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Profundal

Part of the lake containing bacteria and worm like organisms that can sum dead debris

Grasslands

Found


Halfway between equator and poles


Covers inferiors of major continent's


Converted to agricultural use

Biome

Type of major land ecosystem determined mostly by features of the climate in the area

Physical habitat characteristics

Rocks


Water


Wind

Ecology

Study of interactions of organisms with each other and with their habitat

Competition

Narrow niche breadth

Secondary succession

Occurs on abandoned agricultural fields

Non associative learning

Simplest of all types of learning

Habituation

A type of learning in which there is a decrease in the response to a repeated stimulus

Optimal Forging Theory

Animals will select food items that maximize their net energy intake per unit of forging time

Kin selection

Favors altruism directed towards relatives

Sign stimulus

Egg outside a goose's nest

Cognitive Behavior

Having information and responding in a manner that suggests thinking is an area of animal behavior

Oxytocin

Stimulates uterine contraction during labor

Defective Thyroid

Loss of weight


Increased heart rate


Elevate body temperature

Parathyroid hormone

Calcium levels in blood don't drop too low

Type I Diabetes

Deficiency in beta cells

Growth Hormone

Stimulates growth of muscle and bone

Vasopressin ADH

Regulates kidney retention of water


Suppressed by alcohol

Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Causes ovaries to become ready for ovulation

Luteinizing Hormone

Stimulates gonadotropin to produce testosterone and triggers ovulation

Steroid

Leads to


Liver damage


Acne and balding


Larger muscles


Masculinity in women

Hermaphroditism

Has both testes and ovaries

Seminiferous Tubles

Location of sperm production

Ovulation

Triggered by Luteinizing Hormone

Fetus

After 3rd month

Gonorrhea/Chlamydia

Leads to PID


Fallopian tubes can be scarred or blocked

HCG Human Chronic Gonadotropin

Pregnancy tests

Genital Herpes

STD


Virus

Syphilis

Leads to


Blindness


Heart disease


Mental deficiency

Mesoderm

Gives rise to


Skeleton


Muscles


Blood vessels


Heart

Ovary

Mature ripened fruit containing fertilized seeds

Autotrophs

Plants that produce their own food

Stoma

Opening in the outermost layer of the leaf

Vascular Systems

Helps plants disperse water throughout

Male gametophytes

In a seed plant


Pollen grains

Gymnosperms

First seed plants

Whorl flower

Petals that attract pollination

Water for fertilization

Required by ferns

Moths

Attracted to white, heavily scented flowers

Plants

Aquire minerals from the soil

Stems

Framework for positioning of leaves

Stomata

Epidermis of leaves


Gases carbon dioxide and oxygen pass

Ions

Regulates tugor pressure within cells of leaves

Functions of trichomes

Regulates temp/ water balance


Secrete sticky and toxic substances to deter herbivores


Casparin strip

Keeps water from penetrating the vascular cylinder



Forces water to pass through the endodermal cells

Transpiration

Process by which water leaves a plant

Cohesion adhesion tension theory

The way water travels up the length of the stem

Asexual reproduction

Leads to offspring known as clones

Runners and Rhizomes

Reproduce asexually through horizontal stems

Dioecious Plants

Male and female flowers

Angiosperms atract pollinaters by

Nectar


Colorful petals


Scent

Germination of embryo within seed takes place

Once water and oxygen reach embryo

Fruit

Dissemination of seeds

Ethylene

Hormone put on underipe fruit to hasten ripening

Thigmotropism

Response of plant to touch

Gravitropism

Plants stem grows upward and roots grow downward

Auxin

Primary growth promoting hormone of plants

Gibberellin

Hormone used to space out flowers of grape vines

Population

All members of an interbreeding group or organisms in an area

Ecosystem

Community and non living factors within it interacts

Commensalism

Symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship but the other is not affected

Community

All organisms in an area

Primary succession

Grows where no life existed before

As a population approaches capacity

Increased competition for


Light


Mating sites


Shelter


Food

Niche

Role an organism plays within an ecosystem

Logistic growth model

N approaches K


The growth rate slows

Classical Conditioning

Pavlovs dog salivating after hearing a bell

Oeprant Conditioning

Trial and error learning



Behavior response with reward or punishment

Imprinting

Konrad Lorenz raised geese from birth and they treated him like he was their parent

Map sense

Learned ability to move in a particular direction

Compass sense

Innate ability to move in a particular direction

Acid precipitation

Is deadly



Changes pH of ecosystem

Air/water pollution results from

Improper waste disposal


Agricultural chemicals


Increased industrialization

Nuclear power plants must have

Security


Safe operations


Proper waste disposal

Biodiversity

Makes ecosystems more stable

Environmental issues can be solved

Proper assessment


Public education


Follow through

Global warming affects

Rainfall Patterns


Agricultural


Sea level


Leads to worldwide decline in amphibians

Habitat deterioration


Fatal infections


Introduction of exotic species


Toxic Chemical pollutants

Characteristics of a developing country

Short life expectancy


High infant morality


Low per capita income


Rapid doubling rate

Greenhouse effect

High levels of carbon dioxide

Monogamy

Marriage between 2 people

Polyandry

Women has 2 or more mates

Polygyny

Man has more than 2 mates

Predation

The act of one animal preying on another

Consumers

Primary are herbivores


Secondary are carnivores


Tertiary eat secondary consumers


Ex birds and turtles

Parenchyma sclerenchyma collenchyma