Key Terms — Nature And Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards

1
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Movement

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Muscle, growth

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2
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Excretion

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Remove waste products from chemical reactions

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3
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Homeostasis

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Maintain internal conditions

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4
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Eukaryotic

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Have nuclei
Have mitochondria
Animals, plants, fungi, protoctists

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5
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Prokaryotic

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Bacteria

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6
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Cellulose

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Carbs to make cell wall

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7
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Yeast

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Unicellular fungi

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8
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Mucor

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Multicellular fungi

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9
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Chitin

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What unicellular fungus’ cell wall is made of

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10
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Mycelium

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11
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Hyphae

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Thread like structure, makes mycelium, has a lot of nuclei

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12
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Saprotrophic nutrition

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Fungi secretes digestive enzyme and absorbs it

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13
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Amoeba

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Animal cell like protoctist, live in ponds

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14
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Chlorella

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Plant cell like protoctist

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15
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Protoctists

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Unicellular eukaryotes

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16
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Plasmodium

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Pathogenic protoctist, malaria

17
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Plasmids

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Mini loops of DNA

18
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Flagellum

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Tail of bacteria

19
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E. coli, pneumococcus

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Examples of bacteria

20
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Pathogens

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Can be bacteria, fungi, protoctists and all viruses

21
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Parasitic

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Reproduce only in another living organism

22
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Glycogen

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Carbs storage in animals and fungi

23
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Starch

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Carbs storage in plants

24
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Glycerol

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Make up lipids with fatty acid

25
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Benedict’s solution

A

Test glucose
Heat
Brick red

26
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Biuret

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Blue to purple
Protein

27
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Denature

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When the active site of an enzyme changes shape

28
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Amylase

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Starch to maltose

29
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Maltese

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Maltose to glucose

30
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Pepsin

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Protease that works well in acidic condition
Proteins to polypeptides

31
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Trypsin

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Protease that works well in alkaline conditions
Polypeptides to amino acid