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What are the 7 levels of biological organization

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  1. Molecule
  2. Organelle
  3. Cell
  4. Tissue
  5. Organ
  6. Organ System
  7. Organism
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A system is composed of… in biology?

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Organs that work together

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In biology, organs are composed of?

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Several types of tissue

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In biology, tissues are composed of?

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Groups of similar cells that work together

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What are the 5 levels of a population organization?

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  1. Organism
  2. Population
  3. Community
  4. Ecosystem
  5. Biosphere
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An ecosystem consists of what two things?

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Organisms and non living components an environment

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What are the 7 defining characteristics of life?

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  1. Order
  2. Reproduction
  3. Growth and Development
  4. Energy Processing
  5. Response to the environment
  6. Regulation
  7. Evolutionary Adaptation
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What is evolutionary adaptation?

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Evolution of traits that allow organisms to live and reproduce

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Inherited traits are also called

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Adaptations

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What enhances an organisms ability to survive and reproduce?

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Inherited traits

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Inherited traits can occur on multiple levels of..?

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Organization in a particular environment

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What are 4 types of adaptations?

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  1. Structural/Anatomical
  2. Behavioural
  3. Biochemical
  4. Physiological
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What are structural/anatomical adaptations. Give an example

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Physical characteristics to cells or whole body

ex. elephants trunk for food

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What is an example of a behavioural adaptation?

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Migration to a warmer place in the winter or hiding from a predator

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What is a biochemical adaptation? Give an example

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Presence, characteristics of certain molecules.

ex. production of venom

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What is a physiological adaptation. Give an example

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Functioning of organ systems

ex. diving animals being able to slow pulse and restrict blood flow to certain organs

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Who was the pioneer in the study of evolution?

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Darwin

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What did Darwin study?

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The diversity of life and ways in which species seemed suited to their environment

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Heritable traits are passed from what to what?

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Parent to offspring

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Individuals in a population vary in…?

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Their traits

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What are 2 sources of genetic variation?

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  1. Sexual Reproduction

2. Mutation

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What do genes copy through from parents?

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Gametes

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If a parent has two different alleles, how many gametes will have the traits?

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Only some, not all

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What is a mutation?

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A change in the sequence of the DNA

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What are some ways that mutations can occur?
From toxins, error in DNA transcription
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Most body cell mutations are or are not passed on?
Are not
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Cells that produce gametes mutations are or are not passed on?
Are to their offsprings
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Mutations can have what 3 kinds of impacts
Fatal, Positive or negative
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If a population produces more offspring that can survive, what happens to the population?
The population stays relatively constant in numbers
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Individuals with traits best suited for the local environment will..?
Survive and reproduce
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Individuals with traits suited for the environment have a high what?
Fitness
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Fitness is?
The number of fertile offspring that produce successfully
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Adaptations evolve via
Natural selection
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What is inclusive fitness
When traits benefit more distant relatives
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How are soapberry bugs an example of evolution?
Their beak lengths evolve in response to change in a populations food source
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Theories generate...
testable hypotheses
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What is an example of a field and lab experiment that demonstrated evolution?
Wild guppies in trinidad
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What occurred in the wild guppies experiment?
The guppies who were in a pool with pike, we more drab in colour because pike prey on brighter coloured ones. Being put in a different pool, their camouflage changed
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What give signs of common ancestry physically?
Anatomical similarities
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What is homology? What stage of growth reveals it the best?
Traits shared what was inherited from a common ancestor. Early stages
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What is DNA
The genetic material of all cells
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What are genes?
A discrete unit of DNA
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How does diversity of life result?
From differences in DNA structure from individual to individual
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DNA sequences of organisms indicate...?
All organisms are related
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The more related something is, the greater amount of.....?
Gene similarities
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What do evolutionary trees/phylogenic trees represent?
The pattern of decent based on homologies (can be DNA or anatomy)
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What is the most recent common ancestor or hawks and amphibians?
#2
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What is a fossil record?
Remains, imprints of long dead organisms
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What is carbon dating?
Looking at sedimentary layers to tell how old something is
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How old is the oldest fossil?
3.5 billion years old
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What does the fossil record document?
Differences between past and present organisms
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What are 3 reasons for extinction?
1. Habitat destruction 2. Climate change 3. Evolution of new competitors or predators
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What is the cretaceous mass extinction thought to be caused by?
An asteroid
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What is biogeography?
Geographic distribution of species
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What does biogeography often reflect?
Changes in geological history of earth
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What do isolated immigrants sometimes give rise to? Why?
New species as they adapt to their new environment

Biology 1010 (4 decks)

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