Final Exam Review Flashcards
A population is:
one species in an area
An abiotic factor is:
all the non-living factors in an area
Biological Magnification involves:
the concentration of toxins higher in the food chain
Explain the greenhouse gas effect in detail
Greenhouse gases allow UV rays through, but the infrared energy from the earth is trapped by the greenhouse gases, causing the earth to heat up more than usual
How does Ciguatera poisoning occur? What is the process called and how does it occur step-by-step?
Biological magnification!
Algae is concentrated due to fertilizers in the water. Small fish consume algae and toxins which enter the tissues. Bigger fish eat the small fish, and the toxin becomes more concentrated. The toxin increases in concentration as it travels up the food chain.. Once humans consume it, acts as a neurotoxin that has a stronger effect with each dose. Symptoms could last months or longer, and even cause death.
I am studying an area with 10,000 lbs of grass, how many hawks (3rd level consumer) could that area support?
10
Limiting factors in an environment help to set the habits:
carrying capacity
Most populations are:
clumped
the rate of which autotrophs capture and store energy is:
Primary productivity
Which cycle involves a nutrient that is often the limiting factor for aquatic environments, like lakes?
phosphorus
Alternation of generation among plants and green algae means:
each organism spends part of its life in diploid condition, and another part in a haploid condition
Derived characteristics are:
advanced characteristics that some in a clade possess
Diatoms are characterized by all but which of the following? overlapping shells, silica composition, preforations or flagella?
fllagella
Euglenoids used to be classified as a plant-like protist and kintoplastids an animal-like protist. Now they are put into the same grouping. What structure is repsonsible for this?
Flagella
Explain alternation of generation in plants and any changes that might have taken place as plants have become more advanced
Plants alternate from the Gametophyte stage (Haploid) to the sporophye stage (diploid) and back throughout their life cycles. Early plants started out as mainly Gametophyte dominant, but as they’ve evolved, sporophyte became more dominant
Explain the process scientists think Prokaryotes underwent to become Eukaryotes
Endosymbiotic theory: the proces in which a smaller prokaryote was engulfed by a larger prokaryote. They develoed a symbiotic relationship, where the smaller provided energy, and the larger, protection. Tese eventualy evolved to become mitochondria nd chloroplasts. Evidence are the double membranes and separate DNA
Extreme thermophiles live in:
high temps
Fungi exhibit:
hyphae, secretion of enzymes, mycelium
What are two mutalistic symbiotic relationships involving protists?
dinoflaggelates and coral: dinoflaggelates photosynthesize and provide energy, while the coral provides secure habitat with lots of sunlight
Parabasalids and Termites: parabasalids break down cellulose within termites stomach, while the termite provides the wood
Gymnosperms and angiosperms are more highly evolved than mosses and fern because
they have seeds
If a doctor were to collect a culture from your throat, give at least three observations that could help classify the bacteria
growth pattern, shape and color after gram staining
In bacteria, DNA are found
in the cytoplasm as a circular thread
List and explain different evolutionary progressions plants underwent to evolve from algae to angiosperms
phytoplankton - bryophytes - pterophytes - gymnosperms - angiosperms
The first land plants, bryophytes, evolved from phytoplankton. The Bryophytes evolved to have a waxy cuticle to regulate water, and were also capable of alternation of generations.
Next, the pterophytes appeared - the first vascular plants that could transport water and sugar through xylem and phloem, respectively. Next, the gymnosperms, or naked seeds, allowed for the embryo to have a nutritious, advantageous beginning, and could travel very well. Angiosperms had flowers and seeds encapsulated in fruit. Reproduction aided by insects and animals
Gene sequencing has been valuable with protists because knowing what genes it has
can tell us what protists it is closely related to
A multicellular organism that can alternate between two diff generations
plantae
a simple single-celled organism that often lives in extreme environments
archaebacteria
A terrestrial organism that forms thin filaments that grow through the soil; lives on decaying matter that is broken down. Forms spores in an above ground structure
Fungi
A terrestrial, true multicellular, photosynthetic organism; lives only on damp locations
plantae
a unicellular eukaryotic marine organism that feeds on algae
protista
Although viruses are not alive, they can reproduce independently
false
polio organism consists of protein capsid surrounding a nucleic core. It must have a host. It is a:
Virus
The passing of a DNA plasmid from one bacteria to another is known as:
conjugation
What are the three bacterial shapes?
coccus, bacillus, spirillum
What causes malaria?
Plasmodium
What cell structure causes some to stain purple and others not?
cell wall; peptidogylcan
Prokaryote with a rod shape
bacillus
What’s so intersting about dictyostelium?
unique cell signalling
What’s the main diff between prokaryotes and Eukaryotes?
Eukaryotes has a nucleus and prokaryotes do not
What is the main photosynthetic region of brown algae?
blade
What protists are the most primitive?
parabasalids and diplomonads
What has outer shell made of silica?
diatoms, foraminiferans & radiolarians
What is not a characteristic of most protists?
cilia
what are the isolations of sympatric speciation
ecological, temporal, behavioral, gametic
Give three examples of fungi
yeasts, molds and mushrooms
What is true about prions?
“non-living”, infectious, cause creutzfeld-jacob disease
What is a non-vascular plant?
moss
Characteristics of angiosperms, but not gymnosperms?
angiosperms have flowers and fruit
Which of the following is a characteristic of prokaryotes, but NOT eukaryotes>
contains no internal membraneous organelles
What is not a trend in plant evolution
increasing dominance of gametophyte generation
Which protists are responsible for red tides and bioluminescence>
dinoflaggelates