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What are the characteristics for WNV?
Arthropod Borne Virus
Neurotropic Flavivirus
As temperature rises, WNV...
Arthropod borne virus and neurotropic flavivirus
Virus spreads by insect
Infects nserve cells
Has a shorter incubation period
What are the characteristics for WNV?
Arthropod borne virus and neurotropic flavivirus
Arthropod Borne Virus
Virus spreads by insect
Observation
Inference
Hypothesis
Independent Variable
Information obtained through the senses.
A prediction or conclusion based on observations
A prediction about a problem that can be tested
What the experimenter CHANGES on purpose. "What is different e…
Observation
Information obtained through the senses.
Inference
A prediction or conclusion based on observations
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Self Actualization
Esteem Needs
Belongingness and Love Needs
Definition:... An arrangement of the innate needs that motivate…
This need from Maslow's Hierarchy is when one achieves one's f…
This need from Maslow's Hierarchy is the need for prestige and…
This need from Maslow's Hierarchy is the need for intimate rel…
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Definition:... An arrangement of the innate needs that motivate…
Self Actualization
This need from Maslow's Hierarchy is when one achieves one's f…
Agents of evolutionary change
3 underlying assumptions for natural se…
Examples of selection
Quantifying fitness and finding trade-o…
Mutations... Genetic Drift: the changes in allele frequency in a…
1. There must be a natural variability in traits... 2. The variat…
To avoid predators... To match climatic conditions (clines and ec…
Maintenance of variation ... Frequency dependent selection... Hetero…
Agents of evolutionary change
Mutations... Genetic Drift: the changes in allele frequency in a…
3 underlying assumptions for natural se…
1. There must be a natural variability in traits... 2. The variat…
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Blockbusting
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The official who presides over a hearing involving a governmen…
Act addresses rights of individuals with disabilities in emplo…
The illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell their prop…
An act that prohibits racial discrimination in the sale and re…
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
The official who presides over a hearing involving a governmen…
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Act addresses rights of individuals with disabilities in emplo…
Eratosthenes
Claudius Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Johannes Kepler
calculated the circumference of the earth. Used Sun to measure…
Set up model of solar system or geocentric model where the sun…
Proposed different model of solar system known COPERNICAN mode…
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1…
Eratosthenes
calculated the circumference of the earth. Used Sun to measure…
Claudius Ptolemy
Set up model of solar system or geocentric model where the sun…
Angiosperms
Basal (earliest) angiosperms date to
Occurred during an evolutionary "explos…
Fossil genus Archaefructus an example o…
Evolutionary development of plants with covered seeds, angiosp…
167 - 200 mya
1. Break-up of Pangaea perhaps led to many new potential niche…
1. Has folded-leaf-like fruits covering seeds, paired stamens…
Angiosperms
Evolutionary development of plants with covered seeds, angiosp…
Basal (earliest) angiosperms date to
167 - 200 mya