Unit 3 Flashcards
Eukaryotes are mostly unicellular T/F
False
Simple multicellularity has evolved approximately how many times?
15
What are the 6 groups of complex multicellularity
Fungi (5 million species)
Animals(1.5 million species)
Land plants(380 thousand species and their relatives)
Red Algae(6500 species)
Brown Algae(2000 species)
other green algae (<10,000 species)
Out of the complex multicellularity what are the 3 main groups
fungi, animals, land plants
What is an opistokont?
animals, fungi, protists and some obscure groups
what is the worlds largest organism
A. Blue whale
B. A humongous fungus
C. Hyperion- tallest redwood
D. A quaking aspen grove in Colorado
Humongous fungus aka honey fungus
What is mycology
Mycology is the study of fungi
(myco- prefix meaning fungus)
What is hypha
fungal filament composed of one or more cells
what is mycelium
mass of fungal hyphae
Fungi are organisms that derive nutrients from decaying organic matter. What is the term to describe this
saprobes
Fungi decompose organic material to make it bio available what are the two main organic materials?
nitrogen and phosphorous
What group did animals rise from evolutionary wise?
holozoans a group of protists that are not well studied
What are animals closest unicellular ancestor?
choanoflagellates
When thinking of evolutionary trees and cellularity what are ways to describe animal groups.
- A clade
- Multicellularity evolved in the ancestor of clade
- heterotrophic (do not make own energy)
- Diplontic (multicellular stages are diploid while only gametes are haploid)
when describing animals it was listed there is a clade, multicellularity, they are heterotrophic and diplontic. What are exceptions for each key piece
- multicellularity evolved in this clade
*there is the (Unicellular) cnidrian parasite - heterotrophic
*symbiotic algae in corals and other marine organisms - Diplontic
*haplodiploidy- unfertilized males are haploid and fertilized females diploid (bees, ants, wasps)
What are the five main animal groups
Porifera- sponges
placozoa-blobs
ctenophores- comb jellies
cnidaria- jellies, corals
bilateria- insects, vertebrates, worms, crustaceans,spiders
what are the major axes of animal diversity?
Bilateral symetry, radial symetry, asymetry
what is the feeding process of sponges (phylum porifera)
sponges use choanocytes to make a current through their body to catch food particles, then amoebocytes filter and digest the food internally to provide nourishment to the sponge intracellularly
what are some traits/ characteristics and things to know about phylum ctenophora (Radiata)
-About 100 species
- Lack cnidocytes of cnidarians(way to harm prey)
- use colloblasts (sticky cells on tentaces) to capture prey
- move by using cilia against plates
what are some traits/ characteristics and things to know about phylum cnidaria
-9000 species
-gastrovascular cavity is lined with gastrodermis which helps movement and acts as hydrostatic skeleton
-mobility is achieved by contracting the epidermis
-Can be polyp like a coral being sedentary and asexual or medusa like a jellyfish and move around and be sexual.
the life cycle of an animals starts with a zygote what are the series of mitotic cell divisions that occur?
zygote —-> Eight cell stage ——> Blastula –> gastrula cross section
what is cleavage
rapid cell division after fertilization, turns one cell into many smaller ones.
what is blastula?
(hollow sphere)happens after the division 100s to 1000s of cell clusters
what is gastrulation
production of an embryo with 2-3 layers and an opening to the outside forming an organism