Bio Test 2

Front 1

endoparasite lives where?

Back 1

inside host

Front 2

ectoparasite lives where?

Back 2

outside host

Front 3

competitive exclusion hypothesis involves what?

Back 3

two species that need similiar things and can't live in the same niche

Front 4

resource partitioning involves?

Back 4

differentiation of niches, both in space and time, enable similiar species to COEXISt in communitiy

Front 5

5 warblers

Back 5

1. myrtle warbler
2. bay-breasted warbler
3. black-throated green warbler
4. blackburnian warbler
5. cape may warbler

Front 6

character displacement

Back 6

two species diverge in morphology and resource use due to competition

Front 7

allopatric involves living where?

Back 7

separate habitats

Front 8

sympatric involves living where?

Back 8

same habitats

Front 9

what are the 4 kinds of competition

Back 9

intraspecific. interspecific. resource. interference.

Front 10

intraspecific competition is?

Back 10

between individuals of the same species

Front 11

interspecific competition is?

Back 11

between different species

Front 12

resource competition is?

Back 12

organisms that compete because they both eat a limited resource

Front 13

interference competition?

Back 13

individuals interact directly w/one another by physical force or intimidation

Front 14

antipredator strategies...list them

Back 14

chemical, cryptic coloration and displays of intimidation

Front 15

mullerian mimicry is?

Back 15

when noxious species use similiar things to warn they are deadly so predator only eats a few to learn

Front 16

batsian mimicry

Back 16

palatable mimicking noxious (b,C) the species must occur in low #

Front 17

Ecosystem ecology

Back 17

concerned with energy flow through organisms

Front 18

what is the avg transfer rate of energy from one trophic level to another?

Back 18

10% converted to biomass between each tier of pyramid. producers at base

Front 19

energy flow

Back 19

mov't of energy through ecosystem as sunlight

Front 20

biomass

Back 20

# organisms x weight

Front 21

what are chemoautrophs?

Back 21

produce chemical energy not sunlight

Front 22

coprophagous means the animals...

Back 22

eats feces so like maggots or pigs

Front 23

hematophagous feeds on...

Back 23

blood.

Front 24

detritrovore feeds on

Back 24

detrius...decaying food. ex: sea stars, sea cucumbers, milipeeds

Front 25

explain primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer and tertiary consumer..

Back 25

pp: uses photosynthesis
pc: eats producer
sc: eats herbivore
tc: eats carnivore

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detritius

Back 26

dead organic material being composed

Front 27

tropic level involveds

Back 27

a specific feeding level

Front 28

biomass

Back 28

# organisms x weight

Front 29

pyramid of numbers

Back 29

top carnivores to carnivores to herbivores to producers

Front 30

tell me about agnatha

Back 30

jawless fish: hagfish/lampreys (neither have fins)
hagfish have no vertebrae and produce slim for defense.
lampreys have a cartilangious vertebrae.
they have 3 hearts and breath through gills . they change sex yearly.

Front 31

tell me about chondrichthyes

Back 31

they are sharks, rays, skates that are cartilagnous fish. with 2 parts to their heart. they do reproduction by vivapous and invipaous internal fertilization (mermaid purse) vivapous include placenta. they have a good sense of smell and vision. heterocercal tails used to help float and oil filled liver for bouncy

Front 32

osteichthyes

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are bony fish with a 2 chamber heart. they have swim bladders for buoyancy. coelacanth are from this class and are the missing link fossil fish .

Front 33

chordate characteristics

Back 33

48000. rigid internal skeleton, anterior skull, internal organs suspended in a coelom, well-developed closed circulatory system w/ 2,3,4 chamber hearts

Front 34

amphibia has what 3 orders

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order anura: frogs/toads
order caudata: salamander and newts
order gymnophiona: caecilians (wormlike limbless tropical burrowing)

Front 35

gas exchange how?

Back 35

through skin, gills, and lungs

Front 36

reproduction and extras of amphibia

Back 36

larvae develop in water (metamorphosis)
salamander/newts regenerate limbs

Front 37

class reptilia have what 3 orders

Back 37

order crocodilia
order squamata: snake/lizard
order testudines: turtles/tortoises

Front 38

class reptilia res & rep

Back 38

gas exchange through lungs.
lay leathery eggs
crocodilia: eggs gender through temp

Front 39

features of squamata

Back 39

snakes and lizards: no eyelids, ear canals, carnivorous, hinged jaws

Front 40

aves ...

Back 40

have 4 chamber hearts
migration, mating rituals, extensive care of young

Front 41

homothermic

Back 41

constant temp

Front 42

endothermic

Back 42

retains metabolic body heat

Front 43

two subclass to class mammalia

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subclass metatheria: marsupials (kangaroo)
subclass eutheria: placental mammals (bats/rodents)

Front 44

mammalia order...

Back 44

order monotremata : eggs stored in pouch

Front 45

scale of ecology

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organismal: individual
population: group of individuals of same species
community: species live at same place
ecosystem: considers trophic levels, food chains and food webs

Front 46

two important factors that limit species distribuitoin

Back 46

water availibility and temp

Front 47

coriolis effect

Back 47

north hem bend right south hem. bend left

Front 48

wind cells are how many degree latitude?

Back 48

30 degrees

Front 49

3 cells in each hem...names/location?

Back 49

hadley (equator), polar (poles), ferrell (middle)

Front 50

rain shadow

Back 50

windward side gets rain, dry side is leeward

Front 51

chaparral

Back 51

vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes

Front 52

deserts are what?

Back 52

30 degree n & s . with less than 30 cm rainfall

Front 53

biome tropical rainforest...

Back 53

equatorial
25-30 degree
2300cm
diverse.
have epiphytes (plants that grow on plants)

Front 54

temperate deciduous forest

Back 54

eastern north america, europe, eastern asia
-well defined season/winters
-75-200 cm
-oak/maple
-animals: squirrels, rabbits, turkey, bears

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taiga

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northern part of n. america, eurasia .
-5 to 5.
-30-70cm
-pine, spruce
-bear, moose

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savanna

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africa, south america, n. australia
-25-30degree
-50-175 cm
-grasses!

Front 57

hot desert

Back 57

15-30
-<30cm
cacti, sagebrush
-large animals or very small burrowing to avoid heat

Front 58

tundra

Back 58

artic circle
-32 to 12
-<23
-lichens, grasses, dwarf shrubs
-reindeer, wolves, polar bears

Front 59

what's behavioral ecology

Back 59

studies how behavior contributes to differential survival and reproduction of organisms

Front 60

proximate cause

Back 60

how does the behavior work (birds migrate)

Front 61

ultimate cause

Back 61

why is this best (migration improves survival)

Front 62

innate behavior

Back 62

spider builds webs...sterotypic things animals do

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fixed action pattern

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fap. once initated behavior must be completed

Front 64

sign stimulus

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stimulus to begin a specific behavior (squirrel bury nut w/out soil)