bio_final_20190108165543 Flashcards
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What domain do protists and fungi belong to?
Eukarya
What is a protist?
doesnt have all features of a plant animal or fungus
What protist may be similar to ancestors of animal cells?
Choanoflagellates
What animal cell do protists resemble?
collar cells in sponges
What kind of environment will you most likely find protists?
moist if not aquatic
3 adaptations of that arose in protists?
sexual reproductionorganellesmulticellularity
plant like protist?
algae
fungi like protist?
water moldsslime molds
animal like protists?
parameciaamoeba
How are fungi and animals similar?
heterotrophscell walls composed of chitin like exoskeletonsstore carbs as glycogen
main role of fungi?
major decomposers of living world
structures of of fungi
spores, hyphae, mycellium
what role do spores play?
reproductive cells
what is the fruiting body of the fungus
specialized sexual spore producing organ
4 phyla of fungi?
chytridiomyceteszygomycetesascomycetesbasidiomycetes
example of ascomycetes
dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, athletes foot, truffels and morels
examples of basidiomycetes
mushrooms, puffballs, stinkhorns, shelf fungi, birds nest fungi
what is mychorrhizae?
mutually beneficial relationship between fungal hyphae and plant roots.
what are the 3 domains?
bacteriaarchaeaeukarya
what does prokaryote mean?
before the nucleus
characteristics of prokaryotes
Single celled organismsno nucleusno organellesDo have:DNA in ringsribosomescell membranes
whats is unique about archaeans?
look like bacteria but not as diverselive in crazy extreme environments
characteristics of archaea
no nucleusno organellescell wallmembranes allow them to live in huge fluctuations of pH and temperature
how do archaea reproduce?
binary fission