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AB Final Review 2
AB Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |