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A retractable group of feathers on front wing

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Alula

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Egg white

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Albumin

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Substances produced by bacteria mold and certain other organisms that are effective in stopping bacteria growth

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Antibiotics

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Y – shaped protein molecules that act like molecule or “homing missiles”

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Antibodies

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Solid hornlike structures which are shed annually

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Antlers

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Even toed ungulates

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Artiodactyls

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When something can be cut in half and each half looks like each other

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Bilateral symmetry

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Limbless amphibians

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Caecilians

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The belief that life exploded onto the scene

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Cambrian explosion

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Condition caused by runaway growth of the body’s cells

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Cancer

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Supports the yolk

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Chalaza

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Pigment cells that control skin coloration of amphibians, fish, and reptiles

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Chromatophores

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Strong feathers that give birds their shape

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Contour feathers

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Where all factors are identical except one being tested

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Controlled experiment

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The place where bird store their food

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Crop

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Soft, fluffy feathers that provide insulation

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Down feathers

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Provide shape for flight

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Flight feathers

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Migration routes

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Flyways

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Remains of plants, animals, and humans preserved in sedimentary rock

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Fossils

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Location where embryo develops

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Germinal spot

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When animal sleep through the winter and their temperature drops to it in a degree or two of freezing point

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Hibernation

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Hollow structures which are usually permanent and not shed

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Horns

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Tentative solution to a scientific problem

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Hypothesis

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Keeping the eggs warm

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Incubation

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Diseases caused by invading pathogens
Infectious diseases
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Unlearned knowledge that an animal possesses from birth
Instinct
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Provides snake with sense of smell
Jacobson's organ
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Serve as "bases" and staging areas for white blood cells
Lymph nodes
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Pouched mammals
Marsupials
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The idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no spiritual or supernatural aspects
Materialism
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Annually moving to a different region
Migration
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Primates with tails
Monkeys
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The idea is that the biggest and strongest of each species were more likely to survive
Natural selection
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Aquatic form of salamanders
Newt
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Transparent eyelid
Nictitating membrane
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Zoologist who study birds
Ornithologist
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Egg-laying mammals
Oviparous
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To bring forth a live from eggs
Ovoviviparous
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Amphibians who never metamorphosis and remain in larvae form
Paedomorphosis
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Study of fossils
Paleontology
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An organism which causes disease
Pathogen
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Enables snake to see warm objects in the dark
Pit organ
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Animals whose body temperature fluctuates based on its surroundings
Poikilothermic
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Covered with down and able to run or swim after hatching
Precocial
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Small, knowing mammals who have two pairs of shark, chisel like incisor teeth
Rodents
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Animals that chew the cud
Ruminants
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The idea that living can rise from nonliving
Spontaneous generation
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A bird's voice box
Syrinx
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All living things are composed of living units called cells and all cells come from pre-existing cells
The cell principle
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Animals with backbones
Vertebrates
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Molecule of genetic material DNA or RNA
Virus
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Function in immune system
White blood cells
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Devoted his whole life to microscopes study
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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A bacteriologist who formulated a procedure for determining if a particular bacterium is the cause of a specific disease
Robert Koch
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"The father of Anatomy" wrote Fabrica
Andreas Vesalius
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Known for his work with genetics
Gregor Mendel
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The absolute authority in human anatomy for over 1000 years
Galen
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German reformer
Martin Luther
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Developed evolution
Charles Darwin
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Develop uniformitarianism
Charles Lyell
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Movement in which the snake bends into a series of curves as it keeps its body flat on the ground
Lateral undulation
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Movement in which a snake alternately stretches and shorten segments of its body in order to creep forward in a straight line
Rectilinear movement
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Movement in which the snake moves the front part of its body forward, coils it slightly to Anchor it, and then pulls the back part forward
Concertina movement
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Movement in which the snake supports its body with its head to in two or three other points of contact it lists the remainder of its body off the ground and moves it sideways
Sidewinding movement
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Largest venomous snake
King cobra
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Largest living turtles
Marine turtles
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Largest living amphibian
Japanese giant salamander
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Study of body structures
Physiology
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Mathematician and scientist
Blaise Pascal
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Studied the circulation of blood
Harvey
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In which book did the author speculate the man's being
Descent of man
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Hypothetical arrangement of fossils
Geologic column
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Outburst of cells
Cambrian explosion
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Lobe finned fish
Cealicant
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Fossil bird
Archioptrycs
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Fossil humans with larger brains
Neanderthal Man
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Discovery of how living cells work
Molecular biology
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Frenchman who advocated special creation in comparative anatomy
Cuvier
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Example presented to show evolution
Peppered moth
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All living things in the ecosystem
Community
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Ability of ecosystem to support life
Carrying capacity
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Relationship where both organisms benefit
Mutualism
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Relationship in which one benefits and one is harmed
Parasitism
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Occupation of living things
Niche
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Marine ecosystem that extends out of middle shelf
Neratic
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Two categories of ecosystem
Terrestrial and aquatic
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Model used to show all possible relationships on trophic level
Food web

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