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Zoology
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Undergraduate 2
09/22/2012

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Emergence
Definition
appearance of new characteristics at a given level of organization
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Emergent Properties
Definition
new characteristics of an appearance; "2 for the price of 1"
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Irritability
Definition
ability to sense environment and react to it
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1st Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
Law of Conservation of Energy; energy's neither created nor destroyed
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
physical systems tend to proceed toward a state of greater disorder or entropy
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Endosymbiotic Theory
Definition
states chloroplasts and mitochondria were once separate organisms, which we know b/c their DNA is distinctly different from the cell's nuclear DNA
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5 Things on Nature of Science
Definition
1. guided by natural law
2. has to be explained by reference to natural law
3. testable against observable world
4. conclusions are tentative and not necessarily final word
5. falsifiable
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Hypothetic-deductive Method
Definition
scientific process of making a conjecture and then seeking empirical tests that potentially lead to rejection
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Experimental Sciences
Definition
seek to understand proximate or immediate causes that underlie functioning of biological systems at a time and place
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Evolutionary Sciences
Definition
seek to address q's of ultimate causes and rely largely on use of comparative method rather than experimentation
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Ultimate Cause
Definition
factors responsible for the origin, state of being, or purpose of a biological system
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Ernest Mayr's 5 Major Themes
Definition
1. perpetual change
2. common descent
3. multiplication of species
4. gradualism
5. natural selection
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Phylum Euglenozoa/Sarcomastigophora
Definition
Subphylum Euglenida/Mastigophora---Euglena viridis

Subphylum Kinetoplasts (Zooflagellates)---Trypanosoma brucei gambiense/rhodescience/brucei, T. cruzi
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Phylum Retortamonada and Diplomonads
Definition
Diplomonads---Giardia
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Phylum Ciliophora
Definition
Paramecium
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Phylum Dinoflagellata
Definition
Zooxanthellae
Term
Phylum Apicomplexa
Definition
Endoparasites/Class Coccidea---Eimeria tenella, Taxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium (Malarial organism)

Parabasalids---Trichomonas vaginalis

Entamoebidae---Entamoeba histolytica, Radiolarian
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Phylum Porifera
Definition
Class Demospongiae---bath sponges
Term
Phylum Cnidaria
Definition
Class Hydrozoa---hydroids, fire corals

Class Scypozoa---"true" jellyfish

Class Cubozoa---cube jellyfish

Class Anthozoa---sea anemones, stony/soft coral

Class Staurozoa---odd animals topped with medusa
Term
Phylum Acoelomorpha
Definition
small flatworms
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
Definition
Class Turbellaria---free living flatworms

Class Trematoda (Flukes)---Fasciola hepatica (sheep liver), Clonorchis sinensis (human liver), Schistosoma (blood flukes=mansoni, japonicium, haemotobium)

Class Monogenea---parasitic flukes

Class Cestoda---Subclass Eucestoda (tapeworms)---Taenia saginata (beef), Taenia solium (pork), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish)
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Phylum Nemertea/Rhynchocoela
Definition
ribbon worms
Term
Phylum Mollusca
Definition
Class Monoplacophora---limpets, small w/rounded shell

Class Polyplacophora---chitons

Class Gastropoda---limpets, whelks, conches, periwinkles, Opistobranches (sea slugs/hares/butterflies, canoe shells), Pulmonates (land/freshwater snails/slugs)

Class Bivalvia/Pelecypoda---mussels, clams, scallops, oysters, shipworms

Class Cephalopoda---squids, octopuses, nautiluses, devilfish, cuttlefish

Class Caudofoveata and Scaphopoda
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