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Week 1 Flashcards

1
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Broad field conserved with classification

A

Systematics

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2
Q

What is the broadest taxon

A

Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya

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3
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What is the narrowest taxon

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Species

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4
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2 parts of binomial species name

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Genus

Epithet

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5
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What are dichotomous keys used for?

A

To classify already described organisms by physical features

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6
Q

What made protists?

A

Bacteria

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7
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Species lacking membrane bound organelles and a nucleus

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Prokaryotes

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8
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What do eukaryotes have that prokaryotes dont

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Nucleus and membrane bound organelles

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9
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Where do archaea species usually inhabit?

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Extreme and stressful environments

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10
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2 distinct groups with prokaryotes

A

Archaea

Bacteria

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11
Q

3 shapes of bacteria

A

Bacillus
Coccus
Spirillum

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12
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What shape are bacillus bacteria

A

Rod shaped

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13
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Shape of coccus bacteria

A

Spherical

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14
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Spirillum

A

Spiral

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15
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Heterotrophic definition? What kingdom are mostly heterotrophic?

A

Derive energy from molecules made by other organisms.

Bacteria are mostly heterotrophs

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16
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What bacteria is photosynthetic?

A

Cyanobacteria

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17
Q

What are the two Cyanobacteria

A

Oscillatoria

Gleocapsa

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18
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Group of eukaryotes that are not plants, animals or fungi

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Protists

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19
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3 super groups of protists

A

Protozoa
Protophyta
Slime molds

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20
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Single gelled eukaryotes with animal like heterotrophic ecology

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Protozoans

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21
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What do protozoabs have to enclose food particles for digestion

A

Food vacuoles

22
Q

What are two vacuoles on Protozoa and their uses

A

Food vacuole to enclose food particles and digest them

Contractile vacuoles to expel excess water

23
Q

Protists that are autotrophic and go through photosynthesis

A

Protophyta

24
Q

Protists that are decomposers but have amoebid characteristics

A

Slime molds

25
Q

How are slime molds different from fungi

A

No hyphae

No chitin in cell walls

26
Q

What is the basic structure of fungus

A

Hypha

27
Q

Slender filament of cytoplasm and nuclei enclosed by a cell wall

A

Hypha

28
Q

Dead organic material

A

Saprophytes

29
Q

Organisms that fungi feed on

A

Saprophytes

Parasites

30
Q

Mass of hyphae that make up an individual organism

A

Mycelium

31
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What is a mycelium

A

Mass of hyphae that make up an individual organism

32
Q

What reproduction do fungi go through

A

Sexual or asexual

33
Q

What parts of microscope do u gold when carrying?

A

Base and arm

34
Q

What is alteration of generations in plants?

A

Change from haploid to diploid

35
Q

2 types of fluid conducting tissues in plants

A

Xylem

Phloem

36
Q

Major difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms

A

Gymnosperms use wind pollination

Angiosperms use animal dispersion

37
Q

What do angiosperms use to pollinate

A

Animal dispersion

38
Q

What do gymnosperms use to pollinate

A

Wind

39
Q

Major evolutionary difference between poriferans and cnidarians

A

Cnidarians have tissue

40
Q

Distinctive characteristic of annelidia (annelids)

A

Segmentation

41
Q

What phylum of animals are characterized by dorsal hollow nerve chord, notochord, pharyngeal slits and a postnatal tail

A

Chordata

42
Q

What term is used in place of phylum in plant kingdom classification

A

Division

43
Q

Presence or absence of what tissue is used to differentiate between groups of plants

A

Vascular tissue

44
Q

What do animals derive their energy from

A

Organic molecules

45
Q

Presence or absence of what layers are used to classify animals

A

Tissue layers

46
Q

Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

A

Membrane bound organelles and nucleus

47
Q

What do hirufeans lack that are present in other annelids

A

Segmentation and appendages

48
Q

Characteristic shared by most Arthropoda

A

Setae

49
Q

Biramous meaning

A

Double branched appendage

50
Q

What is the food chain a model of

A

How energy is transferred through organisms in an ecosystem

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