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| What are the seven levels of taxonomic organizaion? |
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1. Kingdom 2. Phylum 3. Class 4. Order. 5. Family 6. Genus 7. Species |
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| The classification of organisms |
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| The dwarf parasitic male of the deep sea fish we talked about in class is an example of what? |
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| The goal of a taxanomic system is what? What is the best way to show this relationship? |
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1. Showing kinship 2. Using anatomy with the assistance of molecular makeup and DNA evidence. |
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| "iade" indicates that it is in what level of taxinomic organization |
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| What are the five kingdoms of organisms? |
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1. Monera - blue/green alge 2. Protista - single cell protozoans 3. Fungi - fungus organisms 4. Plantae - green plants 5. Animalia - the "animals" |
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| What does eukaryote and prokaryote mean? |
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1. Eukaryote mean with a nucleus or true nucleus 2. Prokaryote means without a nucleus |
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What is sometimes considered part of the five kingdoms of organisms but is hard to define as life? |
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| Virusis can consist of two forms what are they? |
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1. DNA w/protien coat 2. RNA w/protien coat |
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| How does a virus reproduce? |
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| It injects its DNA into a cell which in turn reproduces the virus. |
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| What is the term for a "bacteria eater"? |
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| Bacteriophage which consists of DNA w/protien coat |
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| In the system of binomial nomenclature what two names are used? |
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| What are the two reasons that taxinomic names are latinized |
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1. It is considered to be the scholarly language 2. Terms don't change with use because it is a "dead" language |
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| An interbreeding unit in nature with a history and a range is the definition of what? |
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| Similar in structure which is good when making a taxonomic system |
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| Similar in function which is a bad way of making a taxonomic system |
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| What are the 3 ways of classifying geographic time? |
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| What era is the age of mammals? |
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| What era is the age of reptiles? |
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| What era, period and epoch are we currently in? |
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Era = Cenizoic Period = Quaternary Epoch = Recent or Holocene |
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| What is the Cambrian period also known as? |
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| What is the Devonian period also known as? |
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| The age of amphibians is what period? |
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| Carboniferous period or Pennsylvanian/Mississippian |
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| Fossils discovered that are over 600 million years old are classfied as what? |
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| How old is the oldest fossil? |
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| What are the four main fossil concepts? |
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1. Predate the last ice age (1 million +) 2. Predate mans written record (2000 +) 3. Stink/ No Stink 4. Any indication of prior life (this can consist of tracks or trails) |
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| What are the four preservation types of fossils? |
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1. Unaltered soft parts 2. Unaltered hard parts 3. Altered hard parts 4. Traces of organisms |
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| What are some examples of unaltered soft parts? |
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| Mammoths that are instantly frozen and natural mummies |
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| Give some examples of unalted hard parts |
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| Chitin (exoskeletons) and amber |
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| Give some examples of alterd hard parts |
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| Carbonization (carbon imprints of bones) and permineralization (pertrification) |
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| Give some examples of traces of organisms |
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| Molds and casts of foot prints, coprolites and gastrolithes |
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| Stomach stones that aid in digestion |
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| What are the two prerequisites for fossilization? |
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1. The possession of some sort of hard parts 2. Quick burial |
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| The study of current living things such as biology and botany |
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| What are the four characterisitcs of Chordates |
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1. Dorsal, hollow nerve cord 2. Notochord (embryonic stiffener before backbone then forms into discs in spine) 3. Pharyngeal gill slits 4. Post-anal tail |
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| What are the eight classes of vertebrates? |
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1. Agnatha (aka "without jaws" or lampreys) 2. Placodermata (aka "armorplated fishes" which are extinct) 3. Chondrichthyes (aka "cartilage fishes" or sharks/rays) 4. Osteichthyes (aka "boney fish" or bass/tuna) 5. Amphibia (aka "dual life" on land and sea) 6. Reptilia (aka "crawly thing") 7. Aves (aka birds) 8. Mammalia |
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| Which of the 8 classes of vertebrates are ectotherms? |
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| Agnatha, Placodermata, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia and Reptilia |
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| What are do the terms ectotherms and endotherms mean respectivly? |
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Ectotherms = cold blooded Endotherms = warm blooded |
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| Regular rhythms of growth and activity which occur on an approximate 24hr basis |
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| What is a "wet egg" also known as? |
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| Amniotic eggs have what four extra embryonic membranes? |
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1. Yolk sac - food resevoir 2. Allantosis - waste resevoir 3. Amnion - "shock absorber" 4. Chorion - a shell capable of gas exchange |
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| What are two words for cold blooded? |
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| Ectothermic amd poikilothermic |
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| What are two terms for warm blooded? |
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| Endothermic and homothermic |
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| Two examples of thermal regulation are. |
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| Dogs panting, snakes on black top at night. Anything that involve the animal doing something to adjust its body temperature to a wanted level. |
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| Hibernate such as bats and ground squirrels |
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| To hibernate through the summer is what? |
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| Astivation such as the lungfish |
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| Name a creature that is stratified to a specific temperature |
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| What are the three types of symbiosis? |
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1. Commensalism 2. Mutualism 3. Parasitism |
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| Commensalism symbiosis is what? |
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| When one partner benefits while the other is unaffected such as remora and sharks |
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| What type of symbiosis is it where both partners benefit from the situation? |
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| Give an example and another name of a composite organism |
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| B/G algae and fungus which are also known as lichens. The algae gets the food while the fungus provides shelter for the algae |
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| What are the terms for parasites that are found inside the body and what is the term for when they are outside the body? |
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Endoparasites for inside the body such as worms Exoparasites for outside the body such as mosquitos |
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| What is the term when one partner benefits while the other is hurt by a symbiotic relationship? |
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| What are the three forms of mimicry? |
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1. Batesian 2. Mullarian 3. Aggressive |
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| The resemblance of an edible species to an bad tasting species. (good guy copies bad guy) |
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| When two or more mutually conspicuously marked, distasteful species are found what type of mimicry is that? |
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| When a predator resembles a harmless species to decieve potential prey. |
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