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Cells - BIOLOGY - Diversity of Life

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Virus   A protein and its DNA - not alive per se in they cannot metobolize on their own  
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Archaea   Virus Domain - oldest inhabitants of earth - prokaryotes - all life has evolved from these organisms  
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Eubacteria   Virus Domain - more evolved than archaea - prokaryotes - typically referred to as bacteria  
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Eukaryota   Virus Domain - made up of eurkaryotes  
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Monera   1st Kindom - Prokaryotic organisms lacking membrane bound organelles. Bacteria fall into this kingdom  
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Protista   2nd Kingdom - Simple eukaryotic organisms not complex enough to fall into the next kingdoms - reproduce sexually & may display mobility using flagella - algea & some water molds  
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Fungi   3rd Kingdom - Eukaryotic organisms with multinucleated cells - decompose dead & dying organisms to obtain energy - cannot produce own food - mushrooms, molds, & yeast  
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Plantae   4th Kingdom - Multicellular eukaryotes possessing cell wall, lack mobility & produce food thru photosynthesis - reproduce sexually - mosses, flowering plants, grasses  
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Animalia   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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Archeabacteria   Most primative (& rare) life form - exist in anaerobic environments - can use sulfur in place of oxygen to produce ATP  
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Eubacteria   True bacteria - found thru-out planet - microscopic - come in rod-like, spherical, or long twisted shapes  
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Autotrophic Eubacteria   Produce their own food via photosynthesis  
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Heterophic Eubacteria   Get their food from other organisms (E. coli)  
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Protista   Oldest Eukaryotes - single-celled or multi-cellular organisms with a nuclear membrane - may be independent or live in colonies  
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Animal-like Protista   Single-celled heterotrophs - protozoans (amoebas & parameciums) - can be parasitic & be a source of human disease (malaria)  
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Plant-like Protista   Autotophic - can be colonial, forming elaborate algea, or can exist individually - diatoms & dinoflagellates  
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Fungi-like Protista   Exhibit fungi behaviors - slime mold  
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Saprotrophic Fungi   Obtain food by ingesting dead organisms  
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Oomycota Saprotrophic Fungi   Reproduce sexually - water molds - causal agent for many agricultural catastrophes (Irish Potato Famine)  
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Zygomycota Saprotrophic Fungi   Reproduce asexually or sexually - bread mold  
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Ascomycoata Fungi   Largest division - form lichens thru symbiosis with algae - may reproduce sexually or asexually - saprotrophic  
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Basidiomycota Fungi   Reproduce sexually via their fruiting bodies - mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi..  
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Deuteromycota Fungi   Very little is known about this group - causal agents for athlete's foot & ringworm  
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Mycorrhizae   Structures created by a symbiotic relationship of certain fungi with plant roots  
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Rhodophytes   Aquatic plant - red algea - live in water - oldest & most primative plants - cannot transport nutrients & water therefore unable to grow very large  
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Phaeophytes   Aquatic plants - brown algae - exhibit a pronounced alternation of generations  
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Chlorophytes   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   Nonvascular terrestrial plants - mosses - demonstrate a distinct alternation of generations where gametophytes are the dominant form.  
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Rhizoids   Analagous to a root - anchor Bryophetes to the ground but do not conduct water transport  
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Pterophytes   Vascular Terrestrial Plants - Ferns - dominant generation is sporophyte - 1st with leaves, roots, & organs for transporting nutrients & water  
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Gymnosperms   Vascular Terrestrial Plants - Conifers (evergreens) - naked seeds - don't form flowers  
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Angiosperms   Vascular Terrestrial Plants - Flowering plants & deciduous trees - most evolved & successful group of plants  
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Porifera   Animal phylum - sponges - reproduce sexually & asexually - lack even a rudimentary nervous system  
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Cnidaria   Animal phylum - jellyfish, coral - exhibit radial symmetry & possess rudimentary nervous sytem - reproduce sexually & asexually  
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Platyhelminthes   Animal phylum - flatworms - more advanced nervous system with nerves & nerve clusters - 1st group with bilateral symmetry - digestive system consists of a gut with one opening  
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Nematoda   Animal phylum - roundworms - possess a more advanced nervous & digestive system - reproduce sexually  
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Mollusca   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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Annelida   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   Animal phylum - lobsters, spiders - hard exoskeleton & jointed limbs - brain & nervous cord - largest number of animals of any phylum  
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Echinodermata   Animal phylum - sea stars, sand dollars - deuterostomes (1st opening in digestive system became anus, 2nd the mouth)  
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Deuterostome   The first opening in the development of the digestive system became the anus, the second became the mouth  
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Protostomes   The first opening in the development of the digestive system became the mouth  
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Hemichordates   Animal phylum - marine worms - intermediate between enchinoderms & chordates  
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Chordata   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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Notochord   Rigid, cellular rod covered with supporting fibers - backbone  
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Dorsal Hollow Nervous Cord   Spinal cord - important in cellular communication  
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Coleom   Cavity between the gut and the body wall  
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Taxonomy   Identification & classification of organisms: Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species  
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Binomial Nomenclature   Identifying species with only two words - 1st = genus, 2nd = species  
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