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Iowa State University
Aubrie
Biology 211
Hofmockel
12-6-10
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 1
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Deductive reasoning
Monophyletic
Archea
Inductive reasoning
Polyphyletic
Bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Paraphyletic
Exotoxin
Endosymbiosis
Prokaryote
Taxonomy
Gram stain
Phylogeny
Autotroph
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Binomial nomenclature, phylogenetic tree, gram staining, metabolic adaptations
(photo/auto/heterotrophs)
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Domain Archea
Domain Bacteria
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 2
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Sporophyte
archegonia
Gametophyte
alveolata
Heterospory
dinoflagellates
Gymnosperms
phloem
Angiosperms
xylem
Pollination
fertilization
Ovule
seed
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Alternation of generations, seedless vascular plant life cycle, bryophyte life cycle, moss life
cycle, pine life cycle
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Characteristics of all seed plants, Pfisteria piscicida
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 3
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Gametophyte
Fertilization
plasmogamy
Heterospory
angiosperms
dikaryotic
Seed
fungus
zygomycota
Gymnosperms
hyphae
cleavage
Pollination
mycelium
blastula
coelum
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What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Fertilization
Pollination
Alternation of generation—angiosperms
Fungal reproductive life cycles
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Reproductive cycles
Double fertilization
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 4
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Arthropoda
Myriapoda
Tetrapod
monotreme
Chelicerata
eutherians
Myriapoda
Crustacean
Hexapoda
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Mitosis
Cancer spreading
IPPMAT
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Four characteristics of chordates, major events of vertebrate history, importance of cell division,
relation of birds to dinosaurs, familiar with all phylums covered
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 5
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Genes, DNA, gametes, mitosis, meiosis, homologs, sexual/asexual reproduction, crossing over,
law of segregation and independent assortment, homo/heterozygous, epistasis, pleitropy,
phenotype, genotype, linked genes
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Multiplication rule
Addition rule
Law of segregation
Law of independent assortment
Punnett squares
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Complete dominance, incomplete dominance, sex-linked traits, recombination
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 6
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Speciation
gene flow
Genetic drift
Prezygotic/postzygotic barriers
Comparative anatomy
allopatric/sympatric speciation
Natural selection
hybrid zones
Microevolution
Population
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Natural selection
Speciation (how new species form)
Evolution
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Natural selection acts on individuals
Charles Darwin
Darwin’s inferences
Biological species concept
Hardy-weinberg theorem
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 7
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Population ecology
abiotic
Population density
climate
Dispersion
biome
Demography
Ecology (basic v. applied)
biotic
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Theory of evolution
Descent with modification
Natural selection
All the biomes
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
Carrying capacity (K)
Growth rate (r)
Exponential vs. logistic growth
What unit are you reviewing? Unit 8
List 15 terms from the unit you think are most important
Ecosystem, energy flow, trophic structure, competition, mutualism, commensalism,
predation/herbivory/parasitism/disease, fundamental niche, realized niche, detritivores, batesian
and mullerian mimicry, resource partitioning
What are the cycles and processes that are most important in this unit? [Limit to 5]
Water cycle
Carbon cycle
Nitrogen cycle
Phosphorous cycle
What additional concepts would you include as important in this unit?
GPP-R=NPP
Competitive exclusion
Greenhouse effect
Biogeographic factors of diversity
Laws of thermodynamics
Island equilibrium model