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Undergraduate 1
11/06/2013

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Term
what does "species" mean? (Latin)
Definition
"kind"/"appearance"
Term
who is Ernst Mayr?
Definition
proposed the biological species concept (BSC)
worked in New Guinea on bird diversity
Term
what is the BSC (biological species concept)?
Definition
interbreeding organisms that are reproductively isolated
Term
what 2 groups do not fit the BSC?
Definition
bacteria
extinct species
Term
what are the 5 pre-zygotic reproductive barriers?
Definition
habitat
behavioral
mechanical ("piece A won't fit into slot B")
tempora (time difference)
gametic isolation (gametes do not connect)
Term
what are the 2 post-zygotic reproductive barriers?
Definition
hybrid unavailability (zygote dies)
hybrid sterility
Term
what is an example of hybrid sterility?
Definition
liger or mule
Term
what is the difference between a hinny and a mule?
Definition
a mule is a female horse and male donkey mating
a hinny is a female donkey and a male horse mating
Term
what is macroevolution?
speciation?
what is it tied to?
Definition
major biological changes evident in fossil record
multiplication of species
tied to the history of the earth
Term
what are the 4 eras in the geological time scale?
Definition
Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Term
what is distinctive about the Pre-Cambrian era?
Definition
oldest fossils
Term
what is distinctive about the Paleozoic era?
Definition
first plants/algae
Term
what is distinctive about the Mesozoic era?
Definition
living and dying of the dinosaurs and development of flowering plants
Term
what is distinctive about the Cenozoic era?
Definition
development of primates, mammals, and birds
Term
how long ago did plate movement form supercontinents?
Definition
250 million years ago
Term
how long ago did Pangea form 2 continents?
what were they called?
Definition
180 million years ago
Laurasia and Gondwana
Term
how long ago did Laurasia and Gondwana start to turn into present continents?
Definition
65 million years ago
Term
what does the fossil record reveal in regards to long periods of time punctuated with certain events?
Definition
long periods of stability punctuated with periods of rapid growth. Rapid growth caused by growth after mass extinctions
Term
what 2 events happened 65 million years ago (end of Mesozoic)?
Definition
massive asteroid elevated dust, blocking out the sun and killing off the dinosaurs. followed by huge growth of mammals and birds
Term
what is systematics?
Definition
the study of biological diversity, past and present
Term
what is taxonomy?
Definition
identifying, naming and classifying species
Term
who is the father of taxonomy and what did he create?
Definition
Linneaus
binominal nomenclature - genus species naming system
Term
what is the acronym for hierarchal classification?
Definition
Did
King
Pete
Come
Over
For
Good
Spaghetti
Term
what is the order of hierarchal classification?
Definition
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Term
what is an example of correct binominal nomenclature?
Definition
Panthera pardus (underlined)
Term
what 2 words regarding hierarchal classification are interchangeable?
Definition
phylum and division
Term
what is phylogeny?
Definition
the relationship of DNA between organisms related to each other
Term
what is the tree that effects primate history?
Definition
phylogenetic relationships
Term
what is Cladistics?
Definition
the search for distinctive branches
Term
what is monera and what did its disproval lead to the creation of?
Definition
archaea and eukaria together
creation of domains
Term
what happened 4.5 billion years ago?
Definition
early life
Term
what happened 3.5 billion years ago?
Definition
prokaryotes appeared
Term
what happened 2.5 billion years ago?
Definition
O2 production began
Term
what happened 1.7 billion years ago?
Definition
single cell eukaryotes evolved
Term
what happened 1 billion years ago?
Definition
multicellular eukaryotes
Term
what happened 570 million years ago?
Definition
most major phyla evolve
Term
what happened 475 million years ago? (3 things)
Definition
plants and fungi colonized land
amphibians evolved from fish
vertebrate life moved onto land
Term
what are the characteristics of prokaryotes?
Definition
lacks nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
most unicellular and very small
majority bacteria
Term
why are prokaryotes everywhere?
Definition
they lived and evolved on earth alone for 2 billion years
Term
what are the 4 modes of nutrition for prokaryotes? what fits into all 4 categories?
Definition
photoautotroph
chemoautotroph
photoheterotroph
chemoheterotroph
bateria
Term
what is the most important autotroph?
Definition
blue green algae
Term
what is an example of a pathogen and its carrier?
Definition
tick carries lime disease
Term
what is an example of a nitrogen fixer?
Definition
legumes (plant) have lumps in roots for Rhizobium (prokaryote)
Term
what are the 4 kinds of organisms in domain archaea?
Definition
extremophiles -> live in extreme environment
extreme halophiles -> extreme levels of salt
thermophiles -> extreme temperatures
methanogens -> inhabit bottoms of lakes/swamps
Term
what can survive in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions?
Definition
prokaryotes
Term
how do prokaryotes reproduce? (2 ways)
Definition
binary fission or spores
Term
what is Anthrax?
Definition
a deadly bacterium that infected animals
Term
what is Fire Blight?
Definition
plant disease that occurs in apple/pear trees
Term
what do half of our antibiotics come from?
Definition
soil bacteria (genus Streptomycines)
Term
what are the 3 basic shapes of bacteria?
Definition
cocci (round) ex. Streptococcus
spirillus (spiral) ex. Lactobacillus
bacilli (rod) ex. Spirochete
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