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final revew

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occurs in nature   natural selection  
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causes a change in the DNA gametes   mutagen  
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causes birth defects   teratogen  
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causes cancer   carcinogen  
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likelihood of trait, breeder decides to breed organism   artificial selection  
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hybird offspring are what?   not fertile  
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organisms naturally mate with each other and can produce fertile offspring   species  
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Individuals at one end of the curve have higher fitness than individuals in the middle or at the other end.   directional  
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Individuals near the center of the curve have higher fitness than individuals at either end   stabilizing  
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Individuals at the upper and lower ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle   disruptive  
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Caused by random changes in allele frequencies in small populations   genetic drift  
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a change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population   bottleneck  
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A situation in which allele frequencies change as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population   founder effect  
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Populations in different islands adapt to local environments   changes in the gene pool  
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Two new species living together on an island compete for seeds   Competition and Continued Evolution  
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A few finches from South America arrive on the Galapagos Islands   Founders Arrive  
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Finches choose mates carefully, preferring a mate with a beak close in size to their own   Behavioral Isolation  
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Finches on neighboring islands are unlikely to have contact with each other   Geographic Isolation  
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occurs when two species can no longer interbreed   reproductive  
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occurs when two populations develop different courtship rituals   behavioral  
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occurs when two populations are separated by rivers, mountains or large bodies of water   geographic  
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occurs when two species reproduce at different times   temporal  
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A species that is easily recognizable, existed for a relatively short period of time, and covered a wide geographic area may be used as a(n)   index fossil  
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species that have died out   extinct  
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layers of rock fossils are typically found in   sedimentary  
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scientists who study fossils   paleontologists  
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total collection of fossils on earth   fossil record  
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distinctive fossils used to establish and date ages of rock layers   index fossil  
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a technique for determining the actual age of a fossil   radiometric dating  
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the amount of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay   half life  
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Paleogene   Cenozoic  
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Jurassic   Mesozoic  
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Permian   Paleozoic  
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The rate of speciation in a clade must be equal to or greater than the rate of extinction in order for a clade to survive.   true  
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Immediately after a mass extinction   biodiversity is dramatically reduced  
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The process in which a single species or a small group of species evolves into diverse forms that live in different ways is called   adaptive radiation.  
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The process by which unrelated organisms come to resemble one another is   convergent radiation  
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What contributed to the adaptive radiation of mammals?   the extinction of most dinosaurs  
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An example of convergent evolution?   sharks fin and dolphins limb  
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Which gas is most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere today?   nitrogen  
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Which gas was probably most abundant in the early atmosphere?   water vapor  
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Where did the water in the Earth’s oceans probably come from?   water vapor from volcanoes  
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Earth’s early atmosphere contained little or no   oxygen  
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In their experiment that modeled conditions on ancient Earth, Miller and Urey used electric sparks to simulate   lightning  
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Outlines of ancient cells that are preserved well enough to identify them as prokaryotes are   microfossils  
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Color or pattern resembles background environment of the organism   cryptic coloration  
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Changing color to match the environment   camoflague/color change?  
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Body shape resembles something in the environment   hide in plain sight  
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Striking coloration that warns off other animals, used as a threat   warning coloration  
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Non-dangerous organism develops color or pattern of a more dangerous organism   mimicry  
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evolution   Change of the allelic frequency in a gene pool over time  
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All of the genes in a breeding population   gene pool  
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What does natural selection act on?   Acts upon phenotypic variation present in the population  
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The frequency of alleles within a gene pool change by a chance event rather than by natural selection   genetic drift  
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What types of populations are usually most effected by genetic drift?   small  
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Allele frequencies change as the result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population   founder effect  
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Change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population   bottleneck effect  
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What causes evolution to occur?   Genetic variations caused by DNA mutations and new gene combinations  
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species   are able to interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring  
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What is the first thing that must happen in order for a new species to develop?   Reproductive isolation  
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three types of isolation lead to reproduction isolation   Geographical Isolation Behavioral isolation Temporal isolation  
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When sexual receptiveness of two species occurs at different times they are not likely to mate   temporal isolation  
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when two species are physically separated by a natural barrier of some sort such as a river, mountain, ocean, construction of new road   geographic isolation  
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The courting rituals of two species has diverged   behavioral isolation  
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What was the early Earth’s atmosphere like?   Hot, volcanic, carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrogen, ammonia, methane, no oceans as it was too hot for water to be in liquid form.  
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simple anaerobes, photosynthesis, aerobic organisms, eukaryotes, and multi-celled sea-life   the Precambrian Time  
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marine life   paleozoic era  
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age of reptiles   mesozoic era  
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age of humans   cenozoic era  
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sudden disappearance of many species at the same time usually due to drastic environmental changes   mass extinction  
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Miller and Urey’s experiment reveal   That, by reproducing the earth’s early environment as best they could, they were able to produce organic molecules such as amino acids, lactic acid, acetic acid, adenine, cytosine, uracil, and ATP out of inorganic molecules.  
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belief that living things could spring from non-living things   spontaneous generation  
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ex of spontaneous generation   meat produced maggots, mud produced eels, wheat and dirty rags produced mice  
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Francesco Redi’s experiment disproving spontaneous generation   meat in two containers; one selaed did not not have maggots  
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Needham and Spallanzani’s experiment   Needham boiled gravy; not sealed all way because thought needed air microbes grew  
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Louis Pasteur’s experiment   swan-neck flask boiled broth never got contaminated; broke off swan-neck became contaminated  
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What is the theory of biogenesis?   all living things come from other living things  
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selective permeable membranes, store and release energy, and are “cell-like” or proto-cells   protenoid microspheres  
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What was the evidence and when do we know prokaryotes were on the earth?   from 3.8 billion years ago.  
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Prokaryotic symbiosis led to eukaryotic cell organelles.   endosymbiotic theory  
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meteorite impact hypothesis   65 mya a meteorite hit the earth causing a mass extinction that ended the age of the dinosaurs  
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What does mass extinction lead to?   many open niches.  
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empty niches and usually evolve into?   new adaptions  
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One species evolves into several different forms   adaptive radiation/divergent evolution  
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when unrelated species adopt similar strategies to solve a similar problem   convergent evolution  
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example of convergent evolution   analogous structures  
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ex of convergent evolution   homologous structures  
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human arm, dog foreleg, bat wing and whale fin   homologous structures  
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Same structure; different function   homologous structures  
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different underlying structure; same function   analogous structures  
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bird, fish, the icthyosauous, whale, shark, and penguin   analogous structures  
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the living thing evolve at a slow and steady rate L/; Darwin   gradualism  
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evolution occurs in spurts followed by long periods of equilibrium   punctuated equilibrium  
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Human-like organisms that walk on two feet, eat plants and animals, and have relatively large brains compare to their body   hominid  
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What is the first known species that led to today’s Homo sapiens sapiens (that’s us) after the split with the chimpanzees??   Ardipithecus  
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What are the 3 domains of life?   Archaea Bacteria Eukarya  
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What is the Archaea kingdom called and what are the characteristics of the organisms in this kingdom?   Archaebacteria, rokaryotic, unicellular organisms live in extreme conditions( thermophiles, halophiles, methagones)  
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What is the name of the kingdom under the Bacteria domain and what are their characteristics?   Eubacteria; prokaryotic, unicellular organisms; autotrophic or heterotrophic; live in niches reproduce binary fission  
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What are the Eukarya kingdoms?   Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia  
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What are the characteristics of Protista (cell type, cell number, how they get their nourishment)?   eukaryotic; mostly uni few multi; auto/ heterotrophic, grab bag  
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What are the characteristics of Fungi   eukaryotic, mostly multicellular, non-motile; absorptive heterotrophs; decomposers  
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What are the characteristics of plants   eukaryotic; multicellular; autotrophs; non motile  
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What are the characteristics of animals   eukaryotic; multi; ingestive hetertrophs, motile  
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What are the three different way that bacteria can organize themselves?   Strepto Staphylo Diplo  
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in groups of 2   diplo  
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in cluster   Staphylo  
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in chains   Strepto  
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What are the three different shapes of bacteria?   Coccus Bacillus Spirilla  
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sphere shaped   Coccus  
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spiral shaped   Spirilla  
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rod shaped   Bacillus  
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What would you call sphere shaped bacteria organized in a cluster?   Staphylococcus  
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What are the 3 modes of movement for bacteria?   Cilia, flagella, pseudopods. Cilia, flagella, pseudopods.  
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What kind of environmental conditions do bacteria favor?   Moist, dark places of varying temperature.  
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What do you call an organism that requires oxygen to survive?   Obligate aerobe  
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What do you call an organism that can not tolerate oxygen?   Obligate anaerobe  
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What do you call an organism that prefers oxygen but can also tolerate atmospheric conditions where there is no oxygen?   Facultative anaerobe  
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Organisms that live off of and harm their hosts   parasites  
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Decomposers   saprobes  
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autotrophs   self-nourishers  
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heterotrophs   Other feeders  
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3 types of Protists.   Algal protists Fungal protists Protozoans  
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What disease does the protozoan, amoeba, cause?   Dysentery  
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What disease does the protozoan, trypanosome, cause and what is its vector?   Tsetse fly  
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Name 6 types of invertebrates   Proifera Echinoderms Cniderian Arthropods Worms Mollusk  
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What are the characteristics of Proifera (sponges)?   simple, asymmetrical, aquatic, have no tissues or organs and can regenerate  
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What are characteristics of Cnidarians?   medusa (domed) and polyp, they also have tentacles and stinging cells  
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Name 3 general types of worms   Flat worms Round worms Segmented worms  
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What are the characteristics of Mollusks?   soft muscular bodies and some have shells  
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Name 3 types of Mollusks?   Bivalves (oysters), Gastropods, Cephalopods  
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science of naming and grouping organisms   taxonomy  
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Modern systematists try to group organisms based on   evolutionary relationships  
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correct way to write scientific names in the binomial nomenclature system   the first word is capitalized the second word is not capitalized both words are italicized  
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a two word naming system   binomial nomenclature  
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the general term for a grouping in taxonomy   taxa  
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the largest taxonomic category   kingdom  
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between the kingdom and the class   phylum  
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taxonomy   kingdom phylum class order family genus species  
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human taxonomy   Eukarya Animalia Chordate Mammilia Primates Homilade Homo Sapiens Homo Sapiens  
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A group that is limited to a common ancestor and all of its descendants   monophyletic group  
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A specific trait that is used to construct a cladogram   derived character  
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A branch of a cladogram that consists of a single common ancestor   a clade  
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study of how living and extinct organisms are related to one another   phylogeny  
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Unicelled organisms that lack nuclei and have cell walls made with peptidoglycan   Eubacteria  
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paramecium   Flagellum  
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Cilia   sperm  
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Pseupods   amoeba  
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What are the characteristics of Amphibians?   Larva have gills Adults have lungs Ecothermic  
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What are the characteristics of reptiles?   Dry scaly skin Ectothermic Lay shelled eggs  
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What are the characteristics of birds?   Feathers and wings Endothermic Light skeleton Lay shelled eggs  
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characteristics of mammals?   Hair or fur Endothermic Produce milk  
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carry offspring in pouches   Marsupials  
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Monotremes   lay eggs  
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placental   live offspring  
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What is a controversial 7th kingdom   Non-cellular viruses  
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Why was it necessary to classify all living things?   To avoid confusion. Common names vary in different languages and place to place. Need consensus about the names of things.  
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How did Aristotle classify living things?   either plants or animals  
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Who was John Ray and how did he propose to classify/name organisms?   long detailed latin names  
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How many taxa did his original system have and how was it organized?   4 taxa originally; heiarchy  
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How many taxa are there today and what are they (ranging from most general to very specific)?   7  
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first word   genus  
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second word   species  
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What does the term “alternation of generations” refer to?   2 alternating phases: diploid and haploid  
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How has the period of time a plant spends in the gametophyte phase changed over the evolution of plants?   gametophyte phase has shortened and the sporophyte phase had increased.  
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what is the term for the female reproductive organ where eggs are formed   archegonia  
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both grasses and mosses are examples of plants   true  
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chlorophyll a and b are located in chloroplasts   true  
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plants require oxygen for cellular respiration   true  
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bryophytes stay small because they lack vascular tissue   true  
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the gameophyte is the dominant stage of bryophytes   true  
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carries substances from roots to stems and leaves   xylem  
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carries substances from leaves throughout the plant body   phloem  
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encases the seeds of flowering plants   fruits  
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seed plants that produce flowers and fruit   angiosperm  
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corns, beans, and pine nuts   seeds  
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attract animal pollinators   flowers  
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the period when flowering plants first appeared   Cretaceous  
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flower parts in multiples of 3   monocots  
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flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5   dicots  
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fertilized egg in an ovule becomes the zygote of a new sporophyte   true  
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structures that produce male gameophyte   anthers  
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In ferns, what is the name of the organ that produces eggs?   archegonia  
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Which species are all land plants thought to have evolved from?   green algae  
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ovary becomes   fruit  
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both male and female parts   perfect flower  
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Seeds dispersed by animals are typically   enclosed in fleshy, nutritious fruits  
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What kind of root does a monocot have?   A fibrous root.  
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How long can embryonic plants stay dormant in its protective seed coating?   From 10 to 1000 years  
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How are the veins of a monocot plant arranged?   parallel to each other on the leaf  
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What is a gymnosperm?   naked seed  
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What 3 conditions must be optimal for a seed to germinate?   The amount of water, oxygen, and temperature.  
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the seed “sprouts''   germination  
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What do the terms “monocot” and “dicot” refer to?   number of leaves within the seed  
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In seed plants, where is the male gametophyte contained?   pollen grain  
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swollen underground stems used for storage   tubers (ex; potatoes)  
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a plant embryo and food supply, encased in a protective covering   seed  
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In seed plants, in what structures do the gametes develop   cones or flowers  
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Flowering plants that bear their seeds in flowers inside a layer of tissue that protects the seeds.   angiosperm  
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the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female reproductive structures   pollination  
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What is contained within a pollen grain?   two sperm  
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Which part of the flower becomes the seed   ovule  
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have small baby plants growing on the parent plant   plantlets (ex kalanchoe)  
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An embryonic plant leaf within the seed   cotyledon  
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creates a passage for the sperm to travel to fertilize the egg   pollen tube  
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What part of the plant contains sperm?   anther  
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What is the purpose of the seed coat?   protection harsh environments  
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List different kinds of pollinators   birds, beeds, mammals  
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In ferns, what is the name of the organ that produces sperm?   antheridia  
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How are angiosperm seeds dispersed?   wind, water, attaching to animals passing by  
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In moss, what is the term for the male reproductive organ where sperm are formed ?   antheridium  
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sprout and grow short stems and maybe some leaves the first year and grows new stems, leaves, flowers, and seed before dying in the second year   biennal  
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How are the veins of a dicot leaf arranged?   branch out  
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carbohydrates and products of photosynthesis   phloem  
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H20 and nutrients increase   xylem  
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What are the structures found in a seed? What are the structures found in a seed?   cotyledons, epicotyls, hypocotyls, radicles, and endosperm  
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What part of the plant develops from the epicotyl?   cotyledon leaves and leaves  
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What is an imperfect flower?   either a male or a female reproductive part of a plant  
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How are the vascular tissues in a monocot arranged?   scattered; all throughout  
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source of food for the embryonic plant and during germination   endosperm  
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How are the vascular tissues in a dicot arranged?   arranged in a ring in the stem; around the edge  
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What kind of plant reproduction doesn’t require seeds?   asexual  
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horizontal roots above the ground   runners (es; strawberries + grass)  
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What kind of root does a dicot have?   tap  
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If a plant had 12 petals, how can you tell if it is a monocot or dicot?   determine how the veins run  
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List different adaptations of angiosperms that attract pollinators.   Petals of different colors, nectar, oils, mimic mates,  
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thick button-shaped underground stem that store food   Corms (ex bananas,gladiolus, begonias)  
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What are the 2 types of plant support systems?   woody  
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water; turgor pressure   non woody  
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What are the three main types of animal support systems?   None Mineral support Skeletal support  
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What are the characteristics of a “none” or no skeletal support system?   usually live in water, are slow moving  
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What are the 2 different types of skeletal support systems?   Exoskeletons and endoskeletons  
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pain and stiffness caused by loss of cartilage   oseoarthitis  
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rib cage   axial  
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shoulders   appendicular  
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What are exoskeleton composed of?   Chitin & living tissue made of carbohydrate and proteins  
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What are 4 functions of the exoskeleton   support improve movement protection prevent water loss  
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What are the disadvantages of having an exoskeleton   limits the size of the adult must molt vulnerable after molting  
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What are the characteristics of an endoskeleton? What are they made of?   living tissue made up of living cells and non-living minerals such as calcium and phosphorus; internal  
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What are the 6 functions of endoskeletons?   support and maintain shape improves movements protect vital organs store minerals make blood cells store fat  
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build bone up   osteoblasts  
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break down bone releasing minerals   osteoclats  
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maintain bone health   osteocytes  
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What type of bone is found on the exterior of bone?   compact  
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What kind of bone is found at the ends of long bones?   sponge bone  
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the process in which cartilage is replaced by bone   ossification  
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supplies the energy needed for muscle contraction   ATP  
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formed by thick filaments to allow filaments to slide past one another   cross bridges  
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bundles of tightly packed protein filaments inside muscle fibers   myofibrils  
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thick protein in muscle fibers   myosin  
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thin protein filaments in muscle fibers   actin  
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tough layer of connective tissue surrounding the bone   periosteum  
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soft tissue in bone cavities that stores fat   yellow marrow  
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produce red blood cells   red marrow  
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shoulder and hip   ball and socket  
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elbows, ankles, and knees   hinge  
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multiple nuclei, voluntary, striated   skeletal muscle  
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spindle shaped, non-striated, involuntary, 1 nuclei   smooth muscle  
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involuntary, striated, 1+ nuclei   cardiac muscle  
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connected to each other by gap junctions   cardiac muscle  
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between skull bones   immovable  
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synovial joits   freely movable  
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ulna/ radius   pivot  
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knuckles   epilloical  
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thumb   saddie  
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state the sliding filament theory   1. releases the neuro transmitter Ach 2. causes muscle to release calcium 3. exposes biding site on actin 4. actin + myosin form a cross bridge 5. Bowerstrokes to bring Z lines closer together  
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ligaments   bone to bone  
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skin, hair, nails   Integumentry  
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function of integumentry   prevent dehydration, protection, relax waste, regulates, vitamin D  
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Where is the red bone marrow found?   spongy bone  
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What is the function of melanin?   protect the skin by absorbing UV rays form the sun.  
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Where are melanocytes found?   epidermis  
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What type of muscle contracts rapidly and generates a lot of force quickly?   white muscle  
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What is the largest organ in your body?   skin  
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What do sebaceous glands produce?   sebum  
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What is the composition of an endoskeleton?   living cells, collagen contain minerals, Bone, cartilage, and connective tissues.  
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wear and tear of cartilage   osteoarthritis  
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What is cartilage and what purpose does it serve?   tough connective tissue that is found between bones; It cushions, creates a frictionless environment, during movement  
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What are tendons?   muscle to bone  
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What is the name of the contracting unit of muscle?   sacromere  
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thick filaments   myosin  
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What are the 3 main layers of skin?   Epidermis Dermis Hypodermis  
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What are the differences between the 2 basic layers of the epidermis?   upper: of dead cells filled with keratin. lower; maturing cells.  
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contains hair follicles, sweat glands, oil glands, sensory receptors, ?   the dermis  
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What is the function of keratin in hair?   keep supple and moist; in nails too  
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Infection or inflammation of the hair follicles.   acne  
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Red welts   hives  
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abnormal growth of skin cells often due to UV radiation   skin cancer  
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amount of heat needed to lower the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius   calorie  
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The most important nutrient   water  
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May be monosaccharides, disaccharides, or polysaccharides   carbohydrates  
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May be saturated or unsaturated   fats  
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Polymers of amino acids   proteins  
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May be fat-soluble or water-soluble   vitamins  
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Required to produce the compound that makes up bones and teeth   minerals  
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the nutrient lost through sweat, urine and exhaled breath   water  
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the nutrient lost through sweat, urine and exhaled breath   make stronger  
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when a person stops growing or becomes less active, nutrient needs   decrease  
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the study of food and its effect on the body   nutrition  
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Where does chemical digestion begin?   mouth  
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Saliva eases the passage of food through the digestive system and contains   amylase  
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Which is the correct order of passage of food through the digestive system?   mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine  
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Which of the following is not a role of the pancreas?   produces bile  
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Physical digestion or breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces is called   mechanical digestion  
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Breaks down starches into disaccharides   salivary amylase  
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starch   carbohydrates  
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The last part of the large intestine, it releases wastes out of the body   rectum  
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The primary function of the large intestine   absorb water  
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Absorb the products of carbohydrate and protein digestion in the villi   capillaries  
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Continues the breakdown of protein in the small intestine   trypsin  
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products into the blood or lymph   absorption  
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moving foods   propulsion  
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Nutrients are absorbed through   active transport  
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where fat digestions begins   small intestine  
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What are food components?   Nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, nucleic acids), minerals and vitamins.  
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What are the 4 main organic nutrients?   Carbohydrates Proteins Fats Nucleic Acids  
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What do proteins get broken down into and how does the body use them?   amino acids that aid in metabolic reactions, DNA replication, responding to stimuli, transporting molecules, and cell structures in the stomach  
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What do fats get broken down into ?   glycerol and fatty acids  
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inorganic molecules that perform vital functions   minerals  
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Breaks down fat   lipase  
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causes muscle fibers to lock in continuous contraction   tetanus  
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wasting away of skeletal muscles   muscle dystrophy  
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Absorb fats and fatty acids   lymph vessels  
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What is the purpose of the excretory system?   remove metabolic wastes from the body and maintain homeostasis  
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What organs are involved in the excretory system?   The skin, lungs, liver, kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra  
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How does the skin help remove waste?   sweating  
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How do the lungs excrete wastes?   carbon dioxide, a waste of cellular respiration is released when breathing  
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What does the kidney do?   filtering process, the kidneys remove excess water, urea and metabolic wastes from the blood  
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outer portion   Cortex  
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inner sections   medulla  
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dip in oval structure   pelvis  
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dirty blood enters   renal artery  
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clean blood exists   renal vein  
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actual filtering unit of the kidney   nephron  
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How does the nephron filter blood?   Filtration Reabsorption Secretion  
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Filtration of blood mainly occurs in the   glomerulus  
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solution of water, glucose, amino acids, urea, minerals, forced into Bowman's capsule   filtrate  
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How much blood is filtered in a day?   filter 189 L of blood per day. About 99% of the filtrate is reabsorbed. excrete about 1 – 2 L  
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blood cleaning process is done artificially through the process of “dialysis” until a new kidney can be transplanted   kidney dialysis  
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pumps to the lungs   Pulmonary Circulation  
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delivers oxygen to the cells of the body   Systemic Circulation  
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carry blood away from the heart   arteries  
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carry blood toward the heart   veins  
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the site of gas exchange with cells   capillaries  
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What is the function of the circulatory system?   To transport nutrients, hormones, metabolic waste and gases throughout the body  
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What structures are part of the circulatory system?   The heart, the blood vessels and blood  
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What are the name of the upper heart chambers that receive blood?   right atrium receives poor-blood from body left atrium receive oxygen rich blood from lungs  
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What are the name of the upper heart chambers that receive blood?   right ventricle poor from lungs left; rich blood from body tissues  
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veins attach to   atriums  
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arteries attach to   ventricles  
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What are the 5 kinds of blood vessels?   Artery, arteriole, capillaries, venule, and vein  
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veins are thinner and have valves   arteries are thick and diameters are smaller  
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What is the name of the largest artery and where is it found?   aorta  
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What is the name of the largest vein and where is it found?   superior and inferior vena cava  
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Which of the 2 circulatory systems is largest, the pulmonary or the systemic circuit?   systemic  
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What structure in the heart keeps the oxygen-poor blood on the right side from mixing with the oxygen-rich blood found on the left side?   septum  
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What is the name of the bunch of nervous tissue that controls the heartbeat and where is it found?   SA node  
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What do the 2 numbers of the blood pressure ratio mean?   systole/diastole  
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What are the functions of the lymphatic system?   Return fluids back to the circulatory system Filter out bacteria, foreign materials, toxins in lymph Transport proteins back to blood Produce antibodies to fight bacteria Absorbs fat from the intestine and transport to liver  
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What are the organs of the lymphatic system?   thymus, liver, spleen, tonsils, bone marrow and a series of lymph vessels and nodes.  
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red blood cells   carry oxygen  
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white blood cells   immune system  
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Platelets   clotting  
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red blood cells are bags of   hemaglobin  
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broken off fragments of macrophage cytoplasm involved in clotting   platelets  
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10 million per mL   white blood cells  
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5 billion per mL   red blood cells  
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400 million per mL   platelets  
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What does thromboplastin convert prothrombin into?   thrombin  
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What does thrombin convert fibrinogen into?   fibrin  
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sticky protein that forms a network of fibers that are the basis of a clot   fibrin  
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What are the 3 basic steps for blood clotting?   1. break in capillary 2. platelets clump at site and release thromboplastin which converts prothrombin to thrombin 3. clot forms when thrombin converts fibrinogen into fibrin  
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How are blood types determined?   The antigen that is present  
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Which blood type can receive blood from anybody – aka the universal recipient?   type AB  
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What blood type can donate to any other blood group?   type O  
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Why is the Rh factor important when a woman is Rh negative?   develops antibodies against the RH factor of her baby if no shot of rhogam to suppress antibodies could harm baby  
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lack of oxygen typically due to a deficiency of red blood cells or low iron   anemia  
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cancer of the white blood cells   leukemia  
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X-linked recessive genetic disease that results in poor clotting of blood   hemophilia  
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kissing disease   mononucleosis  
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viral infection that disables the helper T-cells of the immune system   AIDS  
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a hardening of the arteries ; loss elasticity   arteriosclerosis  
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produced by the hosts B cells and each is made for a specific foreign antigen   antibodies  
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foreign invade ; triggers an immune response   antigen  
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How do vaccines work?   a small amount or less dangerous form of a pathogen to a person and then let that person’s immune system formulate an antibody against it memory B cells produce antibodies against the invader the next time it is seen  
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55% of blood   plasma  
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45% of blood   red blood cells  
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What are the functions of blood?   transports nutrients, gasses, wastes around the body It regulates body temperature, Protect from invaders. Restricts the loss of fluids  
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mammals that lay eggs and the development of the fetus is external or occurs outside the mother   monotremes  
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ex of montremes   platypus and anteater  
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mammals that give birth to a partially developed fetus   marsupials  
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es of marsupials   kangaroo, wombat, koalas  
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internal fertilization   placental  
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ex of placental   humans  
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a skin sac that houses the testes; 3oF below body temperature   scrotum  
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occurs and testosterone is produced in the testes   Spermatogenesis  
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sperm stored; 9-10 weeks   epididymis  
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One of hundreds of tiny tubes in which sperm are produced   Seminiferous tubule  
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releases FSH   anterior pituitary  
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travels through the blood to the ovary and stimulates the maturation of follicles   eggs  
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stimulates the maturation of eggs within the follicles   FSH  
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release estrogen   follicles  
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when the follicle ruptures releasing the egg   ovulation  
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During menses about   1/4 to 1/2 cup is lost  
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3 phase menstrual cycle   menstruation (lasting 1 – 5 days), the follicular phase ( lasts about 14 days in a 28 day cycle), and the luteal phase lasts about 14 days  
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breast feeding benefits   Physical and emotional benefits include creating a close mother-child bond maintain the release of progesterone and prolactin good diet is passed on and antibodies  
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views fetus in utero; uses endoscope   Fetoscopy  
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12-18 week fetus ; Remove amniotic fluid ; 0.25-.5 chance of miscarrage   Amniocentesis  
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High frequency sound waves Examine image on monitor   ultasound  
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3 stages labor   Cervix dilates…vaginal opening enlarges…amniotic sac bursts (water breaks) Child delivered through vagina Placenta (afterbirth) expelled controlled by oxytocin  
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when the male and female gametes (sperm and egg) unite   fertilization  
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gametes are   haploid (1 copy)  
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organisms are diploid   2 copy  
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form of asexual reproduction. when the growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization   Parthenogenesis  
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outside the organism   external fertilization  
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within the organism   internal fertilization  
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the egg must have been recently released   proper timing  
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Pathway for gametes   internal travel in tubes  
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Protection of gametes   external: many eggs internal: placed inside female  
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Insects Some fish & reptiles Birds Monotreme mammals   external egg laying  
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Some fish & reptiles Marsupials Placental mammals   Internal: Give birth  
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more embryos survive; ecothermic   Reptiles and birds  
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Caused by a spirochete Chancre, rash and organ damage   Syphilis  
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Caused by a bacteria Painful urination, pus and sterility   Gonorrhea  
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Caused by a virus Blisters, pain, headache, rash   herpes  
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Caused by a virus Decrease in immunity   AIDS  
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have both testes and ovaries; do not have separate sexes   hermaphrodites  
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ex of hermaphrodites   snails slugs, clown fish  
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Caterpillars metamorphose into   butterflies  
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Complete metamorphosis   Egg..larva..pupa..adult  
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Incomplete metamorphosis   Egg…nymph…adult  
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ex of incomplete   crickets, roaches, grasshoppers  
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ex of complete   butterflies, moths, houseflies  
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An example of non-viable parthenogenesis   bee hives  
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are genetically identical   Identical twins  
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when 2 eggs are fertilized by two different sperm   fraternal twins  
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Ovum stage weeks 1-2   Cleavage and implantation  
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Embryo stage weeks 3-8   Main organs appear Susceptible to outside stimuli  
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Fetal stage weeks 9-40   Size increases Systems become functional  
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- The amount of time it takes for an isotope to decay by one half   Half life  
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The process in which organisms change over time   evolution  
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What was the name of the islands that Darwin explored while traveling on the HMS Beagle?   Galapagos Islands of Equador  
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What were Darwin’s 3 general findings about variations among species?   Species vary globally Species vary locally Species vary over time  
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an example of species varying globally   flightless birds: emus, rheas, and ostriches  
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species varying over time ex   extinct glyptodont; armadillo  
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varying locally   Galapagos tortoises  
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ability of an organism to survive and reproduce   fitness  
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What is the idea of common descent?   Species alive today share common ancestors  
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What is the evidence for shared ancestors that supports the idea of common descent?   Comparative embryology, Comparative anatomy, Comparative biochemistry Fossil records, Comparative Genetics  
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heritable traits that enable organisms to survive and reproduce   adaptions  
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What were the 3 main influences on Darwin as he was formulating his idea about “descent with modifications aboard the HMS Beagle?   Geology, agriculture, and population growth  
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What were the geological influences?   Works by the geologists James Hutton and Charles Lyell; provided the evidence for an older earth  
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What were the agricultural influences on Darwin’s thinking?   crops and animals  
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Malthus   populations grows faster than food supply  
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What was the title of Charles Darwin’s first book?   On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection  
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Selection of organisms who survive because they have the best adaptations for their environment   natural selection  
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A type of human influences natural selection of the color of an organism   industrial melanism  
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The amount of time is takes for one-half of a radioactive substance to decay   half life  
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What are the 5 different ways that fossils are formed?   rocks, frozen in ice, captured in amber, preserved in peat bogs, and preserved in tar pits  
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What are scientists who study fossils called?   paleontologists  
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Newcomers to an area that upset the ecology   introduced species  
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driving force of evolution   DNA mutations  
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Name at least four introduced species to the Galapagos Islands.   fire ants, goats, pigs, cats, rats, dogs  
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Charles Darwin was a   naturalist  
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Darwin’s Findings   - organisms well designed for environment - common descent; ancestors - adaptions lead to fitness - fitness; adaptions  
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How old is the earth?   4.5 billion yrs  
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How do we know?   Radioactive dating Rock layers Geologic features Fossils  
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First life   Volcanic Hot Atmosphere  
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