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Botany Exam 3:Vocab
Botany Exam 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy (a) | Classification, identification, description, and meaning |
| Phylogenetic (a) | History of evolution |
| Biodiversity (a) | Variations of Life |
| Cladistics (a) | A system of arranging organisms, following an analysis of their primitive and advanced features so that their phylogenetic relationships are accurately reflected |
| Clade (a) | Common ancestor in all descendants displayed as a cladogram |
| Paraphyletic group (a) | Pertaining to a taxon that excludes species that share a common ancestor (all ancestors not included) |
| Polyphyletic group (a) | Pertaining to a taxon with members derived from two or more ancestors not common to all members of the same ancestor (More than one common ancestor) |
| Barcoding (a) | Rapid ID of a plant without flowers or fruit |
| Mycelium is made of ____ (b) | Hyphae |
| Hyphae (b) | Single tubular filament of a fungus oomycete or chytrid |
| Chitin cell wall is made of ______ (b) | Amino polysaccharide |
| Amino polysaccharide is similar to ____ (b) | Cellulose |
| Lichens (b) | Algae plus Fungi |
| Crustose (b) | Lichen that forms a flat crust |
| Froliose (b) | Lichen that is leaf like |
| Fruticose (b) | Lichen that is shrub like |
| Mycorrhizas (b) | Fungus plus plant roots |
| Basidiomycota (b) | Mostly composes the sheath over the roots |
| Karyogamy (c) | Nuclear fusion that makes zygote |
| Green and Purple Bacteria (d) | They use something other than water as the hydrogen source in photosynthesis |
| Phycocyanin (d) | Blue green color |
| Phycoerethrin (d) | Red color |
| Isomorphic (e) | Describing a life history in which the haploid and diploid are identical in form |
| Heteromorphic (e) | Describing a life history in which the haploid and diploid generations are dissimilar in form |
| Biflagellate (e) | They have 2 flagella |
| Peridinin (e) | Reddish pigment |
| Fucoxanthin (e) | A brownish carotenoid found in brown algae |
| Phycobilins (e) | A group of water soluble accessory pigments including phycocyanins and phcoerythrins |
| Alginates (e) | Thickeners and Stabalizers |
| Agars (e) | Growth mediums for microorganisms in reds |
| Carrageenans (e) | Emulsifiers from reds |
| Bryophyte example (f) | Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts |
| Phylum Bryophyta include ______? (f) | Mosses |
| Ploidy (f) | Is it haploid or diploid? |
| Dichotomous branching (f) | Primitive trait that mans branching into two |
| Archegonia (f) | Multicellular sex organ (female) where it produces sperm for gametophytes |
| Antheridia (f) | Multicellular sex organ (male) where it produces sperm for gametophytes |
| Gametangia (f) | multicellular sex organs. Two types are Archegonia and Antheridia |
| Extant phyla (f) | Living phyla |
| Microphylls (f) | Small leaf. Do not have a leaf gap |
| Sporophyll (f) | Spore bearing leaf |
| Strobillus (f) | A collection of Sporophylls, main leaf we see |
| Megaphylls (f) | Have a leaf gap |
| Monophyletic | One common ancestor |
| Ancestral trait | Present in out group and in group |
| Derived trait | Absent in outgroup |
| Synapomorphy | Trait sheared by a clade that arose from a common ancestor |