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who was gregor mendel |
-father of genetics -observed pea plants |
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difference between a dominant and recessive trait |
dominant alleles cover up the presence of other alleles for the same trait, recessive alleles are masked by a dominant allele for the same trait |
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know how to make a mono-hybrid cross using a punnet square |
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phenotype |
physical |
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genotype |
the letters |
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heterozygous |
two of the same alleles in a trait (HH, tt) |
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homozygous |
dissimilar alleles (Hh) |
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what is a mutation |
changing of a structure of a gene |
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age of the earth |
4.6 billion years |
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radiometric dating |
the breaking down of natural materials inside of other materials at a known rate |
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earliest forms of life |
anaerobic prokaryotes |
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natural selection |
animals best suited to their environment reproduce quicker |
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what drives natural selection |
positive mutations |
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darwin's voyage |
HMS Beagle, The Origin of Species, Galapagos islands |
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homologous |
inherited from a common ancestor |
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analogous |
not inherited from a common ancestor |
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vestigual structures |
structure that was useful to an ancestor but we don't have a need for it today |
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hardy-weinberg equilibrium conditions |
large population no positive mutations no natural selection random mating no leaving |
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DNA sequence similarities |
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bipedal |
walks on two feet |
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patterns of evolution |
convergent |
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lamarack's acquired traits |
idea that physical traits acquired over a certain amount of time will be passed on to offspring |
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function of skeletal system |
support, movement, blood cell production etc. |
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know the bones of the human body |
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ligaments |
hold joints together |
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types of joints |
fixed, slightly moveable, freely moveable |
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osteocytes |
living bone cells found in compact bone |
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function of muscular system |
movement |
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function of tendons and ligaments |
tendons connect muscle to bone, ligaments connect bone to bone |
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smooth muscle |
involuntary, found in walls of stomach |
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cardiac muscle |
involuntary, found in walls of heart |
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skeletal |
voluntary bones |
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conditions for contraction and relaxation |
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extensor and flexor muscles |
flexor: muscle that bends a joint extensor: muscle that straightens a joint |
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origin |
point where muscle attaches to stationary bone |
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insertion |
point where muscle attaches to moving bone |
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function of skin |
protection and senses |
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function of melanin and keratin |
melanin gives skin pigment and keratin is a leathery waterproof layer of skin |
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function of respiratory system |
exchange gases with cardiovascular system |
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identify structures of the respiratory system |
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role of alveoli |
clusters of tiny air sacs branching off of the bronchiole |
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understand how gases are exchanged in bronchiole |
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function of immune system |
seek out and destroy disease-carrying organisms or substances |
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role of helper T cells |
recognize disease filled antigens, find them and destroy them. |
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function of antibodies |
protein that reacts, inactivates, or destroys an antigen |
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roles of memory cells |
make the antibodies that kill antigens |
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vaccines |
medication that contains a dead or weakened pathogen or material of a pathogen. prompts an immune response |
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HIV damage to immune system |
will only reproduce one time in a helper t cell |
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body's first line of defense |
muccus and skin |
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function of digestive system and organs |
digestion and absorption |
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bile production and storage location |
bile is a liquid that digests fat that is made by the liver but stored in the gull bladder |
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villi role in absorption |
where nutrients enter the blood stream |
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chemical digestion location and example |
digestive enzyme (amylase) breaks carbohydrates down into sugar |
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fat soluble vitamins |
A D E and K |
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role of peristalis |
pushes food into the stomach |
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function of circulatory system |
delivery of oxygen, nutrient molecules, and hormones |
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location of ventricles and atria |
lower chamber |
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thickness of heart walls |
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function of capillaries, arteries, and veins |
transport blood |
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label heart diagram |
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location of oxgenated and deoxygenated blood |
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hemoglobin function |
carries oxygen from lungs to the tissues of the body |
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red blood cells function |
transports oxygen and co2 |
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white blood cells function |
destroy bacteria and viruses |
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plasma |
carries vitamins, minerals, amino acids, glucose, and hormones to body, brings waste to kidney and lungs |
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platelets |
form blood clots |
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function of nervous system |
transmits signals between different parts of the body |
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parts of nervous system |
spinal cord/brain, nerves |
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label parts of a neuron |
axon terminals, schwann's cells, axon, node of ronvier, myelin sheath, nucleus, cell body |
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function of neuron parts |
axon terminals: transmitters, schwann's cells: make myelin, axon: conducting fiber, myelin sheath: insulating layer fatty layer that speeds transmission |
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right/left side of brain roles |
each side represents the opposite side of the body |
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motor neuron function |
carry information from central nervous system to muscles and glands |
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neurotransmitter function |
transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell |
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function of myelin sheath |
to insulate and speed up transmission of action potentials |
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role of eyes |
to see |
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role of ears |
to hear |
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role of skin |
respond to movement, heat, and pain |