Lion Midpoint Vocab Review

What are the benefits of hunting in a group (as a lion)

-conserving energy -more food hunted -higher success rate -time saved

How do we find out which lioness is the mother in a pride

-testing all of the cub's and mothers blood - with the result use the process of elimination to compare the mothers and cubs allele -which ever is the closest match between mother and cub is your mother and cub pair

How long do male lions stay in the pride?

1-2 years because after they get evicted

How many times do lions hunt per day

1-3 times (depending on the size of the kill)

Number of chromosomes in a lion

38

Gene

A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

phylogenetic tree

A tree that shows the relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms

What is an example of a genotype

A/A, B/B the letters for each gene

how long to female lions stay in the pride?

All their life

Which pride is the furthest from the others?

Cameroon

What does CER stand for

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

What are two populations of pride that are similar in alleles?

Etosha and Kalahari

Why would it be dangerous for lions to hunt some prey

If the prey is in a large group then the lion could be outnumbered and fought off

Is it better to hunt smaller animals more frequently or larger animals less often

Larger prey less often because you have more resting period and save some energy

Sperm

Male sex cell that carries half the chromosomes

For a lion is it worth the time to hunt for a zebra by themselves?

No, it is better to do in a group

homologous chromosomes

Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance and same genes.

What is a genotype?

The combination of alleles you have

phylogney

The related history of a species or group of related species

between hunting a warthog and a meerkat, which one is the better hunt for a lion

Warthog

What is a karyotype?

a picture of a collection of chromosomes

What do the alphanumeric symbols (Ex: FCA45, FCA77) represent ?

alleles

What is a karyotype made up of?

chromosome from each parent

Heterologous Chromosomes

chromosomes containing different genes

egg cell

female reproductive cell that carries half the chromosomes

Is it more efficient to hunt in groups or singularly

groups

What do females do in a pride

hunt and raise the cub

How can a lion get the most energy from a hunt at the lowest cost?

hunting in groups and going for the larger animal

What do males do in a pride

protecting and fend off other animals

Chromosomes

tightly coiled DNA and proteins that carry all the genes and genetic material