Theme 3 Flashcards
What was the first opisitkonta lineage to come to land?
Arthropods: inscects, arachnids and myraipods
What are the quaility of Aquitaine animals and environments
Water supported the boy
Free flowing gametes
Temps were stable
Easy removal of metabolic waste
Better transmission of sound
Visual range decreased
Energy expendurature on locomotion was increased
Challenges of living in an aquatic environment
Water density required more energy for movement
Water has a lower O2 content; increased E on gas exchange to get the same amount of O2 to the body
Heat was removed from the boy very easily
Challenges of the terrestrial environment
Threat of desiccation
Being able to withstand the environmental extreams
Conroling water loss via excreation
Reproducing; no broadcast spawning
Locomotion; development of limbs and combatting gravity
Gas exchange
How do terrestrial organisms avoid desiccation?
- reduce water loss?
having a waxy cuticle or thick skin
Alternating their behaviour: avoid eating dry food, nocturnal…
Producing concentrated urine through the loop of Henley
How do terrestrial rag I smell avoid desiccation?
-replacing water
Eat and drink high water content foods
-50% of water comes from diet
Production of metabolic water
- when water is scarce
What is Aestivation: what species does this?
Desiccation tolerance
A state of dormancy which is used to slow the metabolism, conserve water and protect themselves from infection
- commonly forms cocoons
- lungfish do this!
What is parthenogenesis
A desiccation tolerance mechanism
When environment is stable regular (asexual) reprodcution takes place (egg is fertile and hatch w/o males
When environment is unstable, the female egg is converted into a male egg (if not fertilized). The sperm in the mail egg them fertilizes the female and makes a resistant zygote, until conditions are stable
What are the outcomes of temperature extremes?
Damage to proteins. (Dentures or ice crystal formation)
How do pigs deal with temp extremes
Thermoregulation and behaviour: sweating, hibernation development life cycle stages
Freeze avoidance: super cooling, generating a lower freezing point
How are reproductive structures protected from desiccation?
Gametes: require internal fertilization through finding a mate
Embryo: either a thick covering on the egg. Note Amniotes will develop their embryo in a fluid
Why is excretion a challenge
Terrestrial Mina’s have limited water supply. Need to remove waste with minimal water loss.
How does water affect the respiratory system?
Aquatic organisms, gases come dissolved in water. Gas exchange is slower in water (30x lower [O2])
Water is very dense and viscous, TF more E is required to move it over the exchange area
How do the properties of air affect the respiratory system
What is needed by the respiratory system to allow for the breathing of aid
Low E is required due t airs low density and high [O2]
More E is needed to emilminate CO2 from the body
Exchange centre must be moist to allow for gas dissolution; this is why lungs are inside the body, to reduce water loss
What are the adaptations (structures) that allow animals to breathe air
Many orgs can’t do exchange via diffusion (SA:V)
Developer the tracheal system and lungs that operate via positive or negative pressure
Which multicellular organisms can preform gas exchange via diffusion
Very thin and flat organisms
What are the adaptions that allow orgs to smell
Molecular compounds must be dissolved in water.
Develope nasal passages lined with hairs and nasal pores
Moles travel through the pores and fluid to bind to receptors (olfactory)
What do chemosensory structures do?
Dissolve and dour and allow it to transmit a signal to the Brain
Translate information for them air in to a liquid body
What adaptations were used to detect sound?
Mechanosensors
- tympanum organ
-allows for the detection of vibrations as air waves are translated into fluid waves on the other side of the eardrum
What are the ear structures that allow for hearing?
In order:
Malleus>Incus>stapes
These bones take air waves and amplify them into the semicircular cananals which are moved via liquid tot eh auditory nerve
Where did ear bones come from?
Areas of the jaw
-reptiles only have 1 ear one, the other two were anchored in the pups and lower jaw
- humans have 3
What adaptations were made to allow for light sense in on land?
Increased eye size; dramatic affect on land
-million fold increase
Eyes tripled in size and shifted to the top of the head; very predominant on predators
What are the terrestrial adaptation animals used to support body weight? (4 s)
SA:V relationship
Robust skeleton
Stance
Size (of bones?)
Describe the SA to volume relationship
A= size ^2= how much weight can be supported
V= size ^3 and determines the metabolic need for the animal/ weight of the animal
Overall the SA:V decrease as the org increases in size. This is why internal structures that inc SA where adapted
What happens to the SA: V if animals grow proportionally?
SA:V increases disproportionally to the inc body size
How does the skeleton response to increased mass
Bones thicken and become more dense
Rib cage encloses to protect the lungs and heart
The spine becomes more robust to attach and suport the pelvic floor
What is Homeostasis?
the condition of being in ‘one state’ or balancing an internal environment
why is Homeostasis important?
Assists in the regulation of reactions that depend on stable temps, pH, water, and pressure
- biochemical pathways operate only in a very narrow range of conditions, otherwise they are not efficient
what is a set point?
an internal ideal; regulated by negative feedback loops
why would homeostasis differ for cell to cell?
it depends on the cell environment and the function of the cell. In general homesosists works to protect internal cells