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Science Key Words

Science Key Words. SOME LATIN AND GREEK ROOT WORDS AND THEIR ENGLISH MEANINGS. mesos : middle molluscus : soft noton : back oo : egg okios (eco): house oligo : few osteon : bone pycno: density plasma : mold pod or pous : foot porus : pore proctos : anus rectus : straight

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Science Key Words

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  1. Science Key Words

  2. SOME LATIN AND GREEK ROOT WORDS AND THEIR ENGLISH MEANINGS mesos: middle molluscus: soft noton: back oo: egg okios (eco): house oligo: few osteon: bone pycno: density plasma: mold pod or pous: foot porus: pore proctos: anus rectus: straight sapiens: wise saur: lizard spinus: spine steno: narrow trophos: feeder uro (oura): tail zoon (zoa): animal a: not or without annelus: little ring antho: flower arthro: jointed askos: bladder aster: star autos: self avis: bird blennios: mucus brachion: arm brevis: short bryon: moss cephalus: head cheilos: margin, lip chondros: cartilage chorda: cord cytos (kytos): hollow vessel derm: skin diplos: double, two dino: horrible echino: spiny ectos: outside endon: within enteron: gut eu: true eury: wide fera: bearing flagella: whips gastro: stomach gnathos: jaw gymnos: naked haline: salt helminthes: worm heteros: different hypsi: high homos: same, common ichthys: fish knide (cnide): nettle koilos (coelos): hollow platy: flat mamma: breast

  3. Dinosaur

  4. Dinoflagellate

  5. Cephalopoda Arthropoda

  6. Coral Polyp Ectoderm/ Epidermis Cnidocyte Cnidocyte Endoderm/ Gastroderm

  7. Rectus abdominus Superior rectus

  8. Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes Chondrocyte

  9. Agnathan

  10. Oocyte Oogenesis Boutique

  11. Tide Pool Blenny Hypsoblennius caulopus Uses a euryhaline strategy. Oviparous Demersal

  12. Oligotropic Eutrophic

  13. Biological Nomenclature A species is both defined by its genus name and specific name. Ex.Panthera tigris Panthera- genus name tigris- species name

  14. Names Common names Confusing Ambiguous Scientific names Agreed upon system • Portuguese Man-of-War • Bluebottle • Physalia physalis

  15. Names Language Latin or Latinized Giving names A highly technical process Name is author’s choice

  16. Commemorate People • Gardenia jasminoides (Dr. Alexander Garden) • Camelliajaponica (Joseph Kamel) • Strelitzia reginae (Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz) • Siegesbeckia orientalis (Dr. Siegesbeck)

  17. Descriptive • Cardinalis cardinalis (red) • Railus aquaticus (watery) • Passer domesticus (house)

  18. Geographic Location • Kuhlia sandwicensis (Hawaii) • Periplanata americana(American cockroach) • Zosterops japonica • (Japanese white-eye)

  19. Pronunciation • Divide into syllables • Choose where to place emphasis Monachus schauinslandi Mon/a/chusschau/in/slan/di Hawaiian Monk Seal

  20. Humor in naming Agra vation by Terry Erwin a tropical beetle that was apparently very difficult to collect. (Agra cadabra, Agra katewinslettae, Agra memnon, Agra sasquatch) Heerz lukenatcha. http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/puns/puns.html

  21. Humor in naming A spider called Orson-wells malus A flower called Eristalis gatesi An ant called Pheidole harrisonfordi

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