Download For the Final Exam You Should Know

For the Spring Final Exam You Should Know. . . .
1. The taxa in sequence. ..domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order . ..
2. Complete classification of the human
Ex: Domain – Eukarya Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata, etc
3. Examples of vestigial organs in humans
4. Characteristics and examples of the major groups of primates (prosimians,
anthropoids, etc)
5. The answers to the FAQs about evolution – first lecture – powerpoint on this is still online
Ex: Are humans descendants of apes/monkeys?
6. Evidence of evolution
7. How speciation occurs/requirements for speciation to occur
8. Examples of speciation
9. Darwin’s five major points of natural selection
10. how to describe Darwin’s other theory – descent with modification
11. How to make a cladogram using major characteristics of vertebrates – this was a
class activity
12. Characteristics of organisms in the Phylum Chordata
13. Characteristics, anatomical structure, and examples of the Class Amphibia
14. Characteristics, anatomical structure, and examples of the Class Reptilia
15. Characteristics, anatomical structure, and examples of the Class Mammalia
16. The three major groups of mammals (at the Order level) and examples of each
17. The difference between anterior/posterior/dorsal/ventral sides of an organism
18. Evolutionary order of the major groups of vertebrates (geologic timeline and pacing
geologic time)
19. The type of rock used in relative dating of fossils
20. how radioactive dating works (the half life lab and class notes)
21. Who Charles Darwin was and his contributions to evolutionary biology
22. Who Alfred Wallace was and his contribution to evolutionary biology
23. Who Lamarck was and his contribution to evolutionary biology
24. Who Lyell was and his contribution to evolutionary biology
25. Who Hutton was and his contribution to evolutionary biology
26. What adaptive radiation/divergent evolution is
27. What convergent evolution is
28. The age of the earth, the first prokaryotes, and the first eukaryotes
29. The 3 requirements to be in the same species
30. Who Linnaeus was and his contribution to taxonomy
31. the names of the chambers of the human heart
32. the path of blood flow throughout the body and the functions of the anatomical
structures through which the blood flows
33. what the “pacemaker” of the heart is
34. the path of air flow from the mouth to the lungs
35. where gases are exchanged in the lungs (and what gases are exchanged)
36. the roles of the major organs involved in the digestion of food and the location of
those organs
37. The roles of pepsin, trypsin, NaHCO3, bile, lipase, protease, and HCl in digestion.
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The role of villi in the small intestine.
the parts of the brain and their functions
the difference between the peripheral and central nervous system
The difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems
The difference between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
the path of an impulse from the surface of the body to the brain and back
how a reflex differs from a normal response to a stimulus
the structure of a neuron and the functions of the various parts of a neuron
what happens during an action potential
the endocrine hormones and their functions
the structure of the male reproductive anatomy and the functions of those parts
the structure of the female reproductive anatomy and the functions of those parts
the four major hormones involved in the female menstrual cycle, how they interact
with one another, the cause of ovulation, and the cause of menstruation
a description of the three lines of defense in the immune system
what T cells, B cells, and memory cells are
how an antibody is structured and its function
the levels of organization in the biosphere Ex: population, community, etc
what a trophic level is and why there is a limit to the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem
How energy flows through an ecosystem
what a food chain is
what a food web is
how the cycles of matter (biogeochemical cycles) operate Ex: water cycle, carbon cycle
Differences between prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells
Differences between plant and animal cells
Characteristics of bacteria and how long they have been on earth
How to culture bacteria in a lab
how to slow bacterial growth
the characteristic shapes of bacteria
How quickly bacteria can reproduce and ways they reproduce
helpful uses of bacteria (microviewer lab and textbook)
Evolutionary order of the kingdoms
How to use a dichotomous key
the names of the five groups of vertebrates
Characteristics and examples of organisms in each of the six kingdoms
Characteristics of algae and why algae are not in the kingdom plantae
The organism responsible for Red Tides
which protists are photosynthetic and which are not
how the different protists are classfied
The use and origins of diatomaceous earth
the protists that cause African Sleeping Sickness, Giardia, malaria and dysentery
the vector that causes African Sleeping Sickness
the vector that causes malaria
economical uses of kelp and its classification
Examples of types of protozoans, their general characteristics, and how they move
Ex: Paramecium – Ciliate Ex: Giardia - flagellate
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how to recognize the protists we drew under the microscope in class
helpful uses of protists
Characteristics, classification, anatomical structure, and examples of mollusks
examples of helpful uses of mollusks
Characteristics, classification, anatomical structure, and examples of arthropods
examples of helpful uses of arthropods