Extra Terms Flashcards
an organized system that requires a constant input of energy to maintain itself.
Dynamic Equilibrium
Species that differ in traits other than morphology
Cryptic Species
Tree of Life is based on
Ribosomal RNA
True/False: Archea are more similar to eukaryotes than bacteria
True
the most ancient, most abundant, and most metabolically diverse organisms.
Prokaryotes
Proteobacteria Cyanobacteria Gram-Positive Bacteria Chlamydias Spirochetes
Types of bacteria
a large and diverse group that includes photoautotrophs, chemoautotrophs, and heterotrophs
Proteobacteria
eukaryotes that are unicellular for most of their life cycle
Protists
Green Algae-Chlorophytes
Charophytes
Plants
Viridiplantae
Bryophytes-mosses, etc.
Pteridophytes-ferns.
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms-flowering plants
True Plants
Solanum lycopersicum, is a single species of plant, originally from the Andes
The tomato
Robert Marquis and Chris Whelan studied the role of birds in limiting the density of herbivorous insects.
Ecological Hypothesis Test
The ecological time scale is shorter than the evolutionary time scale, but there is some overlap-populations evolve over time, and this can affect the composition of communities and functioning of ecosystems.
True
As young, clear channel catfish much more susceptible to predation in streams with clear water, and turbid, cloudy streams facilitate survival.
Adults are strong swimmers.
Thus, channel catfish populations extend along major rivers in Illinois.
Channel catfish prefer fast-moving, gravel-bottomed rivers of medium to large size
For most organisms, life histories have evolved to maximize an organism’s expected…
fitness
