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Biology Final Exam

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subspecies   The rare Alabama Beach Mouse is distinct at which rank?  
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Tennessee   In what state was the snail darter discovered as the Endangered Species Act was being established?  
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yes   Is the snail darter still alive?  
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US Fish and Wildlife Service   What U.S. agency maintains the endangered species list?  
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rhizobium; legume family   What genus of bacteria is a mutualist and nitrogen fixer w/in root nodules of plants in the ____________ family?  
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branch   In simple terms, the meaning of the word “clade” is ????  
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shared ancestry   The nodes shown on a cladogram represent what?  
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flatworm   What is an example of an animal with a solid body?  
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coelem   The proper term for the body cavity such as found in humans, is the ________________.  
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Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, Population growth of people, Overharvesting   What does E.O. Wilson’s “HIPPO” represent?  
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silent spring   R. Carson is famous for what book she wrote?  
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change to three domains above kingdoms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, eukaryotes   How have ribosomes (knowledge of) transformed our system of classification as compared to the Linnaean Hierarchy?  
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Carl Woese   Who studied ribosomes and established the three Domains?  
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animals   Of the 1.5 – 2 million species named, most are _________________.  
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Genus (Canis)   Ex. Canis lupus Within a species name is the name of what taxon immediately above the rank of species?  
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microbes, insects, spiders, birds, squirrels, - diverse forms of life   Who lives on tree trunks?  
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biodiversity includes ecosystem diversity and genetic diversity within a species   Why is it wrong to restrict the meaning of biodiversity to simply the diversity of species?  
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Ernst Mayr   The “Darwin” of the 20th Century was_______________  
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alopatric   Which mode requires geographic isolation (separation)?  
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land bridge   Beringia was an important __________ between North America and Asia.  
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mule   An example of a post-zygotic barrier?  
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animals that have different habitats/different breeding times such as lions and tigers   An example of a pre-zygotic barrier?  
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endosymbiosis, heteroptrophic   The origin of eukaryotic cell mitochondria billions of years ago was from __________________ with __________________ bacteria.  
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no, naturalization is a term that applies to exotic species that are brought over and introduced to America   Can a plant endemic to Alabama cedar glades, be naturalized in Alabama cedar glades?  
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African lion   Are there any exotic species that are not naturalized?  
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forest of the Red Hills   What is the habitat of Alabama’s red hills salamander?  
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nitrogenase   The enzyme that performs nitrogen fixation?  
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oxygen   Nitrogenase is inhibited by what gas?  
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rock   Phosphorus comes out of ______  
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air   Nitrogen comes out of _________  
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dead bodies   both nitrogen and phosphorus come out of _________  
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inorganic phosphate   Caffeine, Cocaine, LSD, Morphine, Nicotine are all ______________ (type of chemical where nitrogen is key)  
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  The form on nitrogen assimilated by plants and animals differs markedly; however in both plants and animals phosphorus is assimilated (absorbed) as ___________.  
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mutualistic, fungi   Mycorrhizae are __________ associations between plant roots and _____________.  
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feeding   Trophic levels can refer to ________ levels as in a food chain.  
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taxonomy   study of biodiversity  
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groups   taxa/taxon means _________  
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phylogenetics   study of evolutionary relationships  
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systematics   phylogenetic classification  
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Carolus Linnaeus   1750 hierarchy still in use Categories/Ranks: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species [=Genus + specific name]  
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Kingdom   group of related phyla  
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Phylum   group of related classes  
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Species   group of populations capable of interbreeding [the only taxon that actually exists in nature]  
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9   how many major phyla in the taxon Animalia?  
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sponges   w/out tissues; often asymmetrical bodies; a “colony” of cells; All other Animal Phyla are Eumetazoans - animals w/tissues, i.e. groups of specific cell types performing specific functions  
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cnidarians   hydra, jellyfish, coral; Radial symmetry; Mouth, no anus  
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flatworms   planaria, tapeworms; Mouth, no anus  
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nematodes, roundworms   mouth & anus  
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coelom   Animals w/body cavity  
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Arthropods   Insects, Arachnids, Crustaceans, all w/jointed legs  
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Annelids   leaches, earthworms, all w/repeating segments & bristles  
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Mollusks   snails, clams, squid w/ mantle & foot  
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Echinoderms   starfish, sea urchins w/spiny skin  
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Chordates   most w/ backbones, all w/pharyngeal slits, & tail  
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Tardigrades   water bears  
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Eukaryota, Archaea, Bacteria   Carl Woese erected which 3 Domains based on differences in ribosomes?  
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Cladistics   method to determine evolutionary relationships  
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Cladogram   a branching diagram  
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clade   a branch, or a group of branches  
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branch origins (nodes)   points of shared ancestry  
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species   “a kind” of organism  
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morphological species concept   By form (appearance); Used for asexual species [ex. many plants, some animals (ex. rotifers)]  
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biological species concept   By ability to interbreed & produce fertile offspring in nature  
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Ernst Mayr   Incorporated Mendelian Genetics with Darwinian evolution  
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allopatric speciation   w/ geographic isolation; Separated populations diverge genetically as natural selection acts independently on each  
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sympatric speciation   Occurs without geographic isolation. Common in plants Involves hybridization & polyploidy (inheriting multiple sets of chromosomes). Polyploid formation overcomes hybrid sterility  
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The 2 sets of chromosomes aren’t homologous & meiosis fails   why are hybrids sterile?  
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Hybrid polyploids   can overcome sterility –Ex. Fern hybrids  
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subspecies   populations geographically isolated & genetically distinct from primary species  
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endangered species act   Provides Legal protection for species & subspecies  
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Future of Life   E. O. Wilson's book about biodiversity  
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Diversity of genes within a species; Diversity of species; Variety of ecosystems   components of biodiversity  
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ecosystem   a level of biodiversity where a community of organisms interacts with the environment  
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producers   Photosynthetic organisms  
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consumers   Heterotrophic organisms  
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Exotic   from a foreign place, i.e. alien  
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Native   not introduced by man  
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Endemic   found nowhere else  
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Naturalized   Exotics that self propagate in nature; +4,500 species in U.S.  
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Invasive   Naturalized pests  
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symbiosis   one species lives in or on another  
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parasitism, mutualism, commensalism   3 forms of symbiosis  
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parasitism   Ticks on a bird  
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mutualism   living together w/ mutual benefit; clownfish w/ anemone  
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commensalism   one species benefits, the other neither benefitted nor harmed; a fern perched on a tree  
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rhizobium   performs nitrogen fixation (energy demanding)  
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rhyzobium   Legumes (beans) feed _____________ exchange for NH4+  
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Mycorrhizae   Fungi and Roots combine into a dual organism  
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mycology   study of fungi  
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fungi   "myco”  
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roots   rhizae  
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hyphae   Fungi consist of these filaments  
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decomposition   Where does fungus get phosphate?  
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90%   % of plants form mycorrhizae  
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1°production   amount of light energy converted to chemical bond energy by plants  
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energy flow   mapped by Food Chains and Food Webs that show “feeding relationships”  
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10%   % of the energy is transferred to the next trophic level  
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life history   Series of events from birth through reproduction to death  
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Opportunistic life history   r-selected species  
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Equilibriallife history   K-selected species  
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