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AB Final Review 2
AB Final Review
Question | Answer |
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Common Ancestor | Similar DNA and traits |
Natural Selection– | Ex:, occurs naturally |
Overproduction | many offspring, few survive |
Fossil | remains of once living organisms |
Adaptation | improves organisms ability to survive |
Whales | evolve from land mammals |
Life started | in the water and underground |
Crawling insects | first animals on land |
Paleozoic | Largest mass extinction, Fish were dominant |
Homo erectus | tall hominid |
Homo sapiens / Neanderthals | recent hominids |
Continents | move slowly to change the Earth |
Ozone layer | protects earth from harmful rays |
Primates | binocular vision |
Live | evolved from simple chemicals |
Cenozoic | mammals, current |
Mesozoic | Dinosaurs |
Homo sapiens | artwork |
Australopithecus | larger brains than apes |
Mass extinction | caused by climate change |
Paleontologist | study life before humans |
Dichotomous key | ID organisms |
Linneaus | founded taxonomy |
Levels of classification | k,p,c,o,f,g,s |
Animals | move, specialized sense organs, respond to the environment |
Scientific name | Genus species, no confusion |
Sponge | simple animal |
Classification | done by characteristics |
Taxonomy | describing or classifying |
Fungi | absorb and digest,Some are good, some are bad |
Binary fission | reproduction, split in half |
Change nitrogen gas into | a form useful by plants |
Change sugar to | lactic acid |
Change harmful chemicals into | harmless ones |
Archaebacteria | live where others can not |
Antibiotics | kill bacteria |
Shape | bacilli |
Eubacteria | found in soil, water, and humans |
Viruses | No cytoplasm |
Contain | genetic material |
Lytic and lysogenic cycle for | reproduction |
Some are | photosynthic |
Binary fission for | reproduction |
Producers | make own food, diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglena |
Spores | asexual |
Mostly | unicellular |
Classified by | shared traits |
Algae | protists, live in water |
Fungi | Heterotroph |
Mutualism with | plant roots |
Lichen | fungus and algae |
Evergreens | keep leaves |
Long day plants | bloom with short nights |
Tropism | growth response |
Deciduous | lose leaves |
Seed plants | gymnosperms and angiosperms, sperm located in pollen |
Seedless plants | gametophytes are part of the sporophyte, need water to reproduce |
Transpiration | water loss from leaves |
Angiosperms | corn, wheat, rice, fruits produce seeds |
Photosynthesis | uses water and carbon dioxide |
Stems | store food |
Stamen | male flower parts |
Phototropism | grow toward light |
Gravitropism | positive (roots) negative (stems and leaves) |
3 types of asexual reproduction | runners, plantlets, tubers |
Chlorophyll | green pigment |
Respiration | getting energy from food |