Final Flashcards

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Saprodes

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Organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter

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Protist

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Any organism that is not a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a prokaryote

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Mycelium

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Many hyphae tangled together into a thick mass; comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi

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Pseudopods

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Temporary projections of cytoplasm used by some protist for feeding or movement

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Food vacuole

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A small cavity in the cytoplasm that temporarily stores food

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Contractile vacuole

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Cavities in the cytoplasm that are specialized to collect water

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Hyphae

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Water molds that produce thin filaments

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Medusa

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Motile stage of the life cycle of cnidarian that has a bell shaped body

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Fungi

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Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter

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Polyp

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Usually sessile stage of the life cycle of a cnidarian that has a cylindrical body with arm like tentacles

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Sporozoans

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Do not move on their own and are parasitic

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Pellicle

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Cell membrane in euglenas

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Eyespot

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Group of cells that can detect changes in the amount of light in the environment

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Phytoplankton

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Population of algae and other small, photosynthetic organisms found near the surface of the ocean and forming part of plankton

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Zooplankton

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Tiny animals that form part of the plankton

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Rhodophyta

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Red algae

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Phaeophyta

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Brown algae

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Chlorophyta

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Green algae

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Mycology

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The study of fungi

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Ganglia

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Groups of nerve cells found in the head of flatworms

Cephalization

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Rhizoids

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And fungi, a robot-like hypha that penetrates the surface of an object; in mosses, a long thin cell that anchors the moss to the ground and absorbs water and minerals from the surrounding soil

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Invertebrate

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Animal that does not have a backbone, or vertebral column

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Vertebrate

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Animal that has a vertebral column or backbone

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Zygote

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Fertilize eggs

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Blastula
Hollow ball of cells when a zygote undergoes a series of divisions
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Bilateral symmetry
Body plan in which only a single imaginary line can divide the body into two equal halves characteristic or worms arthropods and chordates
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Radial symmetry
Body plan in which body part repeat around the center of the body; characteristic of sea anemones and sea stars
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Cephalization
Concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body
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Hermaphrodite
Individual that has both male and female reproductive organs
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Phylum Porifera
Sponges
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Phylum Cnidaria
Jellyfish, coral, sea anemones
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
Flatworms
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Phylum Nematoda
Roundworms
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Phylum Annelida
Segmented worms
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Phylum Mollusca
Snails, clams, squid, octopus
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Phylum Arthropoda
Insects, spiders, crabs
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Phylum Echinodermata
Sea urchins, starfish
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Phylum Chordata
Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals
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Essential functions of animals
``` Feeding Respiration Circulation Excretion Response Movement Reproduction ```
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Three germ layers
Endoderm- Lining of the digestive tract, respiratory system Mesoderm- Muscles, circulatory and excretory system Ectoderm- nerves and skin