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AP Biology Diversity

Diversity unit

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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
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