BIO 1130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Germ Theory Of Disease, Comparative Anatomy, Plate Tectonics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Analogy: similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins. Biogeography: is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. Carbon cycle: the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay. Catastrophic theory: violent and sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains. Plants and animals living in those parts of the world where such events occurred were often killed off according to cuvier. Then new life forms moved in from other areas. As a result, the fossil record for a region shows abrupt changes in species.