Exam 1 Flashcards
Five strands of environmental education program of the national park services
1- variety and similarity: similarity and difference allows us to group things
2- pattern: how things are physically arranged
3- interaction and interdependence: the change between two things and the dependence for each other
4- continuity and change: everything is becoming something else yet retaining a part of the old
5-adaption and evolution: evolution is a biological adaptation by which organisms change their form or other characteristics
Succession
The natural transition of one type of plant and animal community to another
Climax and subclimax
Climax: is the state of a plant and animal community which is final step of succession for a given area and climate
Subclimax: is a stage of succession along the way toward climax
The water cycle
Water evaporates into the air as water vapor, condenses into clouds that move about the land and sea, and falls back to the earth as rain, snow, hail, sleet. Then it evaporates into air again as water vapor and the process starts over
The food chain
Producers, consumers, and decomposer
Ecology
The study of animals and plants and their relationships to each other and to their environment
Protozoa
Simplest one cell
Coelenteratea
(Toxins) Jelly fish
Platy- helminthes
Flat worms
Nfmate-helminthes
Round worms
Mollusca
Gastropods: Snails
Bivalves: oysters
Cephalopod: shrimp
Annelida
Worms that are segmented and have circulatory system.
Arthropoda
Insects: 6 legs
Arachnid: 8 legs
Myriapods: many legs
Crustaceans: hard shell
Invertebrates
Porifera
Echinodermata
Chordata
Have spinal cords (humans)