘scene menu’ on the bottom left of the animation. The notes to accompany are found on the web page.
http://entochem.tamu.edu/insect_structure-function/index.html
Physiology of gas exchange
This website provides information on gas exchange and outlines contrasts of different animals so it is very useful for the Excellence requirements of this standard.
http://members.aol.com/BearFlag45/Biology1A/LectureNotes/lec26.html
