Standing on Shoulders
The Father of Biology.
Who is Aristotle?
A phylum of invertebrates that have jointed legs and include scorpions.
What are Arthropoda?
The ability to maintain a stable internal condition.
What is Homeostasis?
The Desert region found around Phoenix and Tucson
What is the Sonoran Desert?
The outer, protective covering on arthropods; prevents water loss
What is an exoskeleton
A french marine biologist and explorer who invented SCUBA and made a famous TV show.
Who is Jacques Cousteau?
Name one reason we classify organisms
Yep.
All non-living factors in the environment.
What is abiotic?
Two pollinators of Saguaro Cacti and when they bloom.
What are bats, moths, and White-winged Doves and May-June/Night-noon.
The appendages on the abdomen of crayfish and lobsters.
What are swimmerets?
Author of one of my favorite books, she lived by a creek in Virginia and wrote about what nature tells us about the world.
Who is Annie Dillard?
Name the three Domains.
BAE
A type of coral reef that occurs in a circle around a sunken volcano, usually far from land.
What is an atoll?
A large venomous lizard that is black with orange/pink blotches.
The sensing structure of cnidarians and echinderms.
What is a nerve net?
He wrote the wilderness letter saying that the IDEA of wilderness is important to the American people.
Who is Wallace Stegner?
Three of the four classes of Cnidarians.
What are Scyphozoa, Hydrozoa, Cubozoa, Anthozoa
The mouthpart of chewing insects such as beetles and grasshoppers; move side to side.
What is the Mandible?
What is a Harris' Hawk?
The protective forewings of a beetle.
What is the elytra?
Went to the Galapagos Islands and travelled the world explaining how species change over time. Who and what is his book.
WHo is Darwin and What is the "Origin of Species?"
Name three orders of class insecta.
What are ....-optera, etc
The prefix that mean head.
What is Cephalo-
The name of the Mountain range near Flagstaff.
What are the San Francisco Peaks?
The hearts of an earthworm.
What is an aortic arch?