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Spring Semester EXAM: Review Activity

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Which isotope would be best for measuring the age of mummified tissue?   Carbon-14  
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Which fossil type provides the most anatomical information paleontologists?   Amber  
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What is the name of the period that followed extensive glaciations in the Precambrian?   Ediacaran  
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Nearly all fossils in what kind of rock?   Sedimentary  
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Pasteur's experiments led to the theory of __   Biogenesis  
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___ most likely provided the framework for amino acid chains to develop   Clay  
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Banded iron formations are important evidence for which idea in the early evolution of life?   Photosynthetic autotrophs  
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What is the approximate age of the earth?   4.6 billion years  
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Life arising from nonlife   Spontaneous generation  
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Which gas was most likely not part of earth's early atmosphere?   Oxygen  
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Cells with membrane-bound nuclei and organelles   Eukaryotes  
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Earth formed and the first life forms appeared   Precambrian  
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Energy from sunlight and lightning allowed the first organic molecules to form   Oparin's hypothesis  
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For life to exist, these molecules must first have formed   Amino acids  
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Francesco Redi performed a controlled experiment with flies and maggots to test this idea of the origin of life   Spontaneous generation  
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Mammals first appeared   Mesozoic era  
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Humans first appeared   Cenozoic era  
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Prokaryotic cells were involved in the formation of eukaryotic cells   Endosymbiont theory  
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First cells   Prokaryotic  
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First era of earth's history   Precambrian  
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Which type of fossil would reveal the skin color of a 90 million year old frog?   Amber fossils  
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A mass extinction that included the disappearance of all dinosaur species occurred during the   Mesozoic era  
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Smallest units of geologic time   Epoch  
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Determining the age of a fossil by measuring radioactive elements   Radiometric dating  
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Scientist who studies fossils   Paleontologist  
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Unit of geologic time consisting of two or more periods that lasts hundreds of millions of years   Era  
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Divisions of geologic time lasting tens of millions of years are called   Periods  
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States that younger layers of rock are deposited atop the older layers   Law of superposition  
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Remains of once living organisms   Fossils  
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Any indirect evidence left by an organism   Trace  
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Empty pore spaces are filled in by minerals   Petrification  
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Impression of an organism   Mold  
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Mold filled with sediment   Cast  
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Mummification or freezing   Original material fossil  
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Organism preserved in hardened sap   Amber fossil  
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Charles Darwin observed ___ while visiting the different Galapagos Islands   Tortoises w/different shells  
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Studying the structures of different organism embryos   Comparative embryology  
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Polar bear fur is better camouflage on ice flows than a brown bear's fur   Adaptation  
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Change of a species over time   Evolution  
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Leafy sea dragon looks more like a plant than an animal   Camouflage  
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Viceroy butterfly's colors match the monarch butterfly's colors   Mimicry  
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The feather is an example of a(n) ___, not found in all ancestors   Derived trait  
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Eagle's wings and beetle's wings are ___ structures   Analogous  
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Industrial melanism is a type of ___   Structural adaptation  
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A whale's flipper and a bird's wing   Homologous structure  
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A small, separated population with unique genetic make up   Founder effect  
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Constant allele frequencies in a population   Genetic equilibrium  
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Measure of the relative contribution an individual trait makes to the next generation   Fitness  
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Organisms most adapted to their environment survive, those which are not best adapted die   Natural selection  
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Process of directed breeding   Artificial selection  
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Reduction in number of alleles resulting in a population that is genetically similar   Bottleneck  
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Structures that are reduced in form and function from their original forms in other organisms   Vestigial  
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Anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor   Homologous  
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Cumulative changes in groups of organisms over time   Evolution  
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Early, pre-birth stage of an organisms development   Embryo  
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Explains the random changes in gene frequency found in a small population but not necessarily in a larger one   Genetic drift  
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Occurs when two or more species evolve adaptations to resemble each other   Mimicry  
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A species which evolves into a new species without a physical barrier being present   Sympatric speciation  
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In peacocks, ____ is seen as the males with large-tails are selected more frequently by females   Sexual selection  
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DNA similarities within a population of wild animals appears as though they have been inbred   Bottleneck effect  
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Theory of punctuated equilibrium seeks to replace the former model that explains evolution to occur slowly and smoothly called ___   Gradualism  
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Two main components of natural selection are variation and ___   Inheritance  
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What has occurred when fertilization produces a hybrid offspring that cannot develop or reproduce?   Postzygotic isolation  
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What occurs when average traits benefit a population rather than extreme traits?   Stabilizing selection  
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Process by which a population splits into two groups   Disruptive selection  
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Divergent evolution   Adaptive radiation  
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Primitive features, such as teeth and tails, that appear in ancestral forms   Ancestral traits  
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Can occur when a small sample of a population settles in a location separated from the rest of the population   Founder-Effect  
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States that when allelic frequencies remain constant, a population is in genetic equilibrium   Hardy-Weinberg principle  
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Most common form of natural selection   Stabilizing  
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A physical barrier divides one population into two or more populations   Allopatric speciation  
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Active during the day   Diurnal  
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Active during the night   Nocturnal  
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Adapted to cold climates but were eventually replaced by modern humans   Neanderthals  
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ALL non-monkey anthropoids   Hominoids  
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Fifth limb   Prehensile tail  
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Finger that can be brought opposite the other fingers   Opposable  
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Forward-looking eyes with overlapping fields of vision   Binocular vision  
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Human-like primate   Anthropoid  
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Order of animals characterized by flexible hands and feet   Primates  
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Small, apelike hominins that lived in Africa between 4.2-4.1 mya   Australopithecine  
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Subfamily that includes only humans and human ancestors   Hominin  
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Walking upright on two legs   Bipedal  
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Group of primates at were the first to evolve   New World Monkeys  
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Adaptation which resulted in better gripping ability   Opposable tail  
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Mary Leakey discovered fossilized footprints of this species   A. afarensis  
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Which hominoid might be ancestral to apes and humans   A. afarensis  
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Which hominin likely was the first to use fire, live in caves and make tools?   H. erectus  
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Primates have ___ shoulders and hips   Limber  
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Most primates are tree-dwelling, or __   Arboreal  
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Can be identified by their large eyes and ears   Strepsirrhines  
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Group which includes tarsiers, monkeys and apes   Haplorhines  
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Earliest fossilized primate   Altiatlasius  
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System of naming species using two words   Binomial nomenclature  
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Taxon of closely related species that share a recent common ancestor   Genus  
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Branch of biology that groups and names species based on studies of their different characteristics   Taxonomy  
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Domain thought to be more ancient than bacteria   Archaea  
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Inherited feature varies among the members of a species   Character  
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Branching diagram that represents the evolution of a species or other taxon   Cladogram  
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Species is a group of organisms that are able to successfully reproduce in the wild   Biological species concept  
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Taxon that contains one or more kingdoms   Domain  
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Prokaryotes found living in acid runoff or sulfur vents or volcanoes   Archaea  
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Substance most likely to be found in the cell walls of an organism with chloroplasts   Cellulose  
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All organisms are grouped into ___ which range in specificity of criteria   Taxa  
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What is the second name in binomial nomenclature   Species  
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Mushrooms are found in kingdom   Fungi  
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Assumes that species are unchanging and should be grouped by physical similarities   Typological species concept  
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Method that classifies organisms according to the order that they diverged from a common ancestor   Cladistics  
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Structure and form of an organism or one of its parts   morphology  
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Study of biological diversity with an emphasis on evolutionary history   Systematics  
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Consists of similar, related genera   Family  
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Contains related classes   Phylum  
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Nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat   Virus  
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May be found in a field guide   Dichotomous key  
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Model that compares DNA sequences from two different species to estimate how long they have been evolving since they diverged from a common ancestor   Molecular clock  
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Without a nucleus   Prokaryotic  
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Cell walls of eukaryotes contain   Peptidoglycan  
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Dormant cell produced by bacteria to withstand harsh conditions   Endospore  
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Viruses must enter a ___ in order to replicate   Host  
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Bacterial enzymes convert N gas into compounds   Nitrogen-fixation  
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Protein that can cause infection or disease   Prions  
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Covers the outside of the cell wall   Capsule  
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Division of a bacterial cell into two genetically identical   Binary fission  
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Host cell makes many copies of the viral RNA or DNA   Lytic cycle  
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Transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another   Conjugation  
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Viral DNA integrates into the host chromosome   Lysogenic cycle  
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Metabolic process in an active cell which changes atmospheric nitrogen into useful nitrogen compounds   Nitrogen fixation  
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Study the natural history of viruses and the disease they cause   Virologist  
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Widely diffused or prevalent   Widespread  
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First organisms to populate the earth   Prokaryotes  
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Bacteria normally present on your body and inside your body are referred to as...   Normal flora  
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Strain of bacteria called ___ live within your intestines and are important in the manufacture of vitamin K   E. coli  
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Viruses are classified according to...   Genetic material  
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Most members of the phylum Ascomycota are ___   Multicellular  
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Fungus do not belong in the plant kingdom because they do not take part in ___   Photosynthesis  
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Can be used for both sexual and asexual reproduction in fungus   Spores  
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Sac fungi produce spore-bearing hyphae called   Conidiophores  
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The ascus of a sac fungi is a structure in which ___ develop   Spores  
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The fruiting body of a club fungus   Basidiocarp  
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Rapid growth of basidiocarps is due to   Cell enlargement  
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Specialized hyphae which spread across the surface of food   Stolons  
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Saprophytic basidiocarps produce enzymes that ...   Decompose wood  
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Deuteromycetes   Imperfect fungi  
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Appears to lack a sexual stage in life cycle   Deuteromycota  
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Cross-walls between fungal cells   Septa  
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Filaments in a multicellular fungus   Hyphae  
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Fungal reproductive structure   Fruiting body  
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Includes mushrooms   Basidiomycota  
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Most common fungi phylum, includes yeast   Ascomycota  
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Netlike body of a fungus   Mycelium  
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Produces flagellated spores   Chytridiomycota  
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Unicellular fungus   Yeast  
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Includes bread molds and other food molds   Zygomycota  
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Fragmentation, budding or producing spores   Asexual reproduction  
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Producing a large number of spores increases a species...   Chances of survival  
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Fungal spores can be dispersed by animals, water and ___   Wind  
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Protect spores and keep them from drying out until they are released   Sporangia  
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Specialized hyphae which penetrate food, anchor the mycelium and absorb nutrients for the common mold   Rhizoids  
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In sexual reproduction, parts of two haploid ___fuse to form a diploid structure   Mating strains  
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A fungus is the source for ____ (anti-rejection)drugs that are given to organ transplant patients   Immune Suppressant  
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Produces airy bread and the alcohol in beer and wine   Fermentation  
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Use of fungi and bacteria to remove pollution   Bioremediation  
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Tough, flexible polysaccharide found in the walls of fungus and insect exoskeletons   Chitin  
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Which type of protists often feed on decaying matter?   Fungus-like  
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Giant kelp   Algae  
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ALL protists are...   Eukaryotic  
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Protists can live in ___ conditions in which they depend on other organisms   Symbiotic  
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A paramecium is a type of ___   Ciliate  
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Contains copies of the Protists' genome for controlling "daily" functions   Macronucleus  
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Contains instructions for reproduction   Micronucleus  
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Spore producing ___ are in the phylum apicomplexa   Sporozoans  
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Type of protist that causes American sleeping sickness   Zooflagellates  
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Green algae and plants both contain...   Photosynthetic pigments  
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Red tides and algal blooms are caused by...   Dinoflagellates  
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What type of plant-like protist produces much of the oxygen in the atmosphere?   Phytoplankton  
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Algae use ___ to absorb light for photosynthesis in deep water   Secondary pigments  
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What is the cell wall made up of in a fungus-like protist   Cellulose  
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What is the name of the feeding stage of a slime mold in which it is a mobile cytoplasmic mass?   Plasmodium  
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During a shortage of food, a slime mold releases ___ and forms a slug-like colony.   Acrasin  
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In which country did a type of downy mildew destroy the potato crop?   Ireland  
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In which country did we see a population spike due to a type of downy mildew destroying a potato crop   United States  
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Where/how do diatoms store their food?   Oil  
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Which organism has silica walls   Diatoms  
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Enables a paramecium to regulate the water levels within the cell   Contractile vacuole  
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Contains parasitic sporozoans   Apicomplexa  
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Have a whip-like projection called a flagella   Zoomastigina  
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Includes all species of amoeba   Sarcodina  
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Includes all species of kelp   Brown algae  
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Includes the most common species of algae found in NA freshwater   Green algae  
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Used to thicken puddings, syrups and shampoos   Red algae  
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Uses the sexual process called conjugation during reproduction   Ciliophora  
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Phylum with both animal and plant like characteristics   Euglenophyta  
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Protists that bloom and turn ocean water red in color   Dinoflagellates  
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Most freshwater algae species are classified into the phylum...   Chlorophyta  
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