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Extra Shiny Flashcards

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1
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How long ago life happened?

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4B years ago

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What animal lives the longest?

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Bowhead whale, over 200 years

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3
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How many mamals are noctural?

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About 69 percent

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4
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What NASA classifies Life like?

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3 aspects:

Reproduces.
Changes over generations.
Homeostasis.

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5
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What’s ul with viruses

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Really complicated dust.

Sit alkngside life (can’t do shit alone).

Have to infect a cell to work for them.

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6
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Data litteracy.

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Super important, have it.

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7
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6 steps sci method.

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Peer review is crucial.

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8
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Theory vs Law

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Why and How

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9
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Theory in science?

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Bar for evidence is high. Big bang has lots of leftover energy.

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10
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Argentinian Leloir.

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His research.

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11
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4 biologists presented.

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Antomologist.
Geneticist.
Populationist.
Field worker.

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12
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What crop roratikn makes soil fertile again?

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Peanut, peas and soybeans.
Nitrogen.

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13
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Common model organisms.

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Mice.
Zebra Fish.
Arabidopsis.

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14
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Levels of organization.

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Atom.
Compound.
Molecule.
Cell.
Tissue.
Organ.
O system.
Being.
Population.
Community. (Biota)
Ecosystem.
Biome.
Biosphere. 7 high to 11 down and light down 200 meters.

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15
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Flows of life.

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Energy.

Information.

Chemicals.

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16
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Does life gives sizes and shapes for no reason

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No.

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17
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Environmental regulation?

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Neither human nor cat population can grow forever…

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18
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Photosynthesis formula

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6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

19
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What does Cyanobacteria do?

A

Photosynthesis

Poison Neurotoxins

Appear more with climate change

20
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What are keystone species

A

The ones that set the tone for an ecosystem. (Man)

21
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Environmental elements

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Biotic / Abiotic

22
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Biosphere spheres

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Hydrosphere

Atmosphere

Geosphere

23
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Fancy name for cycles

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Biogeochemical

Water

Carbon

Netrogen

Phosphorus

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Ecology and Environmenta Conservation the same?
NO!
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Why poachers want elephant tusks?
Ivory.
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Want to be an ecologist? (5)
Landscape Ecosystem Community Population Behavioral
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Fancy food chai branches
Apex predators Detrivores Decomposers
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Ecological Pyramid
Plants get about 1% energy os the sun and it is the gross of the system. Each level gets 10% net.
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Community Ecology
How plants and different animals cohexist.
31
Interactions tend to be violent and one sided.
Wrong. There's way more than that. Predation (+\-) Parasites (+\-) Competition (-/-) Mutualism (+\+) Commensalism (+\0)
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Good thing about predation.
Top down population regulation. Energy cycle goes on. Evolution tries to give a hand.
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Ecosystem disturbances.
Landslides Floods Fires Hurricanes
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Ecological succession.
Survinving organisms or oportunistic one repopulate the ares.
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What are other name for keystone species?
Ecosystem engineers.
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How many humans now?
Around 8B
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Population ecology
How they get around by sharingspace with messy things like us Growing or shrinking, why? Endengered species list.
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Population 3D
Density Dispersion Demographics
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How to count
Mark set “nests” Mark in harmless ways and set free
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Whay is carrying capacity?
When the line on the graph starts to get flat. (Top-down or Bottom-up) 2 main bottoms…
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What was killing the eagle?
DDT
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