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Profundal |
Part of the lake containing bacteria and worm like organisms that can sum dead debris |
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Grasslands |
Found Halfway between equator and poles Covers inferiors of major continent's Converted to agricultural use |
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Biome |
Type of major land ecosystem determined mostly by features of the climate in the area |
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Physical habitat characteristics |
Rocks Water Wind |
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Ecology |
Study of interactions of organisms with each other and with their habitat |
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Competition |
Narrow niche breadth |
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Secondary succession |
Occurs on abandoned agricultural fields |
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Non associative learning |
Simplest of all types of learning |
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Habituation |
A type of learning in which there is a decrease in the response to a repeated stimulus |
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Optimal Forging Theory |
Animals will select food items that maximize their net energy intake per unit of forging time |
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Kin selection |
Favors altruism directed towards relatives |
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Sign stimulus |
Egg outside a goose's nest |
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Cognitive Behavior |
Having information and responding in a manner that suggests thinking is an area of animal behavior |
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Oxytocin |
Stimulates uterine contraction during labor |
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Defective Thyroid |
Loss of weight Increased heart rate Elevate body temperature |
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Parathyroid hormone |
Calcium levels in blood don't drop too low |
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Type I Diabetes |
Deficiency in beta cells |
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Growth Hormone |
Stimulates growth of muscle and bone |
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Vasopressin ADH |
Regulates kidney retention of water Suppressed by alcohol |
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone |
Causes ovaries to become ready for ovulation |
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Luteinizing Hormone |
Stimulates gonadotropin to produce testosterone and triggers ovulation |
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Steroid |
Leads to Liver damage Acne and balding Larger muscles Masculinity in women |
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Hermaphroditism |
Has both testes and ovaries |
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Seminiferous Tubles |
Location of sperm production |
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Ovulation |
Triggered by Luteinizing Hormone |
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Fetus |
After 3rd month |
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Gonorrhea/Chlamydia |
Leads to PID Fallopian tubes can be scarred or blocked |
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HCG Human Chronic Gonadotropin |
Pregnancy tests |
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Genital Herpes |
STD Virus |
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Syphilis |
Leads to Blindness Heart disease Mental deficiency |
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Mesoderm |
Gives rise to Skeleton Muscles Blood vessels Heart |
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Ovary |
Mature ripened fruit containing fertilized seeds |
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Autotrophs |
Plants that produce their own food |
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Stoma |
Opening in the outermost layer of the leaf |
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Vascular Systems |
Helps plants disperse water throughout |
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Male gametophytes |
In a seed plant Pollen grains |
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Gymnosperms |
First seed plants |
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Whorl flower |
Petals that attract pollination |
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Water for fertilization |
Required by ferns |
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Moths |
Attracted to white, heavily scented flowers |
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Plants |
Aquire minerals from the soil |
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Stems |
Framework for positioning of leaves |
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Stomata |
Epidermis of leaves Gases carbon dioxide and oxygen pass |
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Ions |
Regulates tugor pressure within cells of leaves |
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Functions of trichomes |
Regulates temp/ water balance Secrete sticky and toxic substances to deter herbivores |
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Casparin strip |
Keeps water from penetrating the vascular cylinder Forces water to pass through the endodermal cells |
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Transpiration |
Process by which water leaves a plant |
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Cohesion adhesion tension theory |
The way water travels up the length of the stem |
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Asexual reproduction |
Leads to offspring known as clones |
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Runners and Rhizomes |
Reproduce asexually through horizontal stems |
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Dioecious Plants |
Male and female flowers |
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Angiosperms atract pollinaters by |
Nectar Colorful petals Scent |
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Germination of embryo within seed takes place |
Once water and oxygen reach embryo |
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Fruit |
Dissemination of seeds |
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Ethylene |
Hormone put on underipe fruit to hasten ripening |
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Thigmotropism |
Response of plant to touch |
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Gravitropism |
Plants stem grows upward and roots grow downward |
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Auxin |
Primary growth promoting hormone of plants |
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Gibberellin |
Hormone used to space out flowers of grape vines |
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Population |
All members of an interbreeding group or organisms in an area |
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Ecosystem |
Community and non living factors within it interacts |
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Commensalism |
Symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship but the other is not affected |
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Community |
All organisms in an area |
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Primary succession |
Grows where no life existed before |
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As a population approaches capacity |
Increased competition for Light Mating sites Shelter Food |
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Niche |
Role an organism plays within an ecosystem |
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Logistic growth model |
N approaches K The growth rate slows |
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Classical Conditioning |
Pavlovs dog salivating after hearing a bell |
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Oeprant Conditioning |
Trial and error learning Behavior response with reward or punishment |
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Imprinting |
Konrad Lorenz raised geese from birth and they treated him like he was their parent |
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Map sense |
Learned ability to move in a particular direction |
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Compass sense |
Innate ability to move in a particular direction |
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Acid precipitation |
Is deadly Changes pH of ecosystem |
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Air/water pollution results from |
Improper waste disposal Agricultural chemicals Increased industrialization |
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Nuclear power plants must have |
Security Safe operations Proper waste disposal |
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Biodiversity |
Makes ecosystems more stable |
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Environmental issues can be solved |
Proper assessment Public education Follow through |
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Global warming affects |
Rainfall Patterns Agricultural Sea level |
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Leads to worldwide decline in amphibians |
Habitat deterioration Fatal infections Introduction of exotic species Toxic Chemical pollutants |
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Characteristics of a developing country |
Short life expectancy High infant morality Low per capita income Rapid doubling rate |
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Greenhouse effect |
High levels of carbon dioxide |
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Monogamy |
Marriage between 2 people |
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Polyandry |
Women has 2 or more mates |
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Polygyny |
Man has more than 2 mates |
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Predation |
The act of one animal preying on another |
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Consumers |
Primary are herbivores Secondary are carnivores Tertiary eat secondary consumers Ex birds and turtles |
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Parenchyma sclerenchyma collenchyma |
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