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Biology
9th Grade
06/07/2006

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Term
Plantae
Definition
eukaryotic,
has nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts,
cell wall containts cellulose,
multicellular,
autotrophic
Term
Bryophytes
Definition
nonvascular plants
Term
Tracheophytes
Definition
vascular plants,
sporophyte generation - dominant,

Divided into spore dispersing plants and seed plants.

Term
Gymnosperms
Definition
use cones to reproduce instead of flowers

sporophyte generation is dominant

Term
Angiosperms
Definition
flowering plants

Sporophyte generation - dominant

Term
Moss
Definition
nonvascular

gameophyte - dominant

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Term
Dicots
Definition
angiosperms with 2 cotyledons

characteristics:
netlike veins
bundles in rings - [image]
flower parts in fours/fives [image]

Term
Monocots
Definition
angiosperms with only one cotyledon

Characteristics:
Parallel veins
bundles scattered
Flower parts in threes

Term
Archaebacteria
Definition
prokaryotic
cell walls lack peptidolyoan
unicellular
autotrophic
or... heterotrophic
Term
Eubacteria
Definition
prokaryotic
cell walls have petidoglycan
unicellular
autotrophic or...
heterotropic
Term
Fungi
Definition
eukaryotic
nucleus, mitochondria,
cell wall contain chitin
mostly unicellular (some multicellular)
heterotrophic
Term
Protista
Definition
eukaryotic
nucleus, mitochondria, some have chloroplast
mustliy unicellular (some multicellular)
autotrophic or...
heterotropic
Term
Animalia
Definition
eukaryotic
nucleus, mitochondria,
no cell wall
mulitcellular
heterotrophic
Term
Arthropoda
Definition
"jointed legs"
include insects, arachnids & crustations
Term
Chilopoda
Definition
arthropods with long bodies and many jointed legs
example: centipedes
Term
Diploda
Definition
long arthropods have 2 pairs of legs for every 20-100 segments
example: millipedes
Term
Osteichthyes
Definition
bony fish
have crainial bones, rooted teeth, and all that good stuff C:
Term
Order of the Classification
Definition
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species,
Term
Dorsal
Definition
back side
Term
Ventral
Definition
Front Side
Term
Charles Lyell
Definition
populized the theory of Uniformationism (the idea that things happening in the past still happen today)
Father of modern evolution.
Term
James Hutton
Definition
Formulated Uniformintarianism.
noted that change happened slowly over time (gradualism), they weren't perfect.
Term
Carolus Linnaeus
Definition
Father of modern taxonomy
laid the foundations for modern day (binomial) nomenclature
Term
Leclerc DuBuffon
Definition
formulated the process of degeneration: where organisms form into less perfect versions
example: Mountian Lion -> House Cat

PWNED! :D

Term
William Smith
Definition
worked out relative dating with sedimentary rocks.
"Father of English Biology"
Term
Erasmus Darwin
Definition
Grandfather of Charles Darwin
Wrote the "Historical Context of Species" : Said that animals have common ancestry and have different relationships with each other, and are not seperate creations
Also said that animals change in response to their enviorments (Brown Bear vs. Polar Bear)
Term
Lamark
Definition
Invented the theory of Evolution
Use and Disuse
proved wrong by a man named Agust Weismann
Term
Charles Darwin
Definition
Came up with the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. Had to copublish with Alfred Russie Walice, but he was known for it due to him putting more efforts into it.
Term
Thomas Malthus
Definition
Formulated the Principles of population Growth - Over population
Term
Creationism
Definition
Belief that everything is God made and god is perfect, therefore everything is perfect.
Term
Speciation
Definition
the formation of species.

Allopatric Speciation - "other country" Physical barriar that prevents two populations from meeting up with each other

Sympatric Speciation - "same country"
Polypioidy - Involves flowers who self pollinates so that if there is only on muntanation there could be still reproduction of it

Term
Relative Dating
Definition
Any method of determining the order in which events occurred
Term
Absolute Dating
Definition
Any method that enables scientists to find out how long ago an event occurred
Term
Natural Selection
Definition
The process in which a organisms with favorable variations survive and produce more offspring then organisms with out the variation
Term
Modern Theory of Evolution
Definition
binomial nomenclature
Darwin's theory of natural selection
Term
Hardy-Weinburg Theory
Definition
p2+ 2pq + q2=1


p= dominate allele (T)
q= recessive allele (t)

Term
Adaptive Radiation
Definition
The process by which a species evolves into a number of different species each occupying a new environment.
Term
Convergent evolution
Definition
The evolution of the out ward similarities in organisms that are not closely relates because they have to meet similar problems in their habitats.
Term
Divergent Evolution
Definition
The naturally selected changes in related species that once shared a characteristic in common (as a result of having inherited it from a common ancestor) but have come to be different
Term
Co-evolution
Definition
When 2 or more species can evolve trough functioning of particular enzymes.
Term
Analogous structures
Definition
Structures found in different types of organisms that are similar in function of outward appearance but dissimilar in basic structure.
Term
Homologous structures
Definition
Structures found in different kinds of organisms that have the same basic arrangement or parts.
Term
Vestigial Structures
Definition
remnants of once useful structures--eg, hindlimb in boas or whales; human appendix
Term
Stabilizing Selection
Definition
Selection favouring individuals in the middle of the distribution of phenotypes in a population and disfavouring the extremes.
Term
Disruptive selection
Definition
A rare type of natural selection that lets to opposite phenotypes become favorable variations and the average phenotypes unfavorable.
Term
Directional Selection
Definition
A type of selection that removes individuals from one end of a phenotypic distribution and thus causes a shift in the distribution.
Term
Genetic Drift
Definition
Bottleneck effect: change in allele frequencies due to natural disasters, or human hunting

Founder effect: a rare set of alleles shows up more frequently in a small population then in larger populations

Term
Gene Pools
Definition
The collection of alleles available among reproductive members of a population.
Term
Population
Definition
The simplest grouping of organisms in nature
Term
Allopatric Specification
Definition
that is when there is spesification due to geographic barriers
Term
Sympatric Speciation
Definition
speciation in which the evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms occurs within the range and habitat of the parent species.
Term
Geographic Isolating Mechanisms
Definition
The first stage of speciation in which a population of organisms in prevented form interbreeding with other population of that species by natural barrier
Term
Reproductive isolation
Definition
The loss of the ability to interbreed by 2 isolated groups/
Term
Industrial Melanism
Definition
The development of dark colored organisms in a population exposed to industrial air pollution.
Term
Hydrolysis
Definition
A water pokemon attack skill.
Term
Biomes
Definition
are distinct ecological communities of plants and animals living together in a particular climate.

Terrestrial: Land
Aquatic: Water

Term
Symbiotic Relationships
Definition
When two organisms each benefit from one another's presence.
Term
Biotic/Abiotic Factors
Definition
Biotic - Living
Abiotic - Nonliving

Factors that control the enviorment

Term
Biotic Organization
Definition
up yours.
Term
HI1
Definition
Gastric Juice - Breaks down food
Term
Pepsin
Definition
Gastric Juice - Breaks down food in a timely matter

Proteins -> smaller chains of amino acids -> single amino acids -> w00t :)

Term
Gastrin
Definition
Produced by the stomach
increases gastric juice production (prepares for the food)
Term
Secritin
Definition
Produced by small intestine
makes liquid baking soda *releases bicarbonate*
Term
CCS
Definition
the cutest anime ever, also one of the worst things ever done by CLAMP :D
Term
CCK
Definition
Produced by the small intestine
Recieved by the pancreas

Releases Pancreatic juice
causes gaul bladder to release bial

Term
Trypsin
Definition
Enzyme in the Pancreas
breaks down chains of amino acids
Term
Chymotrypsin
Definition
Enzyme in the Pancreas
breaks down chains of amino acids
Term
Aminopeptidase
Definition
Enzyme in the Pancreas
Breaks amino acids down more
Term
Carboxlypetidase
Definition
Enzyme in the Pancreas
Breaks amino acids down more
Term
Pancreatic amylase
Definition
takes starch and breaks down into maltose
Term
Bile
Definition
Emulsifier (fat digestion)
takes fat and breaks down into little drops
doesn't do chemical digestion
Term
Maltase
Definition
Breaks down Maltose into two glucose molecules
Term
Sucrase
Definition
Breaks down Sucrose into fructose and glucose.
Term
Lactase
Definition
Breaks down Lactose into glucose and galactose.
Term
Lipase
Definition
Breaks down lipids [fats] into fatty acids & 1 glycerol
Term
Nucleases
Definition
Breaks down nucleic acid
Term
Digestive System: Ameba and Paramecium
Definition
chemical digestion
intracellular
surrounds the food and takes it inside the cell membrane
Puts in vacuole and does pegosytosis then puts in lysosome

Parameciums have a special place to digest foods called the gullet

Term
Digestive System: Cnidarians
Definition
hope some random food comes, pass it through mouth, stick in gastrocavascular, digests in cells
Term
Digestive System: Annedida
Definition
Mouth - takes in food
Pharnyx - Sucktion
Esophogus - takes food in gizzard & crop
Crop - holds food (soft)
Gizzard - Digests food mechanically (muscular)
Intestine - Chemically digests the food
Anus - .__. i wonder
Term
Insecta
Definition
Mouth - takes in food
Pharnyx - Sucktion
Esophogus - takes food in gizzard & crop
Crop - holds food (soft)
Gizzard - Digests food mechanically (muscular)
Intestine - Chemically digests the food
Rectum - storage chamber for indigestible food (poop bag D: ew)
Anus - .__. i wonder
Term
Hydrolysis
Definition
The process by which molecules are broken apart by the addition of water molecules
Term
Dehydration synthesis
Definition
A type of reaction in which two molecules are bonded together by the removal of a water molecule.
Term
Veins & Arteries
Definition
Veins - Tubes that carries blood to the heart

Arteries - Tubes that carry blood away from the heart

Term
Transport System: Protista
Definition
Active & passive transport
cellular respiration
Term
Transport System: Cnidaria
Definition
gastravascular activity - two layers - endoderm & exoderm
Term
hemolymph
Definition
The circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals that is functionally comparable to the blood and lymph of vertebrates.
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
A substance that increases the amount of oxygen the blood can carry.
Term
SA node
Definition
A small group of specialized muscle cells in the wall of the right atrium; stimulates contraction of the heart; pace maker
Term
AV node
Definition
A small bundle of muscle cells at the base of the right atrium ; triggers an impulse that causes contraction the ventricles
Term
Diastole
Definition
The period of relaxation of the heart
Term
Systole
Definition
The period of contraction in the heart
Term
Diastole
Definition
The period of relaxation of the heart
Term
Lymphatic system
Definition
Circulatory network of vessels carrying lymph, and the lymphoid organs such as the lymph nodes, spleen, and thymus, that produce and store infection-fighting cells.
Term
Axial System
Definition
Ribs, skull, vertebrae, sternum
Term
Appendicular
Definition
everything that's not Axial
Term
Ligaments
Definition
hold bones to bones
Term
Tendons
Definition
hold bone to muscles
Term
Cartilage
Definition
Usually found between bones and permits smooth movement of joints.
Term
actin
Definition
a contractile protein of muscle
Term
myosin
Definition
A large protein that forms the thick filaments of skeletal muscle.
Term
myofibrils
Definition
The small fibers that are arranged in a bundle making up the larger muscle fiber.
Term
Immovable Joint
Definition
example: Skull
Term
Hinge Joint
Definition
Example: Knee
Term
Ball and Socket Joint
Definition
moves in a circular motion
example: shoulder or hip
Term
Pivot Joint
Definition
Up and Down, Right and Left
examples: neck
Term
Periosteum
Definition
A tough membrane covering the outside of bones, except at the joints
Term
Red Bone Marrow
Definition
Immature blood cells and platelets in cavities in spongy bone.
Term
Yellow Bone Marrow
Definition
bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
Term
Cardiac Muscle
Definition
Makes a powerful contraction, primarily involuntary, generates it's own electrical impulses

example: Heart

Term
Smooth Muscle
Definition
Wave like contractions, rhytmic (peristasis), mostly involuntary

example:Esophagus, Lining of the stomach

Term
Skeletal Muscle
Definition
Voluntary Movement, Antagnistic, Pulls to contract
Term
Residual Volume
Definition
air that always stays in the lungs
Term
vital capacity
Definition
absolute maximum amount of air that can go in or out of the lungs
Term
tidal volume
Definition
normal amount of air that goes into your lungs
Term
Antigens
Definition
Any substance that cam cause an immune response
Term
Active Immunity
Definition
A type of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies
Term
Passive immunity
Definition
A type of immunity that is acquired when a person is given antibodies, obtained form the blood of either another person of an animal to attack a particular antigen.
Term
Tap Roots
Definition
One main root, hard to pull out of the ground, ancors plant in place, not good at holding soil
Example: carrots
Term
Fibrous Roots
Definition
stringy roots, numerous, holds the plant in place aswell as keeps the soild from eroding
Term
Parenchyma cells
Definition
a form of cells whose function is to conduct the metabolic activity of the plant. It is located everywhere in the plant.
Example: white flesh of the apple
Term
Collenchyma Cells
Definition
cells that support, flexible. Located in the stems and petals
Term
Scierenchyma Cells
Definition
Provides hard support, stiff support for the plant. Located in the stems and base of trees.
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