Mammals and Ecology Unit 5
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| What is this mammal? | Opossum |
| What is this mammal? | Western Pipistrelle |
| What is this mammal? | Black-tailed Jackrabbit |
| What is this mammal? | Desert Cottontail |
| What is this mammal? | California Ground Squirrel |
| What is this mammal? | Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel |
| What is this mammal? | Antelope Ground Squirrel |
| What is this mammal? | Western Gray Squirrel |
| What is this mammal? | Chipmunk |
| What is this mammal? | Pocket Gopher |
| What is this mammal? | Kangaroo Rat |
| What is this mammal? | American Beaver |
| What is this mammal? | Deer Mouse |
| What is this mammal? | Wood Rat |
| What is this mammal? | Porcupine |
| What is this mammal? | Coyote |
| What is this mammal? | Red Fox |
| What is this mammal? | Black Bear |
| What is this mammal? | Racoon |
| What is this mammal? | Sea Otter |
| What is this mammal? | Stripped Skunk |
| What is this mammal? | Mountain Lion |
| What is this mammal? | Bobcat |
| What is this mammal? | California Sea Lion |
| What is this mammal? | Harbor Seals |
| What mammal is this? | Elephant Seal |
| What is this mammal? | Mule deer |
| What is this mammal? | Moose |
| What is this mammal? | Pronghorn |
| What is this mammal? | Bighorn Sheep |
| Called? | Withers |
| What are the 5 distinguishing characteristics of mammals? | Pelage of hair/fur, Diaphragm, 3 inner ear bones, 7 cervical vertebrae, Mammary glands |
| What two terms describe mammal's body temperature? | Endotherms, Homeotherms |
| What does Endotherm and Homeotherm mean? | Endotherm: generate own body heat, Homeotherm: Can cool/heat body. Can maintain a steady body temp. |
| What temperature are mammals usually? | 100 degrees F |
| What does Estrus mean? | To be in heat |
| What does Heterodont and Homodont mean? (teeth) | Heterodont: Incisors, Canines, Molars, Premolars Homodont: all the same |
| What is a diastema? | A space lacking canines |
| What are 5 functions of hair? | Coloration, Physical Protection, Communication, Sensory, Insulation |
| What are the 4 types of hair? | Guard hairs, Vibrissae, Awn hair, Down hair |
| What is Guard hair? | The outermost hair |
| What is down hair? | Inner hair for insulation |
| What is awn hair? | In between guard and down |
| What is vibrissae hair? | Whiskers. attached to nerve endings |
| What makes Monotremata mammals different from other mammals? | Have: Cloaca, Locomotion, Lays eggs, Venom Not have: Teats, Vibrissae Sweat milk! |
| Where are Marsupials found? | America and Austrailia |
| What makes Marsupials different from other mammals? | Short gestation, Develop in marsupium. |
| What animals are Marsupials? | Kangaroo, Possum |
| What animals are Soricomorpha? | Moles, Shrews |
| How do Soricomorpha walk? | Plantigrade |
| What make Soricomorpha mammals unique? | Fossorial (most live life underground. Powerful front limbs, Placental mammals. (completes embryo development inside mom) |
| What is this? | Antlers |
| What is this? | Baculum (penis bone) |
| What is this? | Dewclaw |
| What is this called? | Flank (soft part between hips and ribs) |
| What is this called? | Metatarsal gland |
| Line of teats called? | Milk Line |
| What called? | Muzzle |
| What is this called? | Pinna (ear flaps) |
| What is this called? | Rhinarium (squishy pad nose) |
| Called? | Withers |
| What makes Chiroptera unique? | Hollow bones, Keeled sternum, Echolocation, Flight |
| What animals are Lagomorph? | Pikas, rabbits, Hares, |
| What are the unique characteristics of Lagomorpha? | 4 upper incisors, 2 lower. Incisors grow throughout life Diastemus |
| What kind of young to Hares have? Rabbits? | Hares have precocial, Rabbits have altricial |
| Characteristics of Rodentia? | 2 upper, 2 lower incisors Grow throughout life |
| What are the 7 families of Rodentia? | Squirrel, Gopher, Beaver, Porcupine, New World, Old World |
| What mammals are Cetacea? | Whales, Dolphins, Proposes, etc. Strictly aquatic mammals. |
| Unique characteristics of Cetacea? | Hairless, fusiform, Flippers, Blubber |
| Toothed Cetacea whales characteristics? | Homodont teeth, One blow hole, Use echolocation |
| Baleen whale characteristics? | No teeth, Baleen upper jaw, Two blow holes, most large |
| What are the 6 Families of Carnivora? | Dog, Bear, Ringtail, Weasel, Cat, Sea Lion |
| What is ecology? | The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment |
| What is an Abiotic factor? | Non-living factors |
| What is a Biotic factor? | Living factors (to environment) |
| What does Abundance mean? | How many? The count. |
| What does Distribution mean? | Where are they? |
| Population vs community vs ecosystem | Population: a species amount living in an area Community: All the populations put together Ecosystem: The community plus abiotic factors (cycles). |
| What is nutrient cycling? | Nutrients never leave, energy does. |
| What are the 5 trophic levels? | Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers |
| What are producers? | Plant, phytoplankton (make their own food) |
| Primary consumers? | Eat producers. |
| Secondary Consumer? | Eat primary consumer. |
| Tertiary Consumer? | Eat secondary consumer |
| What is a plant community? | Naturally occurring assemblage of plant species that interact with each-other and their physical environment |
| What are the 4 factors that influence the type of plant community? Explain. | Biotic factor: Living factors, do humans live there? Past and present. Other plants and animals Edaphic factors: related to soil. Physiography: topography, slope, canyons, ridges, elevations Climate: Temp, wind, precipitation. |
| How to determine plant dominance? | Size, abundance. |
| Difference between Woodland, Forest, Scrub | Woodland: low density trees Forest: Higher density trees Scrub: drought tolerant bushes |
| Explain Ecological succession | The plant community changes due to disturbances. |
| What plant community is this? | Salt marsh |
| What is this plant community? | Salt grass |
| What plant community? | Coastal strands |