Final (Part 1) Flashcards
what do interactions depend on
biotic and abiotic factors, determine distribution, abundance, diversity and evoltion of organisms
what are so adaptions for flight
no bladder, small gonads, no teeth, light skeleton
what are dipnoi
functional lungs, gills, crawl in mud, called lungfishes
theoretical maximum?
abundance of organism reaches theorectical maximum at optimal value acorss environmental gradient, actual abundace differs from potential because of biological interactions
ctenophora?
type of marine jelly, diploblastic, radial symmerty, endothlial tissues and nervous system
what are interspecific interactions
interactions that affect survival reproduction, evoltuion, etc. (competition, predation, mutatlism, commenasalism
what is climate/ what determines it
long term weather conditions in a area, determinds by temp, precipitation, light, wind
what is ecology
study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
what is bilateria?
evolution of bilateral symmetry, same time and triploblasty
commensalism
one indivudal benefit, other neutral (cattle egrets and buffalo, whales and barnacles)
what are urochordates?
veterbrates ( may have evolved from paedomorphosis:Having some features of the ancestral juvenile stage, but being an adult), loss of 4 hox genes, called tunicate
what is species richness
of species in biological community, latitudinal gradient
what are reptiles
dry scales with keratin, ectothermic, improved locomotion
What are invertebrates? what group do they form
no spine, 95% of species, form a paraphyletic group
what are porifera?
sponges, diploblastic with radial symetry, sessile, no true tissues
what do biomes differ in
average temp, seasonal variations, soil nutrients composistion, organisms
ecological interactions can drive…
evolutionary change
features of chordata?
have a notochord, muscles to attach to notochord, dorsal nerve chord (ectoderm), post anal tail, phargenal slits (filtration/ gas exchange)
meromitic lake, thermocline, holomitic lakes
lakes that dont display water mixing
t- vertical gradients in temperature that prevent water from mixing
h- lakes with same temp and water throughout year, turnover mixes
what are chondrichthyes
cartilagenous fish, placoid scales, homologus vertrebrae teeth (sharks, rays)
what is resource partitioning?
differentiation of ecological niches, decrease competition and allow two species to coexsist
features of primates
opposable thumb, large brain, short jaw, parental care, overlapping visual fields