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| any process in a living organism that varies through time |
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| Order of biological rhythm characteristics, biggest to smallest: |
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-cycle
-period
-phase(identifiable part)/amplitude (size) |
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| rhythm types in order from smallest to biggest |
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-ultradian (less than 24 hours)
-circadian (about 24 hours)
-infradian (greater than a day less than a year)
-circannual (about a year) |
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| list 2 reasons for the significance of biological rhythms |
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1. synchronize the organism with it's environment
2. maintain the organisms internal temporal relationships |
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| the most common biological rhythm synchronizer (zeitgeber) |
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| in the absence of environmental cues BR are ____-______ and have periods ________ to the zeitgeber period |
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| animals rhythm synchronized to light dark period |
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| ryhthm sustained in the absecne of the light dark cycle |
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