BIODIVERSITY&STABILITY Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
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proposed the idea that all species descend from an ancestor

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Charles Darwin

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2
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what are the evidences of Evolution

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Fossil Record
Comparative Anatomy
Embryology
Molecular Evidences

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3
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vital understanding relationships among creatures

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Comparative Anatomy

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4
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remnants of an creature from the primitive times

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Fossil Record

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5
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provides clues to its evolutionary past

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Embryology

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6
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same structure, diff function

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Homologous Structure

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7
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same function, diff structure

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Analogous Structure

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8
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Theory of? (changes based on their environment)

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Theory of need

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9
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Theory of ? (the organs that will not be used disappear and vice versa)

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Theory of use and disuse

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10
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Theory of ?(changes over lifetime pass to offspring)

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Theory of Acquired behavior

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11
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3 theories by Jean Baptiste De Lamarck

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Theory of need
Theory of use and disuse
Theory of Acquired behavior

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12
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Theory of Charles Darwin

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Theory of natural selection (the strongest survives)

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13
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the variety of life on earth and their interactions

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Biodiversity

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14
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provides visual or artistic enjoyment.

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Aesthetic Value

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15
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if there are benefits produced by the organism without using them

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Indirect Economic Value

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16
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considered to have direct economic values if their products are sources of food, medicine, clothing, shelter, energy

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Direct economic value

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17
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known as the 17 megadiverse countries

18
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Structural Adaptation:
disguise their appearance

19
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Behavioral Adaptation:
sleep in response to cold weather

20
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Structural Adaptation:
imitate and copy another species

21
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Structural Adaptation:
gas harmful to invading organism

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Chemical Defense

22
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Structural Adaptation:
protect and cover the body

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Body Coverings

23
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Behavioral Adaptation:
Travel from one place to another

24
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cannot be passed on the next generation except teaching

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Learned Behavior

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group of organism belonging to the same species and can interbreed
population
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monitor the number of organism
Ecologist
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The record of organisms that can increase or decrease each seconds
Population Change
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number of births
Natality (Birth Rate)
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number of deaths
Mortality (Death Rate)
30
influenced by diseases and parasites, competition for resources, predation, emigration
Density Dependent
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total number of members of a population
population size
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An anatomical feature or behavior that no longer seem to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species
Vestigial Structure
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number of organism in a population (population density = individuals ÷ land area)
population density
34
max number of people can live in a area
Carrying capacity
35
Ways to check the age of Fossil
Relative dating and Absolute Dating
36
Fossils are found in?
Sedimentary Rock
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The oldest era of Fossils discovered
Pre cambrian or Palezoic
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study of the distributions of organisms
Biogeography
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set of genetically developed traits that make the organism better suited to its environment
Adaptation
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vertebrate forelimbs are most likely to be studied in
Comparative anatomy