Additional Notes Flashcards

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1
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a marine organisms that has no swim bladder

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Shark

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this serves as the shark’s swim bladder

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Liver

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3
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a marine organisms that always needs to move

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Shark

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4
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organ for buoyancy

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Swim bladder

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5
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serve as the kidney of a shark

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Rectal gland

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6
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additional gland

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Lorenzini

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7
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false pregnancy

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pseudo

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8
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an egg being able to develop into an embryo without the fertilization with the sperm

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parthenogenesis

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9
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New taxa in zoology

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Lazarus Taxa

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10
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a silicate fish

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Lazarus Taxa

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11
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biggest shark

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Megalodon

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12
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they are considered as the highly intellect one

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Greek and Romans

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13
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they were the one being based from

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Greeks and Romans

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14
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Complete name of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck

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15
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he is with Lamarck, he is an anatomist

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Georges Cuvier

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16
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Date of the expedition of the HMS beagle

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December, 1831

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17
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How many years is the HMS beagle expedition

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5 years voyage

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18
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example of a definitive host

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Humans

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19
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example of intermediate host

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mosquito
(Aedes aegypti)

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20
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they are the carrier of dengue

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Aedes aegypti

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21
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carrier of malaria

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Anopheles spp.

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22
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blood-feeding vertebrate insect’s parasite

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Plasmodium

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23
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a parasite that causes malaria

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Plasmodium

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24
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a unicellular protozoa that causes malaria

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Plasmodium

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group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic
Protozoa
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the buzzing mosquito
Culex spp.
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Endotherms
warm blooded
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Ectotherm
Cold blooded
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red tide
Algal blooms
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other abiotic factors
Tide, current, and waves
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a substance in the chocolate responsible for increase sexual desire
Aphrodisiac
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subdivision of habitats
Microhabitats
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Reasons for aging
1. Cellular damage 2. Mitochondrial damage 3. Apoptosis 4. Excess of free radicals
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a normal feedback
Negative feedback
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another feedback that makes the situation worst however good for women delivery
Positive feedback
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neurotransmitter : cell __________________ : hormone
Blood
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_________ : cell _________ : hormone
Neurotransmitter, Blood
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cell to cell communication
Synapse
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electrical —> chemical —> electrical
Action Potential
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AP
Action Potential
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2 types of Tetanus
1. Cause by bacteria 2. Undergo lactic acid
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a substance that causes a rise in temperature (fever reaction) in human or animal
Pyrogen
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A functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
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an eel-like animals found on the bottom of the ocean that releases a nasty slime when bitten by a predator fish
Hagfish
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decaying eating organism
Detritivores
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Largest ocean
Pacific ocean
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2nd largest ocean
Atlantic ocean
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an ocean that still expanding today
Atlantic ocean
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3rd largest ocean
Indian ocean
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Favorite ocean of traders
Indian ocean
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Smallest and shallowest ocean
Arctic ocean
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considered as not true ocean
Antarctic ocean
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Divides warmer water above it and the colder water below.
Thermocline
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Smallest bones in human
•Malleus •Incus •Stapes
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He proposed the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener
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It means "all land"
Pangea
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It means "all sea"
Panthalassa
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Largest island
Greenland
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Sediments formed from remains of once living organisms
Biogenous sediment
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living organisms (animals) that can swim against water currents
Nekton
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these are plants or animals that drift in the current
Planktons
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it function like a kidney, removing waste materials in simplest freshwater invertebrates and microorganisms
Flame cells
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it thrives both in salt water and freshwater
Salmon
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They reproduce only once in their lifetime
Salmon
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They live in both fresh and salt water
Anadromous
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Average salinity of a seawater
35g/kg or 35 ppt
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Connection of waters
Seapages
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Largest land-living arthropod
Coconut crab