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| Structures that perch possess in common with humans |
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| Kidney, Stomach, Heart, Liver |
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| What is the general function of the pyloric caecum in a starfish? |
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| What is the general function of the madreporite in a starfish? |
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| What is the general function of the eyespot on a starfish? |
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| What is the general function of the tube feet on a starfish? |
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| Locomotion and aid in feeding |
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| If you were looking at a prepared slide under a microscope of an earthworm cross section posterior to the clitellum, would it be possible to see the gizzard? |
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| What part of a fish are you eating when you have a filet? |
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| What is the general function of the lateral line on a perch? |
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| Detect movement and vibration of surrounding water |
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| What is the general function of the swim bladder on a perch? |
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| What is the general function of the gill rakers of a perch? |
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| What is the general function of the fin rays on a perch? |
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| What are some structures that starfish have in common with humans? |
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| What are three things an earthworm uses to reproduce? |
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Definition
| Seminal vesicles, seminal receptacles, and ovaries |
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| What is the crop? and what is its general function? |
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| Large thin-walled structure that is part of the earthworm. Used for food storage |
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| Is the madreporite located on the aboral or oral surface of the starfish? |
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| What type of symmetry does a perch process? |
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| What type of symmetry does a starfish possess? |
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| What type of symmetry does a earthworm possess? |
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| The existence of something somewhere at the same time |
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| Two reasons for heat fixing bacterial smear to a slide |
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Definition
1. Causes cell to adhere to glass preventing it form washing off during staining
2.Cause the cell to be fixated in one position |
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| What is the purpose of a gram stain? |
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Definition
| Reveals information about morphology and arrangement of organism, also defines the cell wall. |
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| What color is bacteria that is gram positive? |
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| What color is bacteria that is gram negative? |
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| Kirby-Beaur Method of antibiotic sensitivity? |
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Definition
| Zone of inhibition has to be over a certain mm to be susceptible and under a certain mm to be resistant. |
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| What is the zone of inhibition? |
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Definition
| the clear area around the disk |
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| The three shapes of bacteria? |
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| Why do certain spices inhibit the growth of bacteria or fungi? |
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Definition
| It can alter the pH balance and can contain inhibiting factors. |
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| Different shapes of a colony of bacteria |
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| Round, filamentous, irregular |
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| Different colony margins of bacteria colonies |
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| Smooth, curled, wavy, lobate, filamentous |
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| Macromolecules making up the cell wall of most bacteria |
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| A carbohydrate used to solidify a liquid medium |
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| To transfer organism to a medium to initiate growth |
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| A visible population of microorganisms growing on a solid medium |
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| Four aspectic techniques used to lab |
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Definition
1. Hand washing
2. Gloves
3. Lysol usage
4. Proper disposal of materials |
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Term
| Abiotic factors in the ecosystem |
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Definition
| Physical factors; temperature and light |
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| Biotic factors in the ecosystem |
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Definition
| Living; predators and prey |
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| What is the brine shrimps preference for pH, light, temperature, and gravity? |
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Definition
pH: Acid conditions
Light: Toward the light
Temperature: variable 50/50 split
Gravity: Toward the bottom |
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Term
| Typical animals found in owl pellets? |
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Definition
| Pocket gopher, rat, vole, mole, and shrew |
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Definition
| Produce energy, plants, and algae |
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| What is a primary consumer? |
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Definition
An organism that eats plants
IE: crickets, mice, etc |
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An organism that eats consumers.
IE: hawks, owls, snakes, etc. |
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| Owl throw up containing hair and bones of prey |
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| a close relationship that may occur when two organisms of different species live together |
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| The large organism in a symbiosis relationship |
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A relationship were the symbiont organism and the host both benefit
IE: Termites and Zooflagellates, Lichens, Ants and Acacias |
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A relationship where the symbiont benefits and the host is unaffected
IE: Epiphytes and Trees |
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A relationship were the symbiont benefits and the host is harmed
IE: Tapeworm and humans, Plasmodium and Humans |
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Definition
| In the anther, to create easy access for pollination |
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| What is the purpose of the cotyledon to a plant? |
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Definition
| Provides and stores nutrients within a seed for a plant |
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Definition
| Materials used to grow plans in a controlled enviorment |
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| Describe the four characteristics of a plant grown in the dark opposed to the light? |
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Definition
| Taller, yellow or paler, stems pushed above soil, and more protected by elements and predators. |
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Term
| What are some examples of edible tap roots? |
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Definition
| Carrots, turnips, radish, ginger |
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| Why are some seeds juicier than others? |
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Definition
| the ovaries of a plant are more ripened |
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| What is the advantage of a plants roots to grow down and its shoots to grow up? |
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Definition
| The roots grow down to be closer to water and for stability and protection. The shoots grow up for sunlight to produce photosynthesis. |
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| What are leaf stomas and what is their function? |
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Definition
| Leaf stoma is found in the upper and lower epidermis of a leaf. |
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| What are vascular bundles and what plant can you find them in? |
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| They transfer nutrients throughout the plant, and apple tree. |
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