Biology Exam

Pit organ

________: allows vipers to "see "warm objects in dark.

Fossils

________: impressions of plants, animals, or humans preserved in rocks.

Transitional forms

________:"missing links "used to try proving evolution is true.

Precocial

________: an animal that runs or swim right after hatching.

Ovoviviparous

________: bear young alive from eggs that hatch within body.

Elapids

________: have immovable fangs; cobras, mambas, coral.

Gestation

________: period from fertilization to birth.

Sessile

________: animal that cant move but can move its environment.

Motile

________: animals that can move themselves from place to place.

Index fossils

________: used to identify the "age "of the rock layer containing it.

Leeuwenhoek

________: Dutch that studied microscope.

California condor

________: largest living land bird.

Kangaroos

________: largest living marsupial.

Harvey

________: Studied blood circulation.

Ostrich

________: Largest living bird.

Paleontology

________: evidence against evolution.

Hydrologic cycle

________: major processes, Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

Chromatophores

________: pigment cells in skin.

Newt

________: name for aquatic adults of salamander family.

Sea eagle

________: one of strongest birds.

Natural selection

________: survival of fittest.

Incubation

________: bird eggs are kept warm so the birds will develop properly in eggs.

Metamorphosis

________: process of immature larva transforming into adult.

Poikilothermic

________: regulates body temperature by external factors.

Ecology

________: Study of living things interacting one another and their physical environment.

Vipers

________: have foldable fangs; pit ________.

Migration

________: Annually moving to a different region.

Peregrine falcon

________: fastest living creature.

Instinct

________: unlearned knowledge possessed before birth.

Concertina movement

________: coils and uncoils.

Coelacanth

________: unusual lobe- finned " (ancestor of amphibians) "fish.

George Cuvier

________: Founder of comparative anatomy.

Rachis

________: stiff quill of feather.

Radiometric dating

________: evolutionists attempt to determine the age of rocks.

Crocodiles

________: largest living reptiles.

Dominion

________: man's God given authority to use nature to meet physical needs.

Lizards

________: elongated, four- legged reptiles with tapered tails.

Aristotle

________: doctrine of intellect.

Germinal Spot

________: a disklike spot in a fertilized ovum in which the first traces of the embryo are visible.

Vultures

________: feed on dead animals.

Piltdown man

________:"early human "that was actually a deliberate hoax.

Radial symmetry

________: same shape any angle (pie)

Sea turtle

________: largest living turtles.

Scientific method

problem solving method

George Cuvier

Founder of comparative anatomy

Charles Darwin

Wrote Origin Of Species

Index fossils

used to identify the "age" of the rock layer containing it

Radiometric dating

evolutionists attempt to determine the age of rocks

Coelacanth

unusual lobe-finned ("ancestor of amphibians") fish

Transitional forms

"missing links" used to try proving evolution is true

Paleontology

evidence against evolution

Plato

doctrine of ideas

Aristotle

doctrine of intellect

Vesalius

"Father of Anatomy" Wrote Fabrica

Natural selection

survival of fittest

Leeuwenhoek

Dutch that studied microscope

Pliny the Elder

wrote Natural History

Brunfels

wrote Living Pictures of Herbs

Galen

work became authority in anatomy for 1,000+ years

Gesner

Wrote Histories of Animals

Harvey

Studied blood circulation

Fossils

impressions of plants, animals, or humans preserved in rocks

Cell theory

All living things are composed of cells and come from preexisting cells

Homo Habilis

"handy man"

Homo erectus

"upright man"

Nebraska Man

"early human" that was actually an extinct pig

Piltdown man

"early human" that was actually a deliberate hoax

Habitat

Organisms (person, animal) home

Tetrapods

4 limbs

Rodents

gnawing mammals

Sessile

animal that cant move but can move its environment

Motile

animals that can move themselves from place to place

Homeothermic

maintain same temperature

Gestation

period from fertilization to birth

Ecology

Study of living things interacting one another and their physical environment

Vertebrate

backbone

Invertebrate

no backbone

Bilateral symmetry

2 of same; most animals

Radial symmetry

same shape any angle (pie)

Diurnal

active during day

Dominion

man's God given authority to use nature to meet physical needs

Blue Whale

worlds largest animal

Bear

largest land carnivore

Capybara

largest living rodent

Elephant

largest land animal

Kangaroos

largest living marsupial

Oviparous

young isnt born alive (egg)

Hydrologic cycle

major processes, Evaporation, condensation, precipitation

Rachis

stiff quill of feather

Pit organ

allows vipers to "see" warm objects in dark

Germinal Spot

a disklike spot in a fertilized ovum in which the first traces of the embryo are visible

3 chambered heart

What type of chambered heart does an Amphibian have

King cobra

longest venomous

Owls

feed at night; swallow prey whole

Peregrine falcon

fastest living creature

California condor

largest living land bird

Sea eagle

one of strongest birds

Vultures

feed on dead animals

Game birds

hunted

Tropical birds

brightly colored