february Flashcards

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there were theories of evolution before who?

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Darwin

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2
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Is the biological change process by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors

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Evolution

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3
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is a group o organisms that can reproduce and have a fertile offspring

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species

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4
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who were the most important naturalists of th 18 century?

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Linnaeus
Buffon
Erasnus Darwin
Lamarck

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5
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who made a CLASSIFICATION system from kingdoms to species’

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Linnaeus

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who proposed that all species shared a COMMON ANCESTOR rather than rising separately

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Buffon

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who proposed that more-complex forms developed from less-complex forms

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Erasmus Darwin

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who proposed that enviromental change leads to use or disuse of a structure

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Lamarck

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9
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Who was Charles Darwin’s grandfather?

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Erasmus Darwin

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10
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what set the stage for Darwin’s theory?

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geologic change

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11
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are the three theories of geologic change:

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catastrophism
gradualism
uniformitarianism

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12
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marine ecosystems are:

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global

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13
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is the ocean zone with most biomess

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neritic zone

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14
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what are the 2 types of plankton?

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zoplankton and phytoplankton

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15
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coral reefs are found in:

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warm ecosystems

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16
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are found in cold ecosystems

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kelp forests

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17
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includes estuaries as well as flowing and standing water

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freshwater ecosystems

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18
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is a partially enclosed body of water

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an estuary

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19
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is a region of land that drains into a body of water

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watershred

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20
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are the 3 lake zones

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littoral zone
limnetic zone
benthic zone

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21
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is an undesirable factor added to air, water, or soil

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pollution

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22
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is a type of air pollution

23
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slows the release of energy from earth’s atmosphere

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greenhouse effect

24
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refers to the tend of increasing global temperatures

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global warming

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provide a sign of an ecosystems's health
indicator species
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are indicators species
amphibians and top predators
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causes accumulation of toxins in the food chain
Biomagnification
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is the most affected in biomagnification
top predator
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biodiversity is important to:
the future of the biosphere
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it prevents an organism from accesing its entire home range
Habitat fragmentation
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are the solution to habitat fragmentation
habitat corridors
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is a specie bought to an ecosystem by humans
introduced species
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often push off native species
invasive species
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are 3 examples of invasive species
Brumese phyton mice kudzu
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meets needs without hurting future generation
sustainable development
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are 4 examples of sustainable practices of fisheries
rotation of catches fishing gear review harvest reduction fishing bans
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are species that with its own protection also protects other species
umbrella species
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is the science of naming and classifying organisms
taxonomy
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are the parts of the scientific names
Genus species descriptor
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Genus is always
Capitalized
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advantages of the scientific names
help scientists to communicate
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how is organized the Linnaean classification?
seven levels (seven taxas)
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which are the seven levels of classification?
``` Kingdoms phyllum class order family genus specie ```
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limitation of linnaean classification
is based on what you see
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is the evolutionary history of a group of species
phylogenes
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what are molecular clocks?
clue providers to evolutionary histotry
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How does molecular clocks work?
use mutations to estimate evolutionary time
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is used to study closely related species
mitochondrial DNA
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is used to study distantly related species
ribosomal RNA
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is the chronological order of the adittion of kingdoms
``` 1 Animalia, Plantae 2+protista 3+Monera 4+Fungi 5+Archaea ```
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what does Carl Woese discovered?
the 3 domains
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how are the 3 domains named?
Bacteria Archaea and Eukarya
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what is included on each of the 3 kingoms
Archaea: Archaea Kingdom Bacteria: Bacteria Kingdom Eukarya: Animalia, Plantae, Protista and fungi kingdoms