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Locomotion Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the reason for locomotion?

A

Travel from place to place seeking food, mates, or to avoid danger/predators

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What is sessile? Who does this?

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Sit in water and wait for microbes to come to the organism

Coral, hydra, sponge

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In locomotion, energy is expended to overcome what? 2

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Gravity and friction

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What are the forces that apply in locomotion? 4

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Thrust (forward)
Drag (resistance to move)
Lift (keep something in the air)
Gravity (pull downward)

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What do land animals work against in locomotion?

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Gravity

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Is there (little or high) air resistance on land animals

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Little

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What is duty factory?

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How much of the animal is in the ground

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Order which has the lowest to highest duty factor

Trot, canter, gallop, walk

A

Lowest: gallop
Canter
Trot
Walk

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Does crawling have a high duty factor? What force is working against it?

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Yes

Friction

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What is concertina? Serpentine? Sidewinder? Caterpillar?

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Concertina- reach forward, pull to rear

Serpentine- undulating

Sidewinder- lateral displacement

Caterpillar- hovering forward

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What is the largest force in water?

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Friction

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What is the shape that animals take to reduce friction?

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Torpedo

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What are some unique ways animals swim?

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Use legs as oars

Jet propulsion

Undulate their body and tail

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How is streamlined body shape helpful?

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Reduce surface area

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What force needs to be overcome while flying?

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Gravity

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What is the name of the theory that allows birds to fly?

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Airfoil

17
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What are the factors that depend on energy with locomotion?

A

Mode of locomotion

Environment

18
Q

What can be used to estimate the energy used in locomotion?

A

Oxygen consumed or CO2 produced

19
Q

What type of locomotion requires the least amount of energy?

A

Swimming

20
Q

What is the correlation between locomotion and body size?

A

Larger size animals are more energy efficient during transportation than smaller ones with the same mode of transportation

21
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What are the rankings of the different forms of locomotion? Most to least energy

A

Most: Running
Flying
Swimming

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