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Terminology for Exam 2 Flashcards

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Evolution

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a change in gene frequency of a population over time

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Natural Selection

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the mechanism for adaptive evolution

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Natural selection condition 1-Variation

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different traits among individuals in a population

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Natural selection condition 2- Heritable

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genetic traits that can be passed from parents to offspring

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Natural selection condition 3- Competition

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the struggle for existence among individuals in a population

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Natural selection condition 4- differential reproductive success

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individuals with favorable variations are more likely to survive and reproduce

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Charles Robert Darwin birth and death

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1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin book name and date

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On the origin of species by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life-1859

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Another name for reproductive success

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fitness

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Adaptation

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something about the behavior, morphology, or physiology of an organism that enables it to better able to survive and reproduce in its particular environment

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Sexual selection

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component of natural selection that deals with variable success in obtaining mates

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Intrasexual selection

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Typically male/male competition

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Intersexual selection

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Typically female choice

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Who is the choosy sex?

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Female

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Gamete

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Sperm + eggs

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Internal Fertilization

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When the embryo develops

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Altricial

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young one being defenseless

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Precocial

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Young one is independent

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Mate choice w no material benefits

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large size, bright colors, longer legs

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Mate choice with material benefits

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Territory, Paternal care

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Sexual Dismorphism

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When the males are different from the females

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Secondary sexual characteristics

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Hooks on pedipalps, long hairs on legs

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Monagamy

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Extra Pair Copulation- one mate

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Polyandry

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Sex Role Reversal- female has many mates

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Polygyny

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Lek and Satellite Males- Many females and one mate

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Sexual Dimorphism in size and color

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Males are smaller and more colorful

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Sperm web

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A web males make to mate with female spiders

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Sperm Induction

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Male inserts pedipalps into female and shoots sperm in

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Spermathecae

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cul de sac & conduit

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Cul de sac

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orthognatha, last male

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Conduit

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labidognatha, first male

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Pheromones

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how females stimulate mate courtship behavior and provide information

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Courtship in short sighted hunters

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sit & wait predators who are active at night

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Nocturnal

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active at night

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Diurnal

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active in the day

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Bridal veil

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when males spread silk on top of the females body

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Courtship in long sighted hunters

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not preceded by touch with very good eyesight

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Courtship in web builders

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Use vibrations because they cant see well

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Mating thread

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silk males use to wrap the female before mating

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Dragline

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what males use to escape female

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Significance of different mating positions

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Different levels of comfort from the different spiders

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Sexual Cannibalism

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Females eat males, Females get nutrients to give to the babies and male bodies are protein for them. Males let females eat them to escape predators

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Egg sac

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Where the baby spiders are

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Sperm storage

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Sperm is stored in the spermathecae

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Living things that kill spiders BIOTIC

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predators, fungi, and parasites

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Non living things that kill spiders ABIOTIC

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Climate, desiccation (drying out), thermoregulation (over heating)

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R strategists

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short life span, insects

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K strategists

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long life span, humans

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Ecdysis

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Term for molting

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Instar

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Stages between molts

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Eclosion

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hatching of the egg

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Zygote

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When the sperm and egg mix

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Embryo

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where the baby grows

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Yolk

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What spiderlings feed off of

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Tanning

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Darkening of a new exoskeleton

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Ballooning

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When spiderlings fly in the air

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Gossamer

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The silk spiders use for ballooning

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Cannibalism

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Sexual cannibalism or trapped in egg sacs

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Aeolian Plankton

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when living things fly and are flowed by the air

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Temperature

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Wind

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slower than 7 miles

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Height

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less than 200ft

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Exoskeleton

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old skin that the spider sheds

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Term for a shed exoskeleton

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Molting fluid

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used to seperate old and new skeleton

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Ecdysone

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A molting hormone

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Autotomy

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self cut. removing own body parts
legs, spinnerets, chelicerae, labium, maxilla, pedipalps

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Which sex lives longer

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Which type lives longer

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orthognatha

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Causes of death

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old age, mortality, desiccation, cannibalism, predators/fungi/parasites, climate, ballooning, molting

71
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What is a packet of sperm and protein called?

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Spermathecae*-

72
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What is the term for a display area where males advertise for mates without giving any material gifts?

73
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What spider family has some species with males who produce glandular secretions for females to eat off the male’s bizarre body projections during copulation?

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Tetragnathidae

74
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Where do most spiderlings undergo their first molt?

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In the egg sac

75
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What are the two biggest dangers to eggs while in the egg sac?

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Thermoregulation & Desiccitation

76
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What family has a secondary sexual characteristic on its chelicerae?

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Lyniphiidae

77
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What family allows the males to pick them up, carry them around, then copulate?

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