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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. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 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 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 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