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Cells - BIOLOGY - Diversity of Life

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show A protein and its DNA - not alive per se in they cannot metobolize on their own  
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show Virus Domain - oldest inhabitants of earth - prokaryotes - all life has evolved from these organisms  
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show Virus Domain - more evolved than archaea - prokaryotes - typically referred to as bacteria  
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Eukaryota   show
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show 1st Kindom - Prokaryotic organisms lacking membrane bound organelles. Bacteria fall into this kingdom  
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Protista   show
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Fungi   show
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Plantae   show
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show 5th Kingdom - Multicellular eukaryotes not possessing cell walls & are mobile during some part of their lifespan - cannot self-reproduce, reproduce sexually - cats, dogs, humans, fish  
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show Most primative (& rare) life form - exist in anaerobic environments - can use sulfur in place of oxygen to produce ATP  
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show True bacteria - found thru-out planet - microscopic - come in rod-like, spherical, or long twisted shapes  
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show Produce their own food via photosynthesis  
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Heterophic Eubacteria   show
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Protista   show
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Animal-like Protista   show
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show Autotophic - can be colonial, forming elaborate algea, or can exist individually - diatoms & dinoflagellates  
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show Exhibit fungi behaviors - slime mold  
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Saprotrophic Fungi   show
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show Reproduce sexually - water molds - causal agent for many agricultural catastrophes (Irish Potato Famine)  
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show Reproduce asexually or sexually - bread mold  
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show Largest division - form lichens thru symbiosis with algae - may reproduce sexually or asexually - saprotrophic  
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Basidiomycota Fungi   show
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Deuteromycota Fungi   show
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show Structures created by a symbiotic relationship of certain fungi with plant roots  
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Rhodophytes   show
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show Aquatic plants - brown algae - exhibit a pronounced alternation of generations  
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show Aquatic plants - green algea - ancestors of terrestrial plants - store carbohydrates as starch, have cell walls made up of cellulose, have chlorophyll pigments - nonvascular - mainly freshwater plants  
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Bryophetes   show
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Rhizoids   show
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Pterophytes   show
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show Vascular Terrestrial Plants - Conifers (evergreens) - naked seeds - don't form flowers  
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Angiosperms   show
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Porifera   show
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Cnidaria   show
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Platyhelminthes   show
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Nematoda   show
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show Animal phylum - clams, mussels - much more advanced nervous system with a rudimentary brain - exhibit 1st semblance of a distinct circulatory system & digestive tract w/two openings - reproduce sexually  
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show Animal phylum - earthworms - 1st group to demonstrate segmentation - a closed circulatory system - blood is separate from other fluids - each segment has a pseudo brain  
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Arthropda   show
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show Animal phylum - sea stars, sand dollars - deuterostomes (1st opening in digestive system became anus, 2nd the mouth)  
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Deuterostome   show
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Protostomes   show
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show Animal phylum - marine worms - intermediate between enchinoderms & chordates  
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show Animal phylum - fish, birds, mammals - common characteristics include: notochord, dorsal hollow nervous cord, gill slits, bilateral symmetry, 3 embryonic germ layers, and coleom  
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show Rigid, cellular rod covered with supporting fibers - backbone  
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show Spinal cord - important in cellular communication  
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Coleom   show
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Taxonomy   show
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Binomial Nomenclature   show
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