Unit 1
Who is the "father" of evolution?
Charles Darwin
A system that assigns each species a two-word scientific name?
Binomial nomenclature
What do vertebrates have that invertebrates do not?
A backbone
Process of maintaining a stable internal environment despite external changes?
Homeostasis
A change in a community over time is called?
Succession
Which element was not present in early Earth?
Oxygen
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species are all part of what?
Taxa or Taxon
The concentration of sensory organs and nerves at the front end of the body?
Cephalization
Can remove, destroy, or chemically alter toxic substances that may have entered the bloodstream from the food we eat?
Liver
Describe each of these...
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
energy pyramid
an illustration that shows the amount of energy contained at each trophic level
food chain
a way of looking at feeding relationships that shows a single path by which energy is transferred
food web
a way of looking at feeding relationships that links all possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem together
Structures that develop from the same type of embryonic tissue but take on different forms and functions when the organisms fully develop?
Homologous Structures
The following describes what?
Non-living infectious particles.
Consist of a genetic code (DNA or RNA) inside a protective protein coat called a capsid
Must infect host cells to reproduce
Virus
What are some animal functions?
Respiration, Circulation, Movement, Excretion, Reproduction, Response, and Feeding
The three types of tissue are what?
Which one is voluntary?
Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac
Skeletal
Biogeochemical cycles are?
Cycles that move matter within and between the living and nonliving elements of an ecosystem
Who tried stimulating Earth's early atmosphere in a laboratory setting?
Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
What name means "the very first" in Greek?
Protista
Plant Structures include?
meristem
a group of cells responsible for plant growth
mesophyll
layers of photosynthetic cells that make up the ground tissue of a leaf
node
part of a stem where one or more leaves are attached
stomata
tiny openings in the underside of a leaf that allow for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange
Can you describe the four basic types of tissue?
Difference between exponential and logistic growth?
Exponential: increases at a constant rate
Logistic: increases at constant rate up until it has reached its carrying capacity due to limited resources
What is an explanation for cell evolution that proposes that early anaerobic prokaryotes engulfed aerobic prokaryotes and entered into a mutually beneficial lifestyle with them?
Endosymbiotic Theory
4 types of algae?
Green, Brown, Golden, Red
Innate behavior is?
An activity or behavior that occurs naturally in an organism
Hormones and glands are present in which body system?
Endocrine System
Groups of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar communities?
Biome