Unit 1 Flashcards
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Ancestral
Simple animals
Derived
Obtain something from a specified source
Hermaphrodite
Both male and female
Sexual reproduction
Combination of two gametes with their genetic material (egg and sperm)
Asexual reproduction
Making identical offspring through mitosis
Herbivore
Plant eater
Omnivore
Eats both plants and animals
Carnivore
Meat eater
Edge habitat
Where trees meets pasture
Gregarious
Likes to be in groups; social
Excretion
Process of eliminating waste matter
Insight
Ability to solve novel problems in your head
Trial and error
Takes experience with the problem to solve it
Mental map
Point of view of their area of interaction
Hippocampus
Part of brain where mental maps are stored; short-term converted to long-term
Dopamine
Pleasure chemical
Oxytocin
Bonding chemical
Amygdala
Fear center of the brain
Cerebral cortex
Plays important role in consciousness
Gemmules
Tough coated dormant cluster of embryonic sponge cell’s
Spongin
Protein that makes up spicules of demospongia
Spicules
Sponge structure
Asymmetry
Lack of symmetry
Collar cells
Cells that line interior of the sponge 1)traps food, 2)flagellum whips and creates current