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Chapter 12-16.3 Flashcards

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any condition that interferes with the normal functioning of the body

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Disease

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The six abiotic factors

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Wind, Water, Radiation, Temperature, Soil, Atmosphere

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the study of how living things interact with one another and with their physical environment

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Ecology

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an organism’s environment or home

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Habitat

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the thin layer of the earth’s surface in which life exists

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Biosphere

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the basic unit of ecology

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Ecosystem

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the smallest living unit of the biosphere

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Organism

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all of the living things in an ecosystem

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Community

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the conditions in which an organism will survive and do better overall than any other conditions

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Optimum Range

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any factor outside an organism’s tolerance range

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Limiting Factor

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any organism that eats only plants

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Herbivore

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any organism that only eats meat

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Carnivore

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a model used by ecologists to show all possible feeding relationships at each trophic level

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Food Web

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a model used by ecologists to show the nutritional relationships among organisms in an ecosystem

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Food Chain

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another name for the water cycle

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Hydrologic Cycle

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a biome with long harsh winters with freezing temperatures, snow, ice, and high winds

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Arctic Tundra

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a form of grassland found in the tropics; home to some of the most dangerous animals

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Savanna

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a biome with high mountain altitudes with little to no vegetation but lacking permafrost

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Alpine Tundra

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biome that extends from the East Coast of the US to the border of the grasslands in the Midwestern US; large trees and diverse animal species

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

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a biome that has prairies and plains with very fertile soil

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Grasslands

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a biome where more water evaporates than is given from precipitation

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Desert

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south of the tundra with lots of coniferous trees to make up the vegetation

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Northern Coniferous Forest

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a biome made up of mostly saltwater

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Marine

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a biome with hot humid regions with abundant rainfall and year round growing season

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Tropical Rainforest

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where a river meets with the ocean (salt water mixes with freshwater)
Estuary
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man's role in nature
Dominion
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using what was given without destroying it
Stewardship
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living organisms that move from place to place in their environment mainly for the purpose of food
Animals
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they don't move; the environment moves toward them
Sessile
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capable of moving themselves throughout their environment
Motile
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type of symmetry that can be cut in half evenly multiple ways
Radial
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property of being able to be cut into identical halves
Symmetry
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no symmetry at all
Asymmetry
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type of symmetry where one way symmetry (can be cut in half evenly)
Bilateral
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Mammal Characteristics
Hair Warm-blooded Milk Two pairs of limbs Lungs
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means "egg laying"
Oviparous
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means they give birth to live young
Viviparous
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the largest living land mammal
(African) Elephant
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made of ivory; enlarged incisor teeth
Tusks
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order that means "tubed teethed"; aardvark
Tubulodentata
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order of egg-laying mammals; echidna and platypus
Monotremata
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order of aquatic mammals; manatees and dugongs
Sirenia
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order that means "strange joints"
Xenarthra
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order of pouched mammals
Marsupials
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order of winged mammals; bats
Chiroptera
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order of tree-dwelling mammals
Primates
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order of small gnawing mammals;
Rodentia
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order of flying lemurs
Dermoptera
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"little armored one"
Armadillo
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means active at night
Nocturnal
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means active during the day
Diurnal
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the slowest land mammal
Ai (sloth)
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the scaly anteater
Pangolin
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the largest marsupial
Kangaroo
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the only marsupial outside of Australia
Opossum
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what bats use to locate their prey at night
Echolocation
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whales that have two rows of comb-like plates
Baleen
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the largest animals that have ever lived
Blue Whale
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the best way to control the rat population
Sanitation
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a tail designed for grasping objects
Prehensile
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the world's largest rodent
Capybara
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any disease-causing organism
Pathogen
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the most common type of immunological disease
Allergies
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a disease present at birth
Congenital disease
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caused by the runaway of growth of the body's own cells
Cancer
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the three main bacterial shapes
Spirilla, Cocci, Basilli
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a person who harbors pathogens of a disease but is not infected by the disease and can still pass the disease on to others
Carrier
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an animal that transmits disease
Vector
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an epidemic (a widespread disease) that affects a large portion of the earth
Pandemic
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British doctor who established the use of antiseptics
Joseph Lister
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Y-shaped protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize antigens such as bacteria and viruses, including those that cause disease.
Antibodies
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the liquid inside a lymph node/vessel
Lymph
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the largest lymph organ
Spleen
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causes AIDS
HIV
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type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria
Antibiotics
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the idea that something can come from nothing
Spontaneous Generation
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the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
Evolution
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the father of human anatomy
Vesalius
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Bible
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Galen
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Materialism
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law that states that living things can only come from other living things
Law of Biogenesis
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Scientism
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the way one views the world
World View
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Uniformitarianism
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3rd Quarter Biology Review (ch 12-16.3) (1 decks)

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