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1
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All actions performed by an organism.

A

Behavior

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2
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Behavior contributes to ____ in the same way that physical traits do.

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Phenotype

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3
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Give 2 Characteristics of innate behavior

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not learned, little variation in ability, triggered by environmental conditions, passed on genetically

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4
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____ is an innate behavior triggered under certain environmental conditions, once triggered, it continues to completion

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Fixed Action Behavior

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5
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The ability of certain species to easily learn specific behaviors that are important to survivial

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Learned Behavior

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6
Q

Behavior that is mistaken for kindness

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Altruism

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7
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What is ( )

A

Stamen

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8
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What is the function of A?

( )

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Produce pollen

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9
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What is the function of F?
                 (    )
       (   )       ||        (   )
  %    |         ||          |      %
(        |         ||          |          )
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Protection

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10
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What is the function of petals?

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Attraction

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11
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What adaption allowed early plants to defeat gravity and grow taller?

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Vascular tissue

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12
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This adaption provided water and nutrients to developing plants

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Seeds

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13
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What were plants evolved from?

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Photosynthetic aquatic protist

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14
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Gymnosperms are pollinated by what?

A

Wind

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15
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The tissue in plants evolved to prevent insect damage to vascular tissues.

A

Bark

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16
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This evolutionary innovation allowed angiosperms to become the dominant groups of plants on the planet.

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Flowers

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17
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What might angiosperms have evolved after animals moved onto land?

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Pollination and Seed Dispersal

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18
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This is a symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi

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Mycorrhizae

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19
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Give 3 ways fungi obtain their food

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Decompose, share, or parasite

20
Q

Most simple of all phyla and all filter feeders

A

Porifera

21
Q

What are 4 common characteristics of animals

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Multicellular, move, heterotrophic, Eukaryotic Cell Structure

22
Q

What type of symmetry are sponges?

A

Asymmetry

23
Q

What phyla is a goat in? Give two reasons why.

A

Chordata, vertebra, bilateral symmetry

24
Q

What are the 2 deuterostome phyla?

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Chordata, Echinodermata

25
Q

Growth style that requires shedding of exoskeleton or membrane for growth

A

Molting

26
Q

What are two phyla that molt?

A

Arthropoda, Nematoda

27
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Which phyla has had the largest adaptive radiation?

A

Arthropoda

28
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What two features have lead to adaptive radiation of Arthropodas?

A

Metamorphosis and Exoskeleton

29
Q

What 4 Characteristics do chordates share?

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Notochord, Dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, post-anal tail

30
Q

What 3 major adaptations allowed colonization of land by vertabrates?

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lungs, legs, and eggs

31
Q

Why aren’t worms considered monophyletic?

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They evolved separately

32
Q

What are the 8 sections of the organization of life in descending order?

A
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
33
Q

What is phylum porifera?

A

lack tissues and organs
simplest of animal groups
sponges

34
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What is phylum cnidaria

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Jellyfish, anemones, corals

carnivores that use tentacles with toxic stinging cells

35
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What is phylum Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms, Flukes, and Tapeworms
Parasitic
Bilateral symmetry
does not molt

36
Q

What is phylum annelida

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segmented worms
earthworms leeches
bilateral doesnt mold
protostome

37
Q

What is phylum mollusca

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gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods

most have shells

38
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What is phylum nematoda

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Roundworms
Parasitic to plants and animals
grow by molting

39
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What is phylum arthrododa

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Insects
molt
exoskeleton

40
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What is phylum Echindermata

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Starfish, sear urchins, sea cucumbers
continuous growth
deuterostome invertebrates
adults radial, larvae bilateral

41
Q

What is phylum chordata

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Tunicates, Lancelets, and vertebrates
continuous growth
bilateral
deuterostome

42
Q

What is a high profile species used to increase support for biodiversity conservation

A

Flagship species

43
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a species that has a large effect on its environment relative to its abundance, playing a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community

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keystone species

44
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a sensitive species used by biologists to demonstrate the relative health of an ecosystem

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Indicator species

45
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a species selected because protecting these species indirectly protects the many other species that make up the ecological community of its habitat

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Umbrella species