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Name the 7 steps to the scientific method?
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1) Observation
2) Hypothesis 3) Experiment 4) Results 5) Conclusion 6) Theory 7) Principle of law |
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What is law of parsimony or sometimes called Occam's Razor?
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The simplist means of solving for problem lies in excluding all excluding all facts, explanations, causes, etc. and that the simplist one answer is most always the correct one.
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Whats is Inductive Reasoning?
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The method of reasoning that builds facts into the generalization of living things.
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What us Deductive Reasoning?
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Proceeds from a known generaliztion and allows the prediction of some previosly unknown facts or events.
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What does Extict mean?
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No member of which is living at the present time.
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What does Extant mean?
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A member that is living at the present time
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What is Binomial nomenclature?
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Giving animals and plants species two names
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Name the fundamental groups of animals?
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1)Phylum
2)Subphylum 3)Class 4)Order 5)Family 6)Genus 7)Species |
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What two catagories was everything placed into untill recently, before the six kingdoms came along?
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The plant kingdom
The animal kingdom |
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Name the six kingdoms?
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1)Bacteria
2)Archaea 3)Protista 4)Fungi 5)Plantae 6)Animalia |
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What is Phylogy?
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The relationship of groups of organisms as reflected by their evolutionary history
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What is tradional comparative anatomy?
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Comparing structure
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What is comparative physiology?
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Compares function
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What is Comparative embryology?
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Comparing embryos
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What is Bilateral Symetry?
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two sided-animals only symmetrical on their left and right side
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What is Radial Symetry?
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many sided-animals can be cut in many diffrent ways
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What is pentamerous radial symetry?
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five-sided symmetry that is strikingly exibited by some echinodermata.
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What is endoskeleton?
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A skeleton that is contained within the body.
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What is exoskeleton?
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The skeleton that encloses the body of all Arthropoda. It is secreted by an underlying cellular layer. The structure is very complex.
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What is hydrostatic skeleton?
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A soft-bodied invertebrates, the coelomic fluid, held under pressure; this maintains the shape of the animal and allows surrounding muscles to contract against it to provide locomotion.
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What is a enzyme?
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A group of molecules of fundamental importance in most of the biochemical reactions of the dynamic process we call "life".
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What is a digestive enzyme?
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It allows us to digest our food or causes a biochemical change in our cells.
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What is a Catalyze?
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Accelerate biochemical reaction allowing enzymes to occur at lower energy levels.
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What is Lipases?
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A enzyme that digest's lipids
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What is amylases?
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A enzyme that digest's starches
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What is proteases?
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A enzyme that digest proteins
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What is peptide bonds?
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Amino acids that are linked together to form proteins.
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What is a condensation reaction?
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A reaction where links are formed between smaller molecules by removing water one water molecule for each link (bond)
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What is hydrolysis reaction?
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Formed when water is added to the molecule.
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Name steps for attacking any problem?
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First you divise a plan of action, this plan or step-by-step program formulated at the beginning of a study is known as a protocol.
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What is cephalization?
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The formation of the head
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What are the terms for bilaterans?
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Anterior-Head
Posterior-tail end Ventral-bellyside Dorsal-Back side Lateral-left to right sides |
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What is this?
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Porifera
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What is this?
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Cnidaria
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What is this?
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Platyhelminthes
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What is this?
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Nematoda
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What is this?
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Mollusca
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What is this?
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Annelida
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What is this?
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Arthropoda-Subphylum Chelicerata
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What is this?
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Arthropoda-Subphylum Crustacea
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What is this?
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Arthrpoda-Subphylum Myriapoda
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What is this?
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Echinodermata
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What is this?
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Chordata-Subphylum Cephalochordata
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What is this?
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Class Myxini
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What is this?
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Class Cephalaspidomorpha
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What is this? It also part of sharks and rays
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Class Chondrichthyes
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What is this?
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class Osteichthyes
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What is this? Also found in this animal phylum frogs and salamanders
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Class Amphibia
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What is this? Also found in this animal phylum turtles, snakes, aligators and crocodiles
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Class Reptilia
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What is this?
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Subclass Prototheria
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