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Decks in this class (36)

Topic 1: What is Biological Diversity?
Biological diversity 1,
Genetic diversity 2,
Species diversity 3
17  cards
Topic 2: Scientific Method
Evolution 1,
Theories 2,
Data 3
15  cards
Topic 3: Taxonomy
Taxonomy 1,
Nomenclature 2,
Linnaean system of nomenclature 3
7  cards
Topic 4: Systematics and Phylogeny
Systematics 1,
Phylogeny 2,
Phylogenetic trees 3
29  cards
Topic 5: Evolution by Natural Selection
The theory of evolution 1,
Natural selection 2,
Strata 3
11  cards
Topic 6: Evidence for Evolution
Adaptive radiation 1,
Endemic species 2,
Vestigal structures 3
7  cards
Topic 7: Evolution of Populations
Microevolution 1,
Allele 2,
Mutations 3
21  cards
Topic 8: Speciation
Speciation 1,
Microevolution 2,
Macroevolution 3
25  cards
Topic 9: Origin of Life, Prokaryotes, and Protists
What are the 6 features of life d...,
What is metabolism 2,
What are the three eons of the ge...
38  cards
Topic 10: Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes 1,
What are the 4 structural and fun...,
Cell surface structures 3
28  cards
Topic 11: Origin of Eukaryotes
5 ways eukaryotes differ from pro...,
Sexual reproduction in euk 2,
Endosymbiosis 3
15  cards
Topic 12: Diversity of Protists
Excavata clade 1,
3 primary clades of excavata 2,
Diplomonades 3
13  cards
Topic 13: Evolution of Plants
What characteristics do plants sh...,
What did plants evolve from 2,
Shared traits of algae and plants 3
18  cards
Topic 14: Non-vascular Plants
Three phyla 1,
Characteristics of bryophytes 2
2  cards
Topic 15: Seedless Vascular Plants
What is the earliest vascular pla...,
What are the 3 shared derived tra...,
What are vascular tissues 3
24  cards
Topic 16: Seed Plants - Gymnosperms
What are seeds 1,
What are the 5 shared derived tra...,
1 reduced gametophytes 3
19  cards
Topic 17: Seed Plants - Angiosperms
Angiosperms 1,
What are the two shared derived t...,
What is the angio life cycle 3
42  cards
Topic 18: Kingdom Fungi
4 characteristics of fungi 1,
Hyphae 2,
Mycelium 3
47  cards
The Evolution of Plants (according to Jillian)
Non vascular plants 1,
Seedless vascular plants 2,
Seed plants gymno 3
5  cards
Topic 19: Introduction to Animals
Definition of an animal 1,
Animal cell structure 2,
Nutritional mode 3
30  cards
Topic 20: Origin of Animals
What s the sister group to animals 1,
Ediacaran biota 2,
Cambrian explosion 3
8  cards
Topic 21: Porifera and Cnidaria
Phylum porifera sponges 1,
Spicules 2,
Spongin 3
23  cards
Topic 22: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum acoela 1,
Clade lophotrochozoa 2,
Phylum platyhelminthes 3
24  cards
Topic 23: Ecdysozoa
Clade ecdysozoans 1,
Ecdysozoan cuticle 2,
Functions of the cuticle 3
6  cards
Topic 24: Arthropods
Arthropod body plan 1,
Segmented body 2,
Biomineralization 3
26  cards
Topic 25: Deuterostomia
Clade deutrostomia 1,
Phylum echniodermata 2,
Characteristics of echniodermata 3
9  cards
Topic 26: Introduction to Chordates
Phylum chordata 1,
Notochord 2,
Dorsal hollow nerve cord 3
7  cards
Topic 27: Clade Vertebrata
Clade vertabrata 1,
Vertebrate traits 2,
Neural crest cells 3
22  cards
Topic 28: Clade Osteichthyans
Osteichthyans 1,
Shared derived traits 2,
Swim bladder 3
9  cards
Topic 29: Clade Tetrapods
Clade tetrapods 1,
Tetrapod limbs 2,
Challenges to terrestrial life 3
7  cards
Topic 30: Amphibians
Ichthyostega 1,
Three amphibian clades 2,
All amphibian characteristics 3
8  cards
Topic 21: Clade Amniotes
Amniotes 1,
3 shared derived traits of amniot...,
Amniotic egg traits 3
16  cards
Topic 32: Reptiles
Clade reptiles 1,
Characteristics of non avian rept...,
Ectothermic 3
14  cards
Topic 33: Birds
Birds 1,
Archaeopteryx 2,
Theropod and bird similarities 3
11  cards
Topic 33: Mammals
Mammals 1,
Why are mammary glands adaptive 2,
What is special about mammal ears 3
14  cards
Topic 35: Primates and Humans
Order primates 1,
Traits of primates 2,
Basal primates 3
17  cards

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