Evolutionary biologists believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Their skeletal structure and blood cells of today’s birds share a surprising foundation with reptiles. According to biologists‚ feathers may have evolved from the scales of reptilian skin‚ also. From 144 million to 66 million years ago‚ during the Mesozoic era‚ the first birds began to evolve. Fossils from this time showed that early birds had teeth. Tens of millions of years ago‚ a group of birds called kites evolved. Early kites
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Foundations of Biodiversity Lab Manual Bio 1A Fall 2014 Compiled by Drs. Lambrecht‚ Shaffer‚ and Soto with additions and changes by Stephanie Trewhitt and Dr. Shannon Bros-Seemann San Jose State University INDEX Week Date Lab Topic Page 1 Aug 25 Lab safety‚ microscope use‚ adding course Lab 1 2 Sept 1 Cell Life cycle - mitosis/meiosis Evolutionary I Lab 2 3 Sept 8 Plant Evolutionary History I Lab 3 4 Sept 15 Plant Evolutionary History II 5 Sept 22 Adaptation and
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“The Cougar Physiology” 10/15/2012 The Cougar Physiology Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Carnivor‚ Family: Felidae‚ Genus: Felis‚ Species: Concolor‚ or otherwise known as‚ Cougar. Cougars are also known as the Mountain Lion or puma and have the largest natural range distribution throughout the western hemisphere. This paper will cover characteristics of the cougar‚ the ancestry to the Cougar‚ and what adaptations the cougar has gone through to survive in its habitat
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organisms and includes all plants‚ animal and microorganisms of the world. The father of taxonomy is Aristotle. Linnaeus differed from Arostotle because he used five kingdoms to classify instead of two. A taxon is a taxonomic category or group‚ such as phylum‚ order‚ family‚ genus‚ or species. The broadest taxon is kingdom and and the most specific taxon is species. Binomial nomenclature is a system for naming plants and animals by means of two latin names. The first indicationg the genus and the second
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Amur Leopard Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: Panthera pardus Subspecies: P. p. orientalis Conservation Status: ➠ Critically Endangered Appearance: Amur leopards are much smaller than tigers‚ with males weighing 50-60 kg‚ and females a lighter 30-35 kg‚ with body length reaching about 1.5 m. Though the Amur leopard is similar in stature and strength to other leopards‚ there are differences between
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viewing areas will help the conservation of the addax as it will help educate the public on the animal. Part 1 The Addax Nasomaculatus‚ which is also named the white antelope or the screw horn antelope‚ is a member of the Animalia Kingdom‚ Chordata Phylum‚ Mammalia Class‚ Artiodactyla Order‚ Bovidae Family‚ Hippotraginae Subfamily and the Addax Genus‚ making its species Addax Nasomaculatus. The Addax is critically endangered with no more than 500 left in the wild.
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all plants are autotrophic) * Some algae are multicellular and this is what we study about in chp 3…algae -> plants * Three different categories are based on their method of obtaining nutrition Animal- Like= Protozoa * 4 different phylum: ciliophora (ciliates)‚ zoomastigina (flagellates)‚ sporozoa‚ sarcodina * Heterotrophic and some are parasites (sporozoa) * Parasites: Organisms that benefit from living in or on other organisms at the expense of that organism * Phyla
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University of Phoenix Material Vertebrates and Invertebrates Worksheet PART 1: Compare vertebrates and invertebrates. Directions: In the graphic below‚ compare vertebrates and invertebrates by: Create a list of 5 characteristics that make vertebrate and invertebrates different Create a list of 5 characteristics that make vertebrate and invertebrates similar differences similarities The notochord in vertabrates became a spine. All at one time had a notochord. Invertabrates have no spine‚
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and quantitative data. Think about how you can increase the sample size of your observations to minimize the effect of confounding variables. The animal Hydra oligactis‚ the animal we are using this week‚ is a planarian. Planarians are in the phylum Platyhelminthes (which means “flat worm”)‚ which contains about 25‚000 species‚ most of which are in the tapeworm and fluke groups. These are parasitic‚ living in other organisms where they can cause serious disease such as schistosomiasis (See Sadava
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Woodlice - Porcellio Scaber Research: Introduction: [The following is summarised from: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/isopoda.php] Common Names: Slaters‚ pill bugs‚ sow bugs‚ woodlice‚ Maori papapa Scientific Name: Arthropoda (Phylum) Crustacea (Class) Isopoda (Order) Oniscoidea (Suborder). Description: Slaters are apart of the Isopoda order‚ meaning they have an equal number of legs. They are also a crustacean‚ but unlike most crustaceans they are terrestrial opposed to marine dwellers
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