Wildlife Biology and Ecology Flashcards

1
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what is a life process

A

A process necessary to live

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2
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How many processes are there

A
8
growth and repair
nutrition 
circulation
respiration
secretion 
sensations
locomotion
reproduction
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3
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what is growth and repair

A

increase size by adding cells or cells grow

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4
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What is nutrition

A

food ingested and absorbed

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5
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what is circulation

A

movement if substances within an organism

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6
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what is respiration

A

breathing

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7
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what is secretion

A

production within organism of watery substances needed for life process

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8
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what are sensations

A

ability to feel or gather information from the environment

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9
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what is locomotion

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movement; moving from one place to another

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10
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what is reproduction

A

producing new organisms of the same species; both asexual and sexual

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11
Q

which of the 8 processes can you live without

A

reproduction

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12
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what is life span

A

how long you live

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13
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what is an ecosystem

A

community of abiotic and biotic factors

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14
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what is saphrophage

A

organisms that eat dead plants and animals

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15
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what are the two food groups (hint: living and dead)

A

saphrophage and biophage

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16
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what is biophage

A

eating without saying the word eating-eating organisms that are alive (note: wtf are you saying charle but ok)

17
Q

how do organisms get nutrition

A

food

18
Q

what is the process of changing food

A

digestion

19
Q

every species has a different amount of _____

A

chromosomes

20
Q

what are chromosomes

A

genetic DNA

21
Q

animals receive __________ form each parent

A

half chromosomes

22
Q

what is a food chain

A

from prey to preditor, death and rebirth again

23
Q

what is a community

A

all living things in an ecosystem with some sort of harmony

24
Q

what is a niche

A

job specific to animal

25
Q

nutrition varies when

A

for each species

26
Q

Examples of getting food

A

Deer browse for food

oysters sit and filter for food

27
Q

what does alkaline mean

A

less acidic

28
Q

what are the two types of circulation

A

circulatory system for animals and vasculatory system for plants

29
Q

what are the two types of tissues in a plant

A

xylem-water and raw foods-nutrients

phloem-nutrients from food out to the soil