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Bio Lab
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/17/2015

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Term
What are the survivorship curves?
Definition

Type 1- Die late in life (humans)

Type 2- Uniform rate of death (Birds)

Type 3- Huge death rate when young (frogs)

Term
What is the energy flow through an ecosystem?
Definition

Sun -> Producer -> Consumer -> Decomposer ->          ^--Inorganic nutrient pool

 

Term
Consumer Types & what do they do?
Definition

Primary: Eat Producer (Rabbit eats grass)

Secondary: Eat Primary (Snake eats rabbit)

Tertiary: Eat Secondary (Owl eats snake)

Quaternary: Eat Tertiary (Hawk eats owl)

Term
Producer Vs Consumer
Definition

Producer- Makes food

Consumer- Eats food

Term
What are the levels of ecosystem and example?
Definition

Individual- Single Person

Population- Group of people in an area

Community- Interacting group of various species in a location

Ecosystem- Community of living things

Biome- Large community

Biosphere- Everything

Term

What alternates between the four bases?

What are the four bases?

Definition

Dna sugar & phosphates

Adenine &Thymine (2), Cytosine & Guanine (3)

Term
Plant Cell Vs Animal Cell
Definition
Plant
  • Cell wall
  • Round
  • Centrioles
  • Cilia 
  • Lysosomes
Animal
  • Rectangle
  • Large central Vacuole
  • Chloraplast
  • Plastids
Term
Fertilization Vs Fission
Definition

Fertilization- Fertilization of egg

 

Fission- Division of cells

Term
Arboretum Plants
Definition

Conifers; Cone bearing; Autotroph

Kudzu; non-native;long vines; Invasive

sassafrass; native; 3 different shapes; carcinogens

Privet; Invasive; non-native

Grape Veins; Tindrals; Native

Mamoosa; Seed Pods; Invasive; Non-Native

Persimons; Peach like fruit; Native; Male and Female tree

Crab Apple Tree; Grape like fruit; thorns

Bayberry; natural insectacide; native; has berries

Poison Ivy; 3 striated leaves; Native

Algae & Fungus; Mutualism

 

Term

What is FBI?

 

Definition
Fungi, Bacteria, Insects
Term
What is symbiosis?
Definition

Mutualism- Both Benefit

Commenalism- One benefits other not harmed

Parasites- One benefits and one is harmed

Term
Food Chain vs Food Web
Definition

Food chain Follows a single path as animals eat each other

 

Food Webs- Show how plants & animals are interconnected by different paths

Term
3 Stages of interphase
Definition

G1 Growth

S DNA Synthesize

G2 Prepares for Mitosis

Term
Phases of Mitosis
Definition

Prophase- Nucleolus dissapears; Chromosomes coil

Metaphase- Chromosomes line up

Anaphase- Spindle fibers pull apart chromatids

Telophase- Nuclear membrane re-forms

Term
What is Genotype & Phenotype?
Definition

Genotype is genetic make up

Phenotype is physical make up

Term
What is cytokinesis?
Definition
Process of cell division
Term

How are fires started?

What do they do?

Definition

Humans & Lightning

Fertilize, blooming, seed germination, kills festation

Term
Homozygous Vs Heterozygous
Definition

Homozygous- 2 of the same alleles

 

Heterozygous- One each of 2 different alleles

Term
Monohybrid Vs Dilyhybrid
Definition

Monohybrid 3:1

 

Dilyhybrid 9:3:3:1

Term
What is the law of independent assortment?
Definition
When 2 or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal oppurtunity of occuring together.
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