NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Revision Terminology Part 1
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Transition zone between adjacent biome β Eco tone.
In ecosystem one species Dominates & other excludes = GauseΥs principle
Most productive & Biodiversity = coral reef.
Intertidal zone β Cladophora, Polysiphonia, Dictyota, Ulva, focus.
Carrying capacity β upper asymptote
Chemotaxonomy β used to study plant relationships
Colpidium β indicates degree of pollution in water
Infective stage of taenia solium- cysticercosis
Extinct primitive arthropods β trilobites
Heterothallism β prevent interbreeding
JohnstonΥs organ β antenna of mosquito
On gills fertile layer bearing basidia = Hymenium
Ascospore = endogenous
Basidiospore = exogenous
Norin β 10 β Japan β dwarf gene of wheat.
Dee geo woo gen β Taiwan β dwarf gene of rice.
Ordovician period β age of invertebratesβage of giant Mollusca.
Devonian period β age of fishes.
Carboniferous period β age of amphibians
Jurassic period - age of reptiles
Holocene epoch β age of man
Inheritance of acquired character = Lamarck. (France)
Natural selection = Darwin coworker β Wallace (by Malthus essay on popl)
Survival of fittest β spencer
Neo Darwinism = mutation germplasm DNA natural selection
Ancon sheep β short & curved legs β mutation β in Seth wright farmer in Massachusetts America
Evolution of new species βΎ geographic isolation
Evolutionary divergence βΎ reproductive isolation
People with common gene pool βΎ demes βΎ species
Sympatric Speciation = Reproduction isolation
Allopatric Speciation = Geographical isolation
Dollo Law β evolution irreversible
CopiΥs Law - Evolution size increment
Bergman Law β Warm-blooded animal large in northern & cold regions.
AllenΥs Law β Cold animal have small ears & tails
Gause Law/Competitive exclusive principle β 2 species of same ecological requirement cannot continue to occupy same habitat
GlogerΥs Rule β Warm blooded live in warm & moisture develop more melanin pigment.
JordanΥs rule β fisher of low temperature (cold atmosphere) β more vertebrae pressure
Hibernation = winter sleep
Aestivation = summer sleep
BGA endospore = bacocyte
PSI β inner surface of thylakoid β P700 β Ferrodoxin
PSII β outer surface of thylakoid β P680 β Granna
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Lichens are sensitive to
Burning plastics β polychlorinated Biphenyls
Aldehyde β irritate gastrointestinal & respiration tract
Nitrogen oxide β photochemical & respiration tract
β harden rubber, destroy chlorenchyma
gas at bhopal in union carbide factory manufacturing Sevin phosgene 2 gas
used by ficus verigata, Phaseolus Vulgaris, Coleus Blumeri.
used by Pinus, Juniperus, Quercus, vitis
Putrescibility β decay & decomposition of organic matter due to bacteria.
Laundry detergents contain phosphate
India β biggest sea good exporter
Minamata victims β numbness of limbs, lips, tongue.
Tidal power station = France
Algin = Sargassum & Turbinaria
Non leguminous plant fixing Casaurina, Almus, Hippophae
Texture of soil (1) water holding capacity (2) aeration
Earth is an open system for energy (close for material)
Halophyte β Salsola & triple
Cross primary productivity β Rate of organic matter by producers per unit time & area.
Net primary productivity β rate of organic matter built up in bodies per unit time & area
Secondary productivity β increment in biomass in heterotrophs.
Photosynthesis cyclic β Red β not evolved.
Non-Photosynthesis cyclic β Red/Blue - evolved.
LDH = Lactate dehydrogenase 5 forms isoenzymes (same action difference structure)
Enteric group β facultative aerobic bacteria
E. g. E. coli in water indicates contamination by sewage
Archaebactria β Branched chain lipids.
Taxonomy β identification, to nomenclature & classification of organisms
Copeland β 4 Kingdom Classification.
Whittaker β 5 Kingdom Classification
Amoeboid stage of slime mould = plasmodium devoid of cell wall
Total stem parasite β Cuscuta
Total root parasite β Orobanche
Partial root parasite β Santalum
Partial stem parasite β Loranthus, Viscum
Narcotics β Suppress CNS
Stimulants β increase CNS
Cornea β No Blood supply
CNS Stimulant = Amphetamines
CNS depressant = Barbiturates
Artificial pace maker in right Ventricle
1st open heart surgery β 1953
1st pesticide by man = Rotenone
Sporeine = Bio insecticide
Artificial Kidney = Passive filtration process
World war II = organophosphate Never gas inhibit cholinesterase
Agent orange is ausein derivative used by USA Vietnam
Rotenone β roots of Devris elliptica
Pyrethrum β inflorescence of chrysanthemum cinerariifoliun
Producers = Transducers
Ecosystem = integrated of system of living & nonliving things
Color changes = Metachrosis e. g. Chameleon & Hyla
Proteus arguinus (cave salamander) = eyeless
Sharks & cattle are color β blind.
Light intensity measured by lux meter or photometer
Tanning β synthesis of melanin in chromatophore
LDP = Radish spinach, henbane, sugar beet, oat, baray, wheat
SDP = Xanthium, chrysanthemum, Cannabis, Rice, sugarcane, Soybean
SLDP β wheat nice
LSDP β Bryophyllum
Day neutral = cotton, Tobacco, Potato, maize, cucumber
Daily response of light condition circadian rhythms.
Long day animal β Turkey, starling
Short day animal β sheep, goat, deer
Day neutral animal β guinea pig, ground squirrel
Regulate species of locomotion by light photo kinesis
Nyctinasty β flower of Portulaca & leaves of Albizia
Photonasty β Oxalis.
Thigmonasty β Drosera.
Seismonasty β lead of mimosa pudica
Orientation during locomotion in response βΎ photo taxis
Fecundity = reproductive capacity
Unidirectional trees β flag trees
Shivering β body temp increases
Perspiration/Panting β body temperature decreases
Snails β Calcium content
Insectivores β N2 deficient soil
Fresh water fish β large glomeruli & Expel large amount of hypotonic urine
Marine water fish β gills extract salts from seawater by active transport.
Migration β Bison, Caribou (mammals) , Anguilla, salmon (fish) , Arctic tes, siberion Crane, American golden plover (Birds)
Stenohaline β withstand only freshwater/sea water
euryhaline β withstand difference concentrations of soil & water
Pedogenesis β formation of soil
Actinomycetes βΎ Streptomycin
Group of individuals belonging to a trophic level which consume a common resource base in similar fashion = Guild (nectar feeding, grazing, browsing, frugivorous animals) .
Bioenergetics = PhillipΥs.
Net production = gross production β respiration
Pyramid of energy β upright
Pyramid of no energy β upright [inverted (tree ecosystem) ] .
Hila ilisha (Indian shad) can live in both fresh & marine water
Pyramid of biomass β Aquatic inverted