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| The comparing and contrasting of physiological mechanisms, processes, or responses of different species of animals under different conditions. |
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| Explain why C.A.P. is called the "Queen" of biological sciences. |
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| All subdisciplines in biological sciences come back to physiology. |
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| What are the 7 reasons the comparitive approach is used? |
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1. Quantify range of variation and adaptation
2. Recognize patterns
3. See structure/regularity in the natural world
4. Can apply predictions
5. Apply general laws/rules
6. See how things work
7. Study of physiology easily managed |
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| Define the Resource/Condition concept. |
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| One of the domains of C.A.P. Resources are consumable materials (i.e. food) and conditions are non-consumable environmental factors (i.e. light, pH). Animals deal with conditions to consume resourses and survive in their environment. |
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| What are the advantages of the Resource/Condition concept? Disadvantages? |
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| A reductionist aspect; only studying one resource or condition at a time and there does not need to be a complete understanding of how these interrelate with one another. Disadvantages include oversimplification. |
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| Who coined the term "Queen of biological sciences"? |
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| What Fry's famous environmental entities? |
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1. Masking factors
2. Directing factors
3. Controlling factors
4. Lethal factors
5. Limiting factors |
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| What are the disadvantages of Fry's paradigm? |
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| Fry's paradigm requires a knowlege of all areas of science; physics, chemistry...Have to be able to understand complex interactions and interrelations. |
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| What is the goal of science? |
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| To predict future events with precision |
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| How two or more systems work together, for instance the nervous and endocrine. |
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| Energy transformations in organisms that is quantified as biochemical flow. |
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| The control of water and electrolytes: The active regulation of osmotic pressure of bodily fluids to maintain homeostasis of the body's water content (Keeps fluids from becoming to dilute or concentrated) |
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| Gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide) exchange |
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| Types of movement which include cilia, flagella, pseudopodia (pseudo plasmic streaming), and direct cell movement (occurs during mitosis and meiosis) |
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| Breakdown of food to energy; sum total of all reactions; how energy is derived |
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| What is the central organizing feature of Fry's paradigm? |
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| Factors that completely disrupt homeostasis and kill you. |
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| Define controlling factors. |
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| Entities that directly affect molecular kinetic reactions (Raise temperature, and molecular activity increases). For higher level organisms it sets the rate or pace of development. |
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| Reduces the active metabolism and performance of an organism and define their geographical range (temperature) |
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| Alter physiological profiles over time; things that attract animals or repell them (migration for food or need for certain nutrients) |
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| Define masking/regulatory factors. |
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| Modifies or prevents the action of another factor; The factor you're looking at is not responsible for the response you see |
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