Ch. 1 Review Flashcards
Classification
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Binomial nomenclature
2 names; genus and species; Latin or Greek; italicized or underlined
Taxa
Groups.
Humans classifications
Eukarya Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Hominidae Homo Sapient
Prokaryotic cells
Most primitive, simplest and smallest cells; little internal structures; no membrane bound organelles
Ex. Bacteria
Eukaryotic cells
More organized and complex; membrane bound organelles
Types of eukaryotic cells
Animal and plant
Difference of plant cell to animal
Chloroplasts, cell wall, large vacuole
Autotrophs
Capable of photosynthesis; obtain energy from sunlight (algae and bacteria)
Heterotrophs
Cannot produce own food and must obtain energy by eating others
Cellular respiration
Reverse of photosynthesis; done by ALL organisms; glucose broken down using oxygen, CO2and H2O an energy given off
Seven characteristics of living things?
- 1+ cells
- Take in mat.s and energy and transform it
- Maintain pretty close internal environment
- Reproduce through info in DNA
- Respond to environ.
- Evolve/change over time/ adapt
- Highly organization compared to inanimate objects.
Charles Darwin book
On The Origins of Species (1858)
Linnaeus
Father of modern taxonomy; hierarchy of life
Linnaeus book
Systema Naturae 1758
Linnaeus belief
Species were unchanging.
Binomial nomenclature
Genus=capt. First letter
Captain James Cook
English explorer trips included much if South Pacific; use time keeping device
Juan Cabrillo
1542 Spanish explorer of all coasts esp. California. PCH and aquarium named after him.
Jacques Cousteau
French diver and scientist; co-inventor of scuba; oceanic society named after him
Oceanic crust
Depth
Age
5km
200mill ago
Continental crust
Depth
Age
20-50km
3.5bill ago
Oxygen minimum zone
~1000m deep
Lyell
Scottish geologist; Principles of Geology; influenced young Darwin
Neap tides
When moon and sun gravitational pulls are perpendicular