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Biology
11th Grade
06/02/2014

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What is the human dental formula?

 

Definition

2.1.2.3

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2.1.2.3

 

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What do the incisors do?
Definition
For chopping,gnawing and stripping of plants
Term
What do the canine teeth do?
Definition
For biting and piercing
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What do the cheek teeth do?
Definition
molars and pre-molars grind and shear off picees of food
Term
Where is the Carnium?
Definition
The top half of your dkull minus your lower jaw
Term

Where is the frontal bones?

 

Definition
Forms the top front portion of braincase.
Term
Where is your jaw?
Definition
The lower half of your skull or mandiable
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Where is the Lacrimal pit?
Definition
Depression in lacrimal bone
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What is your maxilla
Definition
The bone forming major portion of the jaw on each side
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what is the occipital bone?
Definition
The large broad bone forming the back of the skull
Term
what is the orbit?
Definition
The eye socket
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Where is the pariental bone?
Definition
Forms the top,back portion of the brain case behind the frontal bones
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Where is the premaxilla?
Definition
The most anterior part of the skull, upper jaw infront of the premaxilla
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Where is the sagital crest?
Definition
Lengthwise ridge on top of he braincase at the suture where two parientols join
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what is the suture?
Definition
The visable join or line where two bones meet
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what is the zygomatic arch?
Definition
The cheeck bone where the curved bones foarming an arch along the side of the skull bellow the orbit
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What is the Rostrum?
Definition
The muzzle of an animal
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If the eyes are towards the side of the skull what type of animal is it?
Definition
An animal that preys, provides wide field of vision
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Is the eyes are towards the front of the skull usually the animal is what?
Definition
A ptedetor, vision keeps presdetors from becoming distracted
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if the eyes are placed high on the head what type of animal is it?
Definition
A water animal
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if the eye diamater is very large what does this indicate?
Definition
That the animal is nocturnal
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if the eye diameter is small what does this indicate?
Definition
That the animal has limited eye sight pr lives under ground
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If the nose is longer what does this indicate?
Definition
that the animal may have hunted by scent or use to probe ground or keep eyes from being poked by branches
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What class of animals are Cyotes,foxes,dogs, and wolves?
Definition
Canidae
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What is a niche?
Definition
A medium sized flesh eateing carnivore
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What keeps wolf packs together?
Definition
Howling
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What does the lonesome howl mean?
Definition
the wolf is usually seperated from pack
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What does the pup howl mean?
Definition
Playfullness
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What does the confrotational howl mean?
Definition
helps maintain space from rival packs
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What does the Chorus howl mean?
Definition
may sound like more than one wolves then there actually are
Term
Does the wolf pr the cyote weigh 70-100lbs?
Definition
The wolf
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Does the wolf or the cyote weigh 15-40lbs

 

Definition
Cyote
Term
Does the wolf or the cyote have a shoulder heigh of 2 1/2ft?
Definition
the wolf
Term
Does the wolf or the cyote have a shoulder heigh of 1 1/2 ft?
Definition
Cyote
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What does predation mean?
Definition
one individual capture kills and consumes another
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What does prey mean?
Definition
To avoid being caught
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Defense of species:

Mimicry:

Definition

harmless species resemble a posionous species or when two species look similar

ex: monarch butterfly

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Defense:

secondary compunds:

Definition
Posionous, irritants7 bad tasting chemicals
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What does commensalism?
Definition

When 1 species benifits & other is not affected

ex: clownfish/ sea anemone

Term
what is mutalism?
Definition
interactions that benifit both organisms
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What is population
Definition
A group off animals belonging to the same species that inhabit a specific location
Term
What is density?
Definition
The # of individuals per unit area or unit volume
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How do you find the calculation of an animal?
Definition

(Total# marked)(total # recaptured)

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(# of recaptured tagged)

Term
What are the 3 types of distribution?
Definition

Clumped: Patchy distribution of resources

Uniformed spacing: resources are distriputed evenly

random spacing: resources are randomly spaced

Term
What is caring capactiy?
Definition
the # of biological species an enviroment can support at its maximum population size that the enviroment can support.
Term
Density independent vs. Density dependent
Definition

Independent: Affect the population no matter what density is ex; natural disasters, tempetture, human activites

 

Dependent: Can only affect a population when it reaches a certain density. Ex: diseases, predation, & competition

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How many species of birds are there?
Definition
9,700
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Birds have fewer bones. why?
Definition
becuase some are fused together 50% of body weight is muscle. and so they can be lighter
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Why are birds very warm?
Definition
To speed up metabolism and makes muscles work more efficently
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What does the frucula (wishbones) do?
Definition
prevents compression of chest during the downstroke of wing beat
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[image]
Definition
Lesser scaup/diving
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[image]
Definition
Golden eye/diving
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[image]
Definition
greater scaup/diving
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[image]
Definition
Redhead/diving
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[image]
Definition
old squaw/ diving
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[image]
Definition
Ruddy/Diving
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[image]
Definition
ringnecked/diving
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[image]
Definition
Harlequin/diving
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[image]
Definition
Canvas back/diving
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[image]
Definition
Bufflehead/diving
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[image]
Definition
Cinnamon teal/pond
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[image]
Definition
Blue winged teal/pond
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[image]
Definition
Mallard/pond
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[image]
Definition
Gadwall/pond
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[image]
Definition
Pintail/pond
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[image]
Definition
baldpate/pond
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[image]
Definition
Wood duck/pond
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[image]
Definition
Shoveler/pond
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[image]
Definition

Green winged teal/pond

 

Term
What 2 animals are in the beaver like family?
Definition
Muskrats, nutria, and the beaver
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What are 3 animals are in the weasel family?
Definition

minks, fisher, and the martten

 

Term
what animal is in the raccoon family?
Definition
ring tailed cat
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