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Animal Adaptations to the Environment Flashcards

1
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has consequences for structural and functional relationships in animals, and as such, presents a fundamental constraint on adaptation

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size

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2
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geometrically similar objects, such as cubes, or spheres

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isometric

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3
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mouthparts of mosquito

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piercing mouthparts

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4
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mouthparts of grasshopper

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chewing mouthparts

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5
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mouthparts of seed-eating bird

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strong, conical bill

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6
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mouthparts of flamingo

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straining bill

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7
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mouthparts of hawk

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tearing beak

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8
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mouthparts of herbivores

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grinding molars

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9
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mouthparts of carnivores

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canine and shearing teeth

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shape helps eagle to catcch animals as it flies

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strong, sharp, hooked beak

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11
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shape helps crack nuts and seeds and to tear fruits

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sharp and curved beak

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12
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shape helps it to catch fish and worms in the water

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flat and broad beak

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13
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shape helps it to pick small grains

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small pointed beak

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14
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shape helps it to suck nectar from flowers

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straw-like, long and slender beak

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15
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Three classifications of animals based on sources of food

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  1. herbivores
  2. carnivores
  3. omnivores
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16
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feed exclusively on plant tissues

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herbivores

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17
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flesh eaters

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carnivores

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18
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eats plants and animals

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omnivores

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19
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Two classifications of plants based on variations in the external environment

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  1. conformers
  2. regulators
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20
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organisms that are unable to maintain consistent internal conditions such as body fluid salinity or levels of tissue oxygen

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conformers

21
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examples of conformers

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echinoderms (osmoconformers)

22
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internal body fluids quickly come to equilibrium with seawater that surrounds them

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osmoconformers

23
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use a variety of biochemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral mechanisms to regulate their internal environments over a broad range of external environmental conditions

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regulators

24
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what is involved in regulation of internal conditions

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  • homeostasis
  • feedback
25
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maintainance of a relatively constant internal environment in a varying external environment

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homeostasis

26
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feedback loop

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  1. variable
  2. receptor
  3. integrator
  4. effector
27
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focus of regulation

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variable

28
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  • measures the internal environment for the variable
  • transfers the information to the integrator
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receptor

29
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  • evaluates the information from the receptor
  • determines actions that need to be taken by the effector
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integrator

30
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functions to modify the internal environment (variable that is the focus of regulation)

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effector

31
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temperature regulation in the human body

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  1. body temperature (variable)
  2. nerve receptors (receptor)
  3. brain (integrator)
  4. muscles (effector)
32
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Major ways of gaining water and solutes by terrestrial animals

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  1. directly drinking and eating
  2. indirectly by producing metabolic water in process of respiration
33
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aviod the effects of drought by entering a period of physiological inactivity (dormancy)

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estivation

34
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stage of arrested development in their life cycle from which they emerge when conditions improve

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diapause

35
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summer sleep

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estivation

36
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winter sleep

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hibernation

37
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  • aquatic organisms living in freshwater
  • have higher salt concentration in their bodies than surrounding water
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hyperosmotic

38
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organisms have lower salt concentrations in their body than surrounding water

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hypoosmotic

39
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body fluids have same osmotic pressure as surrounding seawater

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isosmotic

40
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organism that cannot regulate its body temperature except by behavioral means such as basking or burrowing.

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poikilotherms

41
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poikilotherms word from

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Greek poikilos = changeable

42
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organism that maintains its body temperature at a constant level, usually above that of the environment, by its metabolic activity

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homeotherms

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homeotherms word from

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Greek homoeo = same

44
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animals produce significant quantities of heat by __

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metabolism

45
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how can animals seek out or escape heat and cold

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mobility

46
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respiratory system of insect

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  • tracheal system
  • spiracles
47
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respiratory openings found on the thorax and abdomen of insects

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Spiracles

48
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respiratory system of mammals

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lungs

49
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respiratory of scallop and fish

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gills

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