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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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3
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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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12
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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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16
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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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17
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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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18
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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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20
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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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23
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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

25
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What is in the rumen that helps with digestion? How does it help?

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bacteria - ferment grass when chewing cud

26
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What is gas exchange?

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oxygen in and CO2 out

27
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What is the purpose of oxygen?

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burns food

28
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What is the term for respiration with oxygen? without oxygen?

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aerobic/anaerobic

29
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By what process do gases move across respiratory surfaces?

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diffusion

30
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What causes materials to move by diffusion?

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kinetic energy - move from high to low concentration - down the gradient

31
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Give the 5 characteristics of a good respiratory surface?

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  1. large surface area
  2. moist
  3. selectively permeable
  4. concentration difference (gradient)
  5. maintain the concentration gradient
32
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What structure do the most simple organisms use for respiration?

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their skin

33
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What is the most common structure for aquatic organisms to use as a respiratory surface?

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gills

34
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What do most larger terrestrial organisms use as a respiratory surface?

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lungs

35
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What is the biggest problem faced by terrestrial organisms for respiration?

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drying out of respiratory surfaces

36
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what happens to the lungs as we go from amphibians to reptiles to mammals? Explain why this is necessary.

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increase surface area (more branches and partitions) because larger and more active - need more energy

37
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What are the air sacs of mammals where gases are exchanged?

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alveoli

38
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What is wrapped around the alveoli to allow gas exchange

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capillaries

39
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What makes bird lungs more efficient than mammal lungs?

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air flows mostly in one directionso they continually get fresh air

40
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What makes fish gills more efficient at removing oxygen from the water?

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countercurrent flow of blood and water

41
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the hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood around the body

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heart

42
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What is the difference in the structure of an open and a closed circulatory system?

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open - blood isn’t always in vessels

closed - blood is always in vessels

43
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Do open or closed circulatory systems build up higher pressure? What is the advantage of higher pressure?

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closed - more pressure

animals can be more active because they get a steady flow of oxygen and nutrients

44
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the upper, receiving chamber of the heart

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atrium

45
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the lower, pumping chamber of the heart

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ventricle

46
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an animal with a 2-chambered heart

Blood flows from heart to gills to body

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single-loop circulation

47
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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

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double-loop circulation

48
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What is the advantage of having 4 chambers in the heart instead of 3?

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There is no mixing of oxygenated or deoxygenated blood.

49
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What type of vertebrates have a single-loop circulation?

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fish

50
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What type of vertebrates have a double-loop circulation?

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amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals

51
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What animals have four-chambered hearts? What is the advantage

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birds and mammals - higher metabolism (more oxygen and nutrients to cells)

52
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the elimination of wastes

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excretion

53
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The toxic nitrogen waste created by the cells

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ammonia

54
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SInce ammonia is toxic, animals have 2 choices for handling it. What are the 2 choices?

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  1. eliminate it immediately

2. convert it to a less toxic waste to store and eliminate it later

55
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Why does ammonia work for aquatic organisms?

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can eliminate it immediately into water where it is washed away and diluted

56
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What is ammonia converted to to store before releasing?

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urea or uric acid

57
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What is the difference between urine and uric acid?

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urine - mixed with water

uric acid - dry

58
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Why does uric acid work better than urine for some organisms?

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conserves water - not as heavy to store

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