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Classification

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class 
Order 
Family 
Genus
Species
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Binomial nomenclature

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2 names; genus and species; Latin or Greek; italicized or underlined

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Taxa

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Groups.

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Humans classifications

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Eukarya
Animalia
Chordata 
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo
Sapient
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Prokaryotic cells

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Most primitive, simplest and smallest cells; little internal structures; no membrane bound organelles
Ex. Bacteria

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Eukaryotic cells

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More organized and complex; membrane bound organelles

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Types of eukaryotic cells

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Animal and plant

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Difference of plant cell to animal

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Chloroplasts, cell wall, large vacuole

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Autotrophs

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Capable of photosynthesis; obtain energy from sunlight (algae and bacteria)

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Heterotrophs

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Cannot produce own food and must obtain energy by eating others

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Cellular respiration

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Reverse of photosynthesis; done by ALL organisms; glucose broken down using oxygen, CO2and H2O an energy given off

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Seven characteristics of living things?

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  1. 1+ cells
  2. Take in mat.s and energy and transform it
  3. Maintain pretty close internal environment
  4. Reproduce through info in DNA
  5. Respond to environ.
  6. Evolve/change over time/ adapt
  7. Highly organization compared to inanimate objects.
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Charles Darwin book

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On The Origins of Species (1858)

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Linnaeus

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Father of modern taxonomy; hierarchy of life

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Linnaeus book

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Systema Naturae 1758

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Linnaeus belief

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Species were unchanging.

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Binomial nomenclature

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Genus=capt. First letter

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Captain James Cook

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English explorer trips included much if South Pacific; use time keeping device

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Juan Cabrillo

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1542 Spanish explorer of all coasts esp. California. PCH and aquarium named after him.

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Jacques Cousteau

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French diver and scientist; co-inventor of scuba; oceanic society named after him

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Oceanic crust
Depth
Age

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5km

200mill ago

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Continental crust
Depth
Age

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20-50km

3.5bill ago

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Oxygen minimum zone

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~1000m deep

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Lyell

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Scottish geologist; Principles of Geology; influenced young Darwin

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Neap tides

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When moon and sun gravitational pulls are perpendicular

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Tropic interactions?

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Deals with feeding strategies.

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Pelagic

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Found in water column

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Benthic

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On, in it near sea floor

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2types pelagic species

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Nekton and plankton

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Nekton

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Plankton

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2 types of plankton

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Phytoplankton and zooplankton

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Zooplankton

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Heterotrophic consumers

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Phytoplankton

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Photosynthetic

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2 types of benthic organisms

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Epifaunal and I faunal

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Infaunal

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Move through sediment beneath sea bottom surface

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Epifaunal

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Move on sea bottom

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5 fundamentally different types of living creatures or kingdoms

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Monera
Protista
Fungi
Plantar
Animalia
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Heterotrophic

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Must ingest organically

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Autotrophic

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Can create own organic compounds

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How many species on earth?

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~10-30million

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Phylogenetic

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Relating to the evolutionary history of a taxon or group of taxa

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Phylogenetic taxonomy

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Science of classifying organisms according to their branching pattern along a cladogram, morphological similarity, or evolutionary relatedness

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% of earths surface that is ocean

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Penguins
Polar bears
Which poles

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South

North

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Mariana Trench depth in ft

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Lithosphere

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Outer layer of mantle+crust

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% of earths surface that is ocean

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Penguins
Polar bears
Which poles

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South

North

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Mariana Trench depth in ft

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Lithosphere

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Outer layer of mantle+crust

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Where is the Humbolt current?

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East Pacific

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Two most present salts of the ocean

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Sodium and chloride

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Phototrophic

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Autotrophic

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Chemo trophic

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Heterotrophic

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What are hydrothermal vents?

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Underwater vents that spew black “smoke” (sulfide mineral particles) water is heated by magma and absorbs metals from crust…

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Describe the matter of the following 
Crust
Lithosphere 
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Outer core
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Rigid
Rigid
Plastic
Rigid
Liquid
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What parts make up the mantle?

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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, and mesosphere

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What is the area between the cont. slope and the abyssal plain referred to as?

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Continental rise

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What is underneath the continental rise?

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What tidal pattern do we have in SoCal?

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Mixed semidiurnal

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How does nutrient and oxygen level compare abov and below the Pycnocline?

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Above: lower nutrients and higher oxygen

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Area of cont slope also called…

63
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Area after abyssal plain slopes even further down..

Marine Bio 1 (3 decks)

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