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Unit 1 (Georgia standard): Stability & change in populations over time Flashcards

Evolution, Characteristics of organisms, Levels of the environment and biological organization, (Bacteria, Human, and Virus cells), Types of resistance

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What is Methicillin - resistant staph?

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MRSA

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Bacteria can reproduce…

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Asexually

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What are capsids surrounded, made, and protected by?

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Protein

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Do viruses reproduce?

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Yes, but only with a host cell

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Spanish moss in an ____ that meets all 8 ____

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organism, all 8 characteristics of an organism

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The interactions between the different species of plants, animals, & the nonliving, physical factors found in their environment

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Ecosystem

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Abiotic

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Nonliving organisms (ex: rocks)

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Biotic

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Living (can include dead) (ex: bird, dead or alive)

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Levels of the environment: opcebb

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organisms, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

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Levels of biological organization: mmoctooo

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molecules, macro molecules, organelles, cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organism

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Characteristics of organisms: greg chor

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Growth & development, reproduction, evolve, genetic code, cells, homeostasis, obtain & use materials & energy, response to the environment

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Virus size

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Extremely small

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what does the capsid of a virus protect?

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the genetic code

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some viruses have… (protection)

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protein spikes &/or envelope

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15
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Viruses are not made of…

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cells

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Viruses do not respond to…

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antibiotics

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bacteria size

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very small, but bigger than viruses

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the genetic code of bacteria is located where?

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floating in the cytoplasm

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what is another name for cytoplasm?

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cytosol

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bacteria has what kind of cells?

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Prokaryotic

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what type of gene code does bacteria have?

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DNA

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How does bacteria reproduce?

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Asexually through binary fussion

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Bacteria are affected by…

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antibiotics

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Bacteria can…

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evolve

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What is another term for antibiotic resistance?

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superbugs

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Size of a human cell

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large

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what protects the gene code of the human cell?

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the nuclues

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human cells are…

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eukaryotic cells

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eukaryotic cells reproduce through…

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mitosis

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Mutations &/or evolution depends on…

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the environment the organism lives in

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells share?

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Both store their genetic code in a nucleus

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The T4 bacteriophage is a common virus that exclusively uses bacteria as hosts. Based on your knowledge of viruses, which of the following is TRUE of bacteriophages? (The 8 characteristics of an organism)

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Bacteriophages can evolve
and
Bacteriophages can respond to their environment

33
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Despite their differences in appearance, all bony fish have common ancestors. Their fins develop from similar structures and usually have a similar number of bones. Because of this, the large rudder-like dorsal fin of a sailfish, the poisonous dorsal fin of a catfish, and the tiny reduced dorsal fin of a puffer fish are said to be ________ structures.

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Homologous

34
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What are the 3 types of Biological resistance?

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Antibiotic, Insecticide, Anti-viral

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Antibiotic Resistance

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Resistant bacteria don’t die when antibiotics are used

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Insecticide Resistance

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Resistant insects don’t die when insecticide (or pesticides) are used

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Anti-viral Resistance

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Resistant viruses don’t “die” when vaccines are used

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Are human cells organisms?

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Yes

39
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Are bacteria organisms?

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Yes

40
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Are viruses organisms? Why or why not?

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No. They don’t grow and develop, they don’t have cells, they don’t maintain homeostasis, and they don’t obtain and use energy

41
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Jean Baptist Lamarck created which evolutionary theory?

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Theory of acquired traits

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Was Lamarck’s theory true? Why or why not?

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No, organisms do not evolve due to the demands of their environment

43
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What are the three forms of evidence for evolution?

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Fossil records, morphology, embryology, and DNA sequencing (aka biochemistry/protein sequencing)

44
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Examples of morphology?

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Homologous, Analogous, and vestigial structures

45
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Convergent evolution

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The evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species

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Divergent evolution

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Closely related species evolve in different directions and become increasingly different

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Adaptive radiation

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Diversification of 1 ancestral species into many different species

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Coevolution

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When 2 or more species evolve in response to changes in each other

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The concept that species evolve very slowing over long periods of time

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Gradualism

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Punctuated Equilibrium

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Burst of evolutionary activity followed by long periods of stability

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life on Earth

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Speciation

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The process of new species being formed from existing species

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Genetic Drift

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A change in the genetic makeup of populations caused by random events

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What populations experience genetic drift?

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All of them

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The smaller the population, the ___ genetic drift will have a drastic effect

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More

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The ___ the population, the less genetic drift will have a drastic effect

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Bigger

57
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Massive random event that can effect populations genetic variation and can cause evolution

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Genetic drift

58
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Geographic isolation can stop ___ ___

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Gene flows

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Geographic isolation can cause ___

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Speciation

60
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Slow evolution w/ the occasional burst of evolution

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Punctuated equilibrium

61
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The next best version of finding ancestory after DNA sequencing is ___ ___

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Protein sequencing

62
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Migration = ___ ___

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Gene flow

63
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The largest population of any single species that an area can support

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Carrying capacity

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A group of individuals of a single species that live in the same area

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Population

65
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The struggle between organisms for the same limited resources in a particular area

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Competition

66
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Any resource that can run out with continuous use

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Finite

67
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The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

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Ecology

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All the living and non-living things that interact in a specific area; a subdivision of the environment

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Ecosystem

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A large natural community of plants and wildlife adapted to a specific climate

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Biome

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The combination of all the different populations that live and interact in the same area

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Community

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All of the living and non-living elements that surrounds and influence life

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Environment

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The place where a plant or animal lives or prefer to live

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Habitat

73
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The biologically inhabited portions of earth, including all of the water, land, and air in which organisms survive

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Biosphere

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Any biotic or abiotic component of an environment that determine the size of a population that can live there

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Limiting factor

75
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What’s another name for cell membrane?

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plasma membrane, phospholipid bilayer

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Darwin developed the theory of evolution. Which of these observation is the best evidence for the theory of evolution?

A There appear to be missing links in the evolutionary chain.
B Humans have very diverse traits today.
C DNA found in older primate fossils resemble those of humans today.
D Life on earth has been found to date back billions of years.

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DNA found in older primate fossils resemble those of humans today

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What is the purpose of the Golgi body having the ability to pinch off its membrane and move away to other parts of the cell?

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To deliver proteins to other locations in the cell

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