ISB 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biodegradable Plastic, Mitotic Inhibitor, Bioprospecting

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Biological
• Course: ISB 202
• Professor: D. Kirk, S. Logan

Document Summary

Coriolis effect involves the frictional relationship between the surface of the rotating planet and the atmosphere. Gyres huge cycling currents carrying water north and south. Factors impacting local climate: altitude, topography, lake effects, soil moisture, local vegetation. Humans impacting climate: slash and burn agriculture, clearing forests for agriculture, draining swamps, damming rivers -> reservoirs, burning fossil fuels. Population all members of single species living in a specific area at the same time. Large groups - school of fish, hyenas, lions, primates. Kinship theory an individual"s social behavior is adjusted to their degree of relatedness. Madagascar periwinkle/ vinca plant: treatment of parasites, to make a biodegradable plastic, for making biofuels, treating cancers like leukemia. Dispersion way organisms are distributed in their habitat. The rate at which a population would grow under ideal conditions. Environmental resistance factors limiting the growth of a population. Reproductive strategies (2 ends of spectrum) r - selected species (cockroach)