Flashcards on BIOL 112, created by joshizzle on 13/07/2013.
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Created by joshizzle
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How do we explain the origins of life?
Is evolution a fact or a theory?
What is the evidence in support of evolution as a fact?
Explain the concept of micro evolution
Explain the concept of Macro evolution
What is the definition of Evolution?
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
What are the Results of selection?
What is selected?
What are the types of selection?
Name the three modes of selection
How does Sexual selection differ from Natural Selection?
What is a species?
Explain how interbreeding is prevented
What is the role of the Pre-zygotic isolating Mechanism? and give examples
What is the role of the Post- zygotic isolating Mechanism? and give examples
How do new species arise?
Define Allopatric Speciation
Define Sympatric Speciation
How does a new form arise?
Define Phylogeny
What is systematics? And what is it used for?
Define Biogeography
What is mass extinction?
What are the four constraints animals had to overcome to adapt to a terrestrial existence?
Define sub-species
Define the term animal
What are homeotic genes?
What is symmetry?
What happens in radial symmetry?
What effect can radial symmetry have on an animal?
What happens in bilateral symmetry?
Define Cephalization
Define Diploblastic
Define Triploblastic
Define Phyla
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Poriferia?
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Cnidaria?
Can nematocysts affect humans?
Define the term Blastula
Define the term Blastopore
Define the term Archenteron
What are the types of sexual selection?
Does natural selection produce perfect organisms?
What does phylogenetic systematics do?
What is cladistics?
What are the three main flat-worm classes?
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Platyhelminthes(flatworm)?
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Nematoda(roundworms)?
Define Coelom
What is a true coelom?
What are some of the differences between protostomes and deuterostomes?
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Annelida?
What are some of the characteristics of Phylum Arthropoda?
