ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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Biology Major substances: Organic compounds – are compounds that contain carbon and were originally made by living things e.g. carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ nucleic acids Inorganic compounds – are compounds do not contain carbon as a main element Organic compounds | Composition | Function | Proteins | Carbon‚ hydrogen‚ oxygen and nitrogen | Used in the structure‚ storage‚ movement and transport of cells for growth and repair. | Lipids | Carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen | Stores energy
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Biology - Chapter 9 Study Guide (DNA) 1. Define vaccine. Substance that is prepared from killed or weakened diseased causing agents 2. What is the name of the scientist that performed transformation experiments? Griffith Name the living organisms used in these experiments. mice 3. What is transformation? A change in the genotype caused when bacterial cells take up foreign genetic material 4. Who discovered what material was responsible for transformation? What is the material?Oswald
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Aneka Khilnani September 8. 2012 Period 3 AP Biology Free Response Essay: Cell Size Life is defined as a distinctive characteristic that a living organism‚ dead organism or non-living thing‚ and it has the ability to grow‚ metabolize‚ respond to stimuli‚ adapt and reproduce. Cells are not smaller that 0.1 um because within the cell all the necessary components have to take place‚ cellular metabolism‚ reproduction‚ photosynthesis and there has to be a sufficient amount of space for that to
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Circulatory Systems link exchange surfaces with cells throughout the body Diffusion is too slow of an exchange system for large organisms Gastrovascular Cavities Fluid bathes both the inner and outer layers This facilitates exchange between both layers easily‚ as a sort of bridge Evolutionary Variation of Circulatory System Diffusion distance was too great of a problem Three components: Fluid Interconnecting vessels Heart Open and Closed Circulatory Systems Arthropods and most molluscs
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have the technology and equipment to. 2. Robert Hooke is credited with the discovery of the basic building block of living organisms. 3. Robert Brown is credited with the discovery of the cell nucleus. 4. Schleiden and Schwann’s contribution to biology was proposing that cells are the basic structural unit for plants and animals. 5. Before Virchow‚ one idea was that living things could arise from non-living and from dead matter‚ a process called ‘spontaneous generation’. 6. Person B is more
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Lab: Inhibiting the Action of Catechol Oxidase By: Kimberly G. Introduction: In this lab‚ Mr. Greene ’s sixth period AP Biology class split into groups "to investigate inhibition of enzyme activity by specific chemicals called inhibitors" (1). Group three pondered this lab ’s inhibitor‚ phenylthiourea (PTU). Is it a competitive inhibitor? That is an inhibitor that literally "competes" with the substrate by mimicking it‚ and thus "wins" the position at the active site of the enzyme. The blocked
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22 Respiratory System The Respiratory System Respiratory System Consists of the respiratory and conducting zones Respiratory zone: Site of gas exchange Consists of bronchioles‚ alveolar ducts‚ and alveoli Respiratory System Conducting zone: Conduits for air to reach the sites of gas exchange Includes all other respiratory structures (e.g.‚ nose‚ nasal cavity‚ pharynx‚ trachea) Respiratory muscles – diaphragm and other muscles that promote ventilation Major Functions of the Respiratory
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Cardiovascular System: Blood Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0007-00-01 Purpose Explain why you did this lab and what if any safety precautions needed to be followed. Exercise 1: Observing Your Own Blood Observations A. Sketch and describe what you saw on the prepared slide of human blood: B. Sketch and describe what you saw on the
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Feudalism was the main governing system in Europe and other parts of the world in the Middle Ages. Feudalism consisted less of a centralized governing power but instead was power over land or lands spread out through the nobility. The Feudal system dealt with all political and military affairs during the middle ages and had more of a focus on the business relationships held between two individuals of power. The ’feudal system’ is the name for a power structure where people held their land in return
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