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Evo and Winter Term Vocabulary
Set for review of general and hominid evolution tems
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Biology
9th Grade
02/28/2012

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homologous
Definition
same structure (origin) may have different function
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analogous
Definition
same function, different structure
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convergence
Definition
different ancestry, same selection pressure, similar function
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divergence
Definition
same origins, same structures, different selection pressures
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Wallace
Definition
Same mechanism (NS), forced CD to publish
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ducks
Definition
could be dabbling or diving
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genetic drift
Definition
random elimination of alleles
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accidental selection
Definition
resistant forms (rats, bacteria, etc) selected for
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artificial selection
Definition
man chooses desirable traits
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translation
Definition
mrna to protein
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amino acids
Definition
make up proteins
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DNA and proteins
Definition
DNA CODES for proteins
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Natural selection
Definition
more young born than survive, they are all different, some diffs selected for,diffs are heritable, most adapt breed
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Lamarck
Definition
evo happened; acquired char. are inherited
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atavisims
Definition
vestigial gene switched back on. Multiple mammaries
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vestigial structures
Definition
left over evidences of evo. Whale, snake hips
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no evolution
Definition
large population, no natural selection, no genes in or out, no mutations, no sexual selection
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continental drift
Definition
accounts for distribution of plants and animals. Wegener
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sexual selection
Definition
mating success due to attraction not necessarily overall fitness
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1-2-many-5
Definition
The vertebrate limb plan that most verts have to work with. (bony fish, no)
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ape vs. hominid
Definition
hips, valgus angle, teeth, foramen magnum position, diastema, simian shelf, foot features
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primates
Definition
forward facing eyes, opposable thumb, color vision
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reason for bipedalism?
Definition
efficiency, reach, carry, sun angle
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east Africa
Definition
origins for all Australopicithens, early homo (habilis, erectus)
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H. erectus
Definition
fire, all over Europe, probably speech, 1200 cc
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H. florenesis
Definition
hobbit, odd little "recent" island people
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feeder birds
Definition
house finch, lesser goldfinch, quail, n. flicker, mourning dove, scrub jay, house sparrow
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Bile
Definition
Made by liver, stored in Gall bladder
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Portal vein
Definition
carries nutrients from sm. int to liver
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epitglottis
Definition
flap that prevents swallowing into lungs
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Large Intestine (colon)
Definition
absorbs water, place for E. coli to make vitamen K
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saliva
Definition
moistens and contains amylase
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stomach
Definition
kills bacteria, starts protein digestion
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glucose
Definition
carbo absorbed by villi
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liver
Definition
makes glycogen from glucoses
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pancreas
Definition
secretes buffer and lots of digestive enzymes
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bile
Definition
breaks lipids into little spheres for...
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peristalsis
Definition
movement through the gut
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sphincters
Definition
round, involutary muscles in gut
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proteins
Definition
digested into amino acids
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A.R. Wallace
Definition
co-discoverer of natural selection
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Natural selection
Definition
look up the steps or graph it
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speciation
Definition
isolation, sex, mutations, time and difference environmental pressures
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Review your birds
Definition
list is on another sheet
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Taung, Lucy
Definition
A. afarensis
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700+ cc's in skull
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in genus Homo
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coelom
Definition
space between body organs and body wall
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villus
Definition
functional unit of gut
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digestion, absorption
Definition
gut functions
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You are a protein in the mouth. What happen when you are swallowed?
Definition
Well? Go from throat to anus now. Describe what becomes of you.
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appendix
Definition
what is left of a functional structure called a caecum.
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tiktaalik
Definition
earliest lobe fin fish-
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