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Lecture 2. Diversity of Life: Conquering the Land
When did earth form,
What was earths first atmosphere ...,
How would you describe the early ...
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Lecture 3. Diversity of Life: Fungi, Lichens, Algae and Angiosperms
What is a protist,
What nutrition is a fungi,
What are the roles played by fungi
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Lecture 4. Introduction to Animal Diversity
How is an animal classified,
What are animals,
What does heterotrophic mean
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Lecture 5. Animal Diversity II: Tetrapods and Human Evolution
What are craniates,
What are vertebrates,
What are gnathostomes
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Lecture 6. Animal Diversity: Feeding Strategies
What are the four major feeding s...,
What do suspension feeders use an...,
What type of suspension feeder do...
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Lecture 7. Animal Diversity: Reproductive Strategies
What is the purpose of reproduction,
What are the various challenges a...,
What are the two types of interac...
44
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Lecture 8. Animal Diversity: Plant Reproductive Strategies
What are the advantages of asexua...,
What are the disadvantages of ase...,
What are the advantages of sexual...
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Lecture 9. Darwin's Insights
What are three things you could s...,
What is unique to living things,
How could you say animals arose
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Lecture 10. Natural Selection and Evolutionary Processes
When is natural selection inevitable,
What is differential survival,
What conclusion can we draw about...
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Lecture 11. Species and Speciation
What is the species concept,
What does a species describe,
What can those who share the same...
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Lecture 12. Coevolution
What is coevolution,
What is mutualism,
What is an arms race
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Lecture 13. Evolution of Sex and Sexual Selection
What were darwins two worries abo...,
What are the two problems with sex,
Does asexual or sexual reproducti...
34
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Lecture 14. Kin Selection
What does natural selection tend ...,
What is altruism,
Why does altruism exist
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Lecture 15. Evolution of Reciprocity
What is mutualism,
What is the selfish herd concept,
Why do birds colonial nest
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Lecture 16. The Molecular Basis of Mendelian Genetics
What is evolution,
What is genetics,
What is a more specific definitio...
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Lecture 17. The Principles of Population Genetics
What does genetic variation diplo...,
What does mutation allow,
What does sexual reproduction allow
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Lecture 18. Fitness and Selection
What is fitness,
What must successful phenotypes be,
How is fitness measured
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Lecture 19. The Neutral Theory of Evolution
What were two problems for early ...,
What were early population geneti...,
In terms of population genetics w...
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Lecture 20. Molecular Phylogenetics
What can evolution be represented as,
What is the most recent common an...,
What is anagenesis
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Lecture 21. Applied Evolutionary Genetics
What do gene trees do not always ...,
What is a gene and a species tree...,
What is incomplete lineage sorting
34
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Lecture 22. Animal Metabolism
What is metabolism,
What does metabolism concern,
Where do organisms need to mainta...
30
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Lecture 23. Thermoregulations and Water Stress in Plants
What are the main abiotic factors...,
What does the inefficiency of pho...,
What in plants is inextricably li...
33
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Lecture 24. Animal Nutrition and Digestion
What drives animal anatomy physio...,
What do animals need food for,
What are the reactions of cellula...
27
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Lecture 25. Plant Nutrition and Digestion
What does the endodermis possess,
What transports ions,
What are the controlled nutrient ...
38
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Lecture 26. Circulation and Gas Exchange in Animals
What did william harvey do,
What type of animals did william ...,
When is diffusion inefficient
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Lecture 27. Circulation and Gas Exchange in Plants
How do animals prevent rupturing,
What type of cell wall do plant c...,
What does high pressure exerted o...
20
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Lecture 28. Life in Extreme Environments: Evolutionary Adaptations
What are the challenges for organ...,
What are the abiotic factors that...,
What are the two factors that pla...
37
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Lecture 29. Interactions Between Organisms Including Mutualisms
What are the types of interactions,
What is intraspecific interactions,
What is interspecific interactions
28
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Lecture 30. Global Climates and Biomes
What is ecology,
What is the biosphere,
What are the abiotic factors that...
30
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Lecture 31. Terrestrial Ecosystems: Forests and Grasslands
What is the climograph,
What plants grow in 100 200mm,
What plants grow at 300mm
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Lecture 32. Ecological Modelling
What is primary production influe...,
What does an increase in moisture do,
What does low disturbance result in
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Lecture 33. Terrestrial Ecosystems: Deserts, Tundra and Peatlands
What are the two types of tundra,
What does descending dry air abosrb,
What does descending air cretae
37
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Lecture 34. Freshwater Ecosystems: Rivers and Lakes
What percentage of worlds fish sp...,
How long does it take for a river...,
What is the function of rivers
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Lecture 35. Marine Ecosystems: Estuaries
What is natural capital,
What percentage of the earth does...,
What percent is the total space a...
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Lecture 36. Marine Ecosystems: Coastal Waters and Open Seas
What does a food web show,
Why are estuaries in temperate re...,
What do birds feed on
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Lecture 37. Global Climate Change
What are biomes defined by,
When was the last glacial maximum,
What protects pollen from uv light
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Lecture 38. From Genes to Ecosystems
What is a benefit of sea grass,
What is the structure of sea grass,
How can seagrass reproduce
18
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