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gym=naked sperm=seed
-vascular tissue
-complex roots w/ lateral root hairs -complex leaves
-gametes transferred via pollen grain
-embryo dispersed via seed
-sporophyte independent and dominant
-heterospory
-tree is sporophyte |
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| Features of Chimpanzee Skull |
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1. heavy brow ridges; low-crowned cranium 2. muzzle-like face
3. large canines
4. no chin
5. posterior skull attachment
6. occipital crest for heavy neck muscles |
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1. Almost no brow ridges; high-crowned cranium
2. Flattened face
3. Small canines
4. Well-developed chin
5. Central skull attachment
6. No occipital crest; light neck muscles |
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| Tools used to measure skulls |
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| Formula and usage for Cranial Index |
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| Formula: Cranial breadth/cranial length Usage: reference to non-living specimens |
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| Cranial index for long-headed condition |
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| Cranial index for round-headed condition |
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| Maximum width of the cranium |
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| Maximum difference between the posterior surface and the small prominence (glabella) between the brow ridges. |
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| Formula and usage of Skull Proportional Index |
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Formula: Cranial breadth/Facial breadth
Usage: identifies proportional relationship between these two components. The greater the value, the larger the cranium is in relation to the face. |
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| Maximum distance between the lateral surfaces of the cheekbones (zygomatic arches) |
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| Formula and Usage of Facial Projection Index |
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Usage: identifies degree of facial projection (projecting, muzzle-like face:primitive)
Formula: Facial projection length/total skull length |
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| distance between the anterior margins of the auditory canal and upper jaw (maxilla) |
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| Maximum distance between the posterior surface of the cranium and the anterior margin of the upper jaw (maxilla) |
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| Formula and usage of Skull and Vertebral Attachment Index |
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Formula: Vertebral attachment index/total skull length
Usage: the greater the value, the more centrally located the foramen magnum (more biped-like) |
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| Vertebral attachment length |
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| Distance between the anterior margins of the foramen magnum and the posterior surface of the cranium |
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| Formula and Usage of the Canine-Incisor Index |
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Formula: incisor length/canine length
Usage: identifies the relative length of the canines. (greater the value, the more equality between canine and incisor) |
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| Length of the second incisor |
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-non-seed tracheophyte
-simple vascular tissue with xylem and phloem
-adventitious roots originating from a a rhizome
-leaves with veins
-gamete needs H2O to swim to egg
-sporophyte independent to gametophyte
-homospory and heterospory
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-non-tracheopyte
-no true vascular tissue
-no roots, only rhizoids
-male gamete sperm require H2O to swim to the gamete egg
-sporophyte dependent on gametophyte
-homospory |
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| Duringgamete formation, different pairs of alleles segregate independently of each other. |
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| Both egg and pollen come from same plant |
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| Austrian monk + plant breeder discovered basic principle of genetics |
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| Brushing pollen from one pl ant onto another plant on stigma (to cross or to outbread) |
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| The 2 alleles for each trait segregates during gamet formation and then unite randomly one from each parent @ fertilization. |
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-seed is withing ovaries of flowers
-female gametophyte develops within the ovule. pollen grains carry male gametophyte.
-sporophyte dominant. gametophyte very reduced |
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-embryo is protected by tissue of parent plant
-this is the defining characteristic of what plants are |
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-eukaryotic/autotroph multi-cellular organism capable of photosyntehsis
-an embryophyte
-cellulose-based cell wall, large vacuoles, chloroplasts
-two multicellular: diploid and haploid |
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| Undifferentiated cells at apices and assorted patches within plant body |
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DGV
Dermal, Ground, Vascular |
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| Repetitive formation of few major organ types |
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| roots, stems, leaves, buds, flowers |
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| vascular cambium thickens stems and roots |
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| Seasonal difference in water available result in... |
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| ...different diameter vessels (visible as "annual rings") |
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| Sexual reproductive structures are contained in where? |
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-contained in a flower
-seeds (ovules) enclosed in fruit (ovary) |
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| -a mode of transport of the plant gametophyte. |
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| No alternation of generations means... |
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| ...the diploid phase is dominant |
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| What does it mean when the vascular tisue is continuous? |
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-water and mineral travel (root to top of tree) via xylem.
-sugars travel (leaves to roots) via phloem. |
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| What cells conduct water? |
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| Vessels and tracheid cells |
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| What cells transport sugar? |
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| Sieve element and companion cells |
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| Apical meristems in root and shoot leads to vertical growth. |
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| Vascular and cork cambium leads to lateral growth |
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| Secondary growth contributes to... |
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...more vascular tisue and protective bark
= success on land |
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| 4 basic components of plant body plan |
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-growth is indeterminate and repetitive
-repeat unit of shoot system
= node + internode
-age gradient along plant body
-sexual reproduction requires conversion of shoot from vegetative growth
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| Major conducting cells alive but have minimal organelles |
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| controls activity of adjacent sieve tube member, small, metabolically active |
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| Phloem contain what two major cell types? |
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| sieve tube members and companion cells |
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| Phloem loading includes... |
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| ...both symplastic and apoplastic trasfer from mesophyll cells |
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| Most plants have few connections between phloem and adjacent mesophyll cells, which... |
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| ...forces apoplastic transport into companion or sieve tube cells. |
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1. perforation plates
2. tracheids
3. fibers
4. vessel member
5. companion cell
6. sieve plate
7. fibre
8. sieve areas
9. sieve element
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| Angiosperms consist of what percentage of all plant? |
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| ..transfer the male gamete to female gamete via pollen through biotic or abiotic transportation |
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| ...disperse the embryo via seed through biotic or abiotic transportation |
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| Why is the endosperm unique to the angiosperm seed? |
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| It provides food for growing embryo |
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1. food storage
2. embryo (baby plant)
3. seed coat |
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1. stamen
2. anther
3. filament
4. petal
5. stigma
6. carpel
7. style
8. ovary
9. ovule
10. receptacle
11. sepal
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| Obtain no energy from sun, but from sulfer |
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| What is the relationship between the lichens and green algae? |
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| What does saprophytic mean? |
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-a kind of organism that derives its nutrients form any kind of non living matter or substance.
-they are heterotrophs; don't produce its own food
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Plants and animals of Aquatic habitat
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Plants: moss, tall grasses, green algae
Animals: fish, insects (water strider, beetles) mulluscs |
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| Plants and animals of Chapparal habitat |
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Plants: oak trees, eucalptus trees, sage, deer weed, ca native oat
Animals: fence lizard, alligator lizard, turkey vulture, wasps |
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| Plants and animals of Riparian habitat |
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Plants: raspberry bush, ca buck eye tree, willow, maple tree, bay leave tree, tall grass, green algae, duckweed
Animals: mule deer, stellar jay |
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| Plants and animals of Mixed Woodland habitat |
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Plants: moss, ferns, redwood trees, conifers, lichens, saptophytic lilies
Animals: mule deer, stellar jay, acorn woodpecker |
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