Ant exam 1 cards
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- deoxyribonuclic acid (DNA)
- The molecule tha carries the genetic code.
- prehensile
- haveing the ability to grasp.
- mutation
-
any spontaneous change in the genetic code
- paleontology
- the study of pst life forms using foosil remains and their geological contexts.
- amino acids
- the chief componet of proteins.
- nocturnal
- active at ight
- ribonucleic acide (RNA)
- The molecule that, in two forms, translates and transcribes the genetic code into proteins.
- hominids
- modern human being and our ancestors., defined as the primates who walk erect.
- indigenous
- native; refers ot a group of people with a long history in a particular area.
- stereoscopic
- three dimensional vision; depth percetion.
- Polygynous
- referring to a society in which a man may have muliple wives.
- arboreal
- adapted to life in the trees
- ecosystem
- a specife set of environmental relationships. A unit of study within ecology.
- opposability
- the ability ot touch the thumb to the tips of the other finger on the same hand.
- fission
- the splitting up of a population to form new populations.
- diurnal
- active during the day.
- inheritance of acquired characteristics
- The incorrect ideathat traits acquired during an organim's lifetime can be passed on to its offspring.
- macromution
- a mutation with extensive an important results.
- stratigraphy
- the study of the earth's strata.
- brachiating
- moving using arm over arm swinging.
- Artificial selection
- selection for reproductive sucess in plants and animals that is directed by humns.
- Induction
- the process of developing a general explanation from specfic observains.
- ecology
- the science that sudies the network of relationships within environmental systems.
- biological anthropologist
- a specialist in the subfield of antthroplogy who studies humans as a biological species.
- proteins
- molecules that make cells and carry out cellular functions.
- deduction
- suggesting specfic data that would be found if a hypotheis were true.
- Genes
- Technically, those portions of the DNA molecule that code ofr the production of specific proteins.
- holistic
- assuming an interralationship among the parts of a subject.
- belief systems
-
Ideas that are taken on faity and cannot be scientically
tested.
- speciation
- the evolution of a new species.
- Niche
- the enviroment of an organism adn its adaptive responce
- gene flow
- the exchnge of genes among populations though interbreeding.
- chromosome
- strands of DNA in teh nucleus of a cell.
- gene pool
- All the genes in a population.
- Natural selection
- Evolutionary change based on the differential reproduction sucess of individuals within a species.
- strata
- layers;layers of rock and soil under the surface of the earth.