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AP Biology Diversity
Diversity unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the three dinoflagellates we studied? | the one causing red tides, Pfisteria, and zooxanthellae |
| Who is the symbiotic partner of coral that does photosynthesis? | zooxanthellae |
| What protist accounts for more photosynthesis than any other type of organism? | diatoms |
| What is the covering of a diatom and radiolarian made of? | silica |
| What is the covering of a foraminiferan and coccolithophore made of? | calcium carbonate |
| What is the process by which a plant makes spores? | meiosis |
| What is the process by which a plant makes gametes? | mitosis |
| What is the multicellular haploid form of a plant? | gametophyte |
| What plants lack vascular tissue, seeds, and fruit/ | bryophytes/ moss |
| What seedless plant has vascular tissue? | ferns |
| What type of plant has gametophytes with both male and female parts? | ferns/ homosporous |
| What phylum of animals includes the nudibranch, scallop, nautilus and is a protostome | mollusca |
| What phylum of animals includes earthworms, polychaetes, and leeches | annelida |
| What are the three phyla that are protostomes that we discussed? | annelida, mollusca, and arthropoda |
| What are the two deuterostome phyla we discussed? | chordata, echinodermata |
| What class of vertebrata was the first to have an amniotic egg? | reptilia |
| Whata class of vertebrata was the first to have a jaw? | chondrichthyes |
| What class of vertebrata was the first to have a bony skeleton? | osteichthyes |
| What two vertebrata classes have a cartilage skeleton? | agnatha and chondrichthyes |
| What are the four characteristics of chordata? | pharyngeal gill slits, post anal tail, notochord, and dorsal hollow nerve cord |
| What is the term for the protective dormant stage in bacteria? | endospore |
| What bacteria first did photosynthesis? | cyanobacteria |
| When did cyanobacteria make a major change in the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere? | 2.5 billion years ago |
| What are three characteristics of the first cells? | prokaryotic, heterotrophic, unicellular, RNA for genetic material, |
| What are the three domains and which has chloroplasts? | eukarya (has chloroplasts), eubacteria, archaea |
| Which domain is prokaryotic, has introns, and generally has no peptidoglycan | archaea |
| How does DNA enter the bacteria in conjugation | via the pilli a cytoplasmic extension |
| What ciliate looks like a slipper and has a contractile vacuole for osmoregulation? | paramecium |
| What is the colonial ball of green algae? | volvox |
| What part of the kelp hols it down and what part allows it to stand up? | holdfast holds it down and air bladders on blades (Leaf like structures) make it float |
| What is the condition where it gets too warm and the zooxanthellae leave? | coral bleaching |
| Where do you find most diatoms? | polar regions of oceans |
| What are the symbiotic partners in lichen? | algae or cyanobacteria with fungi |
| What is the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi that increases absorption? | mycorhizzae |
| What type of algae makes nori and agar? | red algae |
| what type of algae is kelp | brown algae |
| What type of algae gave rise to the plants? | green algae/charophytes |
| What phyla of animals is the most primitive with no germ layers? | porifera |
| What phyla is diploblastic and has stingers? | cnidaria |
| What class of vertebrata has an operculum and swim bladder? | osteichthyes |
| How do sharks bring water in across their gills | ramming through the water with mouth open |
| Which vertebrate evolved from the reptiles before aves? | mammalia |
| What is the theory explaining the evolution of eukaryotic organisms? | endosymbiosis |
| What does a chloroplast have that indicates that it evolved as a symbiont long ago? | its own DNA (circular), its own ribosomes (same type as bacteria), same size as bacteria, two membranes, divides by binary fission on its own schedule, |
| What plant adaptation allowed for trees with woody structures to give more support? | lignin binding to cellulose |
| What plant adaptation allowed for plants to grow taller due to more efficient transportation of water and sugar? | vascular tissue |
| What is the vascular bundle in a leaf called? | vein |
| What are the openings on the bottom side of the leaf that allow for gas exchange? | stomata |
| What is the waxy layer on leaves that prevents dessication on land? | cuticle |
| How do pine trees pollinate themselves? | wind |
| What is the plant adaptation that allowed for more efficient transfer of pollen? | flowers |
| What is the plant adaptation that allowed for more efficient seed dispersal? | fruit |
| What is the plant adaptation that allowed for the timing of germination to coincide with the proper temperature and water conditions? | seed |
| What is the plant adaptation that allowed for fertilization to no longer be linked to wet and mosit places? | pollen |
| Put the following order once a seed hits the ground: (pollination, fertilization, germination, meiosis) | germination, meiosis, pollination, fertilization |
| Which of the following is true of protostomes: mesoderm outpockets from endoderm, spiral cleavage, blastopore becomes anus, includes crickets | includes crickets and spiral cleavage |
| Which phylum has a pseudocoelom? | nematoda, rotifera |
| What germ layer splits to form the coelom? | mesoderm |
| What germ layer makes the nervous system and muscular system respectively? | ectoderm and mesoderm |
| What type of virus is chicken pox that comes back later as shingles? | lysogenic |
| What type of nucleic acids do HIV type of viruses have? | RNA/ retroviruses |
| What is the tool used to make a streak plate? | innoculation loop |
| What is the material in a petri dish used to grow bacteria and from what organism was it made? | agar, red algae |
| What was the red algae we ate in class called? | nori |
| what structure do the rhizarians like heliozoans, amoeba, and forminiferans have? | psueudopods/ actinopod |
| Which of the following is a phytoplankton: kelp, diatoms, coccolithophores, krill, Pfisteria | diatoms, coccolithophores, pfisteria |
| what is the type of life cycle seen in plants where you have two multicellular forms? | alternation of generations |
| What is the dominant multicellular form in mosses? | gametophytes |
| What are the two body forms found in cnidarians? | medusa and polyp |
| what kingdom had to be split into two as you can't have two kingdoms in the same domain? | monera |
| What kingdom had to be split apart due to its polyphyletic origins? | protista |
| What domain is most closely related to eukarya? | archaea |
| what are the bacteria that break down cellulose in a cow's rumen? | methanogens |
| What bacteria fix nitrogen in root nodules of legumes? | Rhizobia |
| What bacteria fix nitrogen in the ocean? | cyanobacteria |
| What are the reactant and product in nitrogen fixation? | nitrogen gas into ammonia |
| what two macromolecules need nitrogen to be made? | proteins and nucleic acids |
| what is taq polymerase | DNA polymerase from archaebacteria living in hot thermal springs used in PCR |
| What are the chemicals produced by fungi that kill bacteria by disrupting cell division or the peptidoglycan cell wall | antibiotics |