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Zoology Mod1 Flashcards

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What is zoology?

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Zoology is a branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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What does arachnology study?

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Arachnology is the study of spiders, scorpions, and harvestmen.

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What is archaeozoology?

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Archaeozoology is the study of faunal remains.

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What does cetology focus on?

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Cetology deals with whales and dolphins.

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What is entomology?

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Entomology is the study of insects.

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What does ethology study?

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Ethology is the science of animal behavior.

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What is herpetology?

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Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians.

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What does ichthyology study?

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Ichthyology is the study of fishes.

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What is malacology?

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Malacology is the study of mollusks.

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What does mammalogy focus on?

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Mammalogy is the study of mammals.

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What is myrmecology?

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Myrmecology is the study of ants.

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What does ophiology study?

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Ophiology deals with snakes.

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What is ornithology?

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Ornithology is the study of birds.

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What does paleozoology focus on?

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Paleozoology deals with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological contexts.

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What is primatology?

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Primatology deals with primates.

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What does protozoology study?

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Protozoology is the study of protozoa.

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What is zoogeography?

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Zoogeography deals with the geographical distribution of animals.

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What does zoography study?

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Zoography is descriptive zoology, describing animals and their habitat.

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What is zootomy?

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Zootomy deals with the dissection or anatomy of animals.

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What are the applications of zoology?

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Zoology provides insight into how life works, helps humans appreciate nature, and enhances understanding of animals.

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What is the structure of an animal cell?

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An animal cell is a eukaryotic cell covered by a plasma membrane, multicellular, and contains organelles except for a cell wall and chloroplast.

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What is the function of a vacuole?

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A vacuole serves as storage for the cell membrane sac.

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What does a lysosome do?

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A lysosome digests foods and broken organelles; it cleans up and recycles.

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What is the role of ribosomes?

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Ribosomes are protein factories that build proteins from DNA.

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What does the golgi apparatus do?

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The golgi apparatus sorts, labels, and ships proteins in vesicles.

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What is cytoplasm?

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Cytoplasm is the jelly-like material that holds organelles in place.

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What is the function of the nucleus?

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The nucleus protects the DNA.

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What does the nucleolus produce?

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The nucleolus produces ribosomes.

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What is the role of the nuclear membrane?

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The nuclear membrane protects the nucleus.

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What does the cell membrane control?

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The cell membrane controls the movement of materials in and out of the cell.

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What is the function of mitochondria?

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Mitochondria make ATP for cellular respiration.

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What does smooth ER do?

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Smooth ER transports ribosomes and produces lipids.

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What is the function of rough ER?

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Rough ER makes proteins.

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What do centrioles do?

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Centrioles replicate and reproduce.

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What are microtubules?

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Microtubules give the cell structure.

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What is the cytoskeleton?

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The cytoskeleton is the framework of the cell.

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What is the taxonomy system?

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The taxonomy system classifies animals into kingdoms, with the animal kingdom being the largest.

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What are the seven major groups in scientific classification?

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The seven major groups are: Kingdom, Phylum/Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

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What is an invertebrate animal?

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An invertebrate animal is one that has no backbone.

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What is the scientific name for invertebrate animals?

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Invertebrata is the scientific name assigned to animals without backbones.

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What is a vertebrate animal?

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A vertebrate animal is one that has a backbone or vertebrae.

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