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What 2 things do animals get from their food?

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  1. nutrients

2. energy

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What is the term for animals that strain food from water?

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filter feeder

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animals that get decaying bits of plants and animals from the ground

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detritivore

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animals that eat meat

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carnivore

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animals that eat plants

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herbivore

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animals that eat both plants and meat

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omnivores

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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association

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symbiosis

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the type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit

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mutualism

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the type of symbiosis where one feeds on the tissues of another

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parasitism

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the organism a parasite lives in or on

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host

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a type of symbiosis where one benefits and the other is unaffected

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commensalism

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Give an example of a parasite

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flea, tick. leech, tapeworm

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Give an example of a mutual.

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  1. clownfish and anemone
  2. coral and algae
  3. bee and a flower
  4. termite and a ciliate
  5. cow and intestinal bacteria
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digestion inside a cell

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intracellular

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digestion outside of a cell

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extracellular

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Does intracellular or extracellular digestion allow for a larger meal? Explain.

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extracellular - cells are microscopic

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What is the difference between a digestive tract and a gastrovascular cavity?

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gastrovascular cavity has only one opening that serves as both the mouth and anus
digestive tract has separate openings for mouth and anus

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Give an example of organisms with intracellular digestion.

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sponges

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19
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Give 2 examples of organisms with gastrovascular cavities.

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flatworms and cnidarians

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solid wastes released from the digestive tract - what is it called when that is released

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feces - defecation

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Name and describe the four major types of teeth.

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incisors - clip food
canines - sharp teeth to rip and tear
premolars - grinding
molars - crushing

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What is the difference in the teeth of herbivores and carnivores.

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herbivores - reduced or absent canines and lots of molar surface
carnivores - large canines

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What is the difference in the length of the digestive tract of herbivores and carnivores?

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carnivores - shorter - easier to digest meat

herbivores - longer to digest cellulose (plant fiber)

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What is the extra chamber in cows for helping them break down cellulose (plant fiber)? What do we call animals with this chamber?

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rumen - ruminants

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What is in the rumen that helps with digestion? How does it help?
bacteria - ferment grass when chewing cud
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What is gas exchange?
oxygen in and CO2 out
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What is the purpose of oxygen?
burns food
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What is the term for respiration with oxygen? without oxygen?
aerobic/anaerobic
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By what process do gases move across respiratory surfaces?
diffusion
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What causes materials to move by diffusion?
kinetic energy - move from high to low concentration - down the gradient
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Give the 5 characteristics of a good respiratory surface?
1. large surface area 2. moist 3. selectively permeable 4. concentration difference (gradient) 5. maintain the concentration gradient
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What structure do the most simple organisms use for respiration?
their skin
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What is the most common structure for aquatic organisms to use as a respiratory surface?
gills
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What do most larger terrestrial organisms use as a respiratory surface?
lungs
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What is the biggest problem faced by terrestrial organisms for respiration?
drying out of respiratory surfaces
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what happens to the lungs as we go from amphibians to reptiles to mammals? Explain why this is necessary.
increase surface area (more branches and partitions) because larger and more active - need more energy
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What are the air sacs of mammals where gases are exchanged?
alveoli
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What is wrapped around the alveoli to allow gas exchange
capillaries
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What makes bird lungs more efficient than mammal lungs?
air flows mostly in one directionso they continually get fresh air
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What makes fish gills more efficient at removing oxygen from the water?
countercurrent flow of blood and water
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the hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood around the body
heart
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What is the difference in the structure of an open and a closed circulatory system?
open - blood isn't always in vessels | closed - blood is always in vessels
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Do open or closed circulatory systems build up higher pressure? What is the advantage of higher pressure?
closed - more pressure | animals can be more active because they get a steady flow of oxygen and nutrients
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the upper, receiving chamber of the heart
atrium
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the lower, pumping chamber of the heart
ventricle
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an animal with a 2-chambered heart | Blood flows from heart to gills to body
single-loop circulation
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an animal with a 3 or 4 chambered heart so the blood goes from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart before going on to the body
double-loop circulation
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What is the advantage of having 4 chambers in the heart instead of 3?
There is no mixing of oxygenated or deoxygenated blood.
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What type of vertebrates have a single-loop circulation?
fish
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What type of vertebrates have a double-loop circulation?
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
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What animals have four-chambered hearts? What is the advantage
birds and mammals - higher metabolism (more oxygen and nutrients to cells)
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the elimination of wastes
excretion
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The toxic nitrogen waste created by the cells
ammonia
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SInce ammonia is toxic, animals have 2 choices for handling it. What are the 2 choices?
1. eliminate it immediately | 2. convert it to a less toxic waste to store and eliminate it later
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Why does ammonia work for aquatic organisms?
can eliminate it immediately into water where it is washed away and diluted
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What is ammonia converted to to store before releasing?
urea or uric acid
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What is the difference between urine and uric acid?
urine - mixed with water | uric acid - dry
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Why does uric acid work better than urine for some organisms?
conserves water - not as heavy to store

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