Biology Exam

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

Monkeys: have tails; includes baboo Rodents:ns and mandrills

Habitat: Organisms (person, animal) home

Tetrapods: 4 limbs

Rodents: gnawing mammals

Sessile: animal that can’t 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 isn’t 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

Perching birds: 60% of all birds

Ostrich: Largest living bird

Kiwi: chicken sized

Dodo: Flightless turkey like

Diatryma: up to 9ft tall

Great auk: flightless penguin like

Tuatara: 2 species of rare lizard like reptiles found in and near New Zealand

Migration: Annually moving to a different region

Down Feathers: lightweight insulation

Instinct: unlearned knowledge possessed before birth

Syrinx: voice box

Hemotoxin: affects blood

Chinese giant salamander: largest living amphibian

Sea turtle: largest living turtles

Ovoviviparous: bear young alive from eggs that hatch within body

Chromatophores: pigment cells in skin

Carapace: upper shell

Poikilothermic: regulates body temperature by external factors

Similarities among reptiles

Concertina movement: coils and uncoils

4 Chambered heart: What type of chambered heart does a bird have?

Boids: anaconda, boa, python

Colourbrids: garter, water, bull

Crocodiles: largest living reptiles

Elapids: have immovable fangs; cobras, mambas, coral

Lizards: elongated, four- legged reptiles with tapered tails

Tuatara: 2 species of rare lizard like reptiles found in and near New Zealand

Freshwater turtles: largest group

Alligator : heaviest freshwater

Marine turtles: warm seas

Sea turtle: largest living turtles

Tortoises: land turtles

Vipers: have foldable fangs; pit viper

Metamorphosis: process of immature larva transforming into adult

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

Newt: name for aquatic adults of salamander family

Precocial: an animal that runs or swim right after hatching