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Final Exam Review
Water Pollution, Native Plants, Organ Systems, The Heart
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2010

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How does bleach pollute water?
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Persistent, cancer-causing.
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How does fertilizer pollute water?
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runoff into streams promotes plant growth, which blocks light.
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How does detergent pollute water?
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Destroys mucus layer which protects fish from bacteria and parasites.
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How does grass pollute water?
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removes oxygen from water
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How does vinegar pollute water?
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changes acidity
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How do pesticides pollute water?
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Carry through food chain and can add up to carry high levels of toxins in larger fish.
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Eutrophication
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excessive plant growth caused by too many nitrates & phosphates in water
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native to Florida, fern-like branches
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bald cypress tree
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native to Florida; small, grape-like berries, big textured leaves
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beautyberry
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Native to FL; small uniform leaves, turned inward
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coontie
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Native to FL; produce acorns
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Live Oak
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Native to FL; edgy leaves, vine-ish
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Muscadine Grape
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Native to FL; long, light-colored, bay leaf
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Red Bay/FL Mahogany
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FL Native; long, thin leaves
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Wax Myrtle
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Invasive; pine-like branches
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Australian pine
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Invasive; small berries, small oval leaves
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Brazilian Pepper
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Invasive; textured long leaves with yellow flowers
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Earleaf Acacia
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Invasive; shapely leaves and thorns
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Soda Apple
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Poisonous; long leaves w/ flowers
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Allamanda
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Poisonous; trumpet shaped flowers
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Angel's Trumpet
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Poisonous; large, green, leafy.
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Castor bean
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Poisonous; small, thin, dark leaves
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Oleander
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How many tissue types make up organs?
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4; connective, epithelial, nervous, muscle
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Epithelial tissue
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line outside of body and inner cavities
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Muscular tissue
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contractile
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Nervous tissue
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neurons, neuroglia
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Connective tissue
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proper, bone, cartilage, blood
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Ventral divides which two cavities?
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Thoracic & Abdominal
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Dorsal contains which two cavities?
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Cranial & Vertebral
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Pulmonary pathway
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circulates from heart to lungs and back; oxygenates blood and removes carbon dioxide.
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Systematic pathway
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Disperses oxygen-rich blood through body
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Right side of heart circulates blood to which pulmonary circuit?

Left side of heart to which?
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smaller; larger
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Atria ____ blood ____ veins
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receive;from
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ventricles ____ blood ____ arteries
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pump;to
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Diastole
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ventricular relaxation
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Systole
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ventricular contraction
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What causes opening/closing of heart valves?
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changes in blood pressure in heart chambers
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What is pulse pressure?
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Heart pumping blood to body
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Arteries ____ blood ____ heart
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take; away from
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Capilaries
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gas-exchange from blood to cells
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Veins _____ blood ____ heart
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return; to
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How many atria? How many Ventricles?
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2;2
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superior and inferior vena cava go into?
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Right Atria
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Pulmonary veins ___ lung ; Pulmonary trunk ____ lungs
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from;to
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Left ventricle pumps blood through ____ to body.
Definition
Aorta
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Venticular septum
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Separates L & R ventricles
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Atrioventiuclar valves
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insure blood goes one way
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Chordae tendinae & Papillary muscles
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seal off atrium
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Blue; Red
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Veins;Arteries
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