animal/plant groups and viruses Flashcards

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vestigial

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a structure that has evolved to become small that is irrelevant

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matamorphosis

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changing from a larva with one body form to an adult with a different form

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fish

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vertebrates with scales
have gills throughout their life
have fins
their eggs have no shell and are laid in water

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amphibians

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vertebrates with skin
their eggs have no shell and laid in water
tadpoles live in water, adults live on land
tadpoles have gills for gas exchange, adults have lungs

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reptiles

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vertebrates with scaly skin
they lay eggs with soft shells

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birds

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have feathers, or sometimes scales
have a beak
front 2 limbs are wings, not all can fly
lay eggs with hard shells

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mammals

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have hair on their skin
their young develop inside a uterus
females produce milk to fee their young
different kinds of teeth
have a pinna on the outside of the body
have sweet glands on the skin
have a diaphragm

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types of arthropods

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arthropods, insects. crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods

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arthropods

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an animal with jointed legs but no backbone
have exoskeleton

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insects

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3 pairs of jointed legs
2 pairs wings
breathe through trachea
body is divided into a head, thorax abdomen
1 pair of antennea

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crustaceans

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more than 4 pairs of jointed legs
2 pairs of antennea

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arachnids

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arthropods iwth 4 pairs of jointed legs
have no antennae
body divided in 2- cephalo thorax and abdomen

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myriapods

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consists of many similar segments
each of their body segments has joined legs
1 pair of antennae

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ferns

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are plants with roots, stems and leaves
do not produce flowers
reproduce by spores produced on the underside of their fronds

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flowering plants

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are plants wiht roots, stems and leaves
reproduce using flowers an seeds
seeds are produced inside an ovary in the flower

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what are the 2 main groups of flowering plants

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dicotyledons and monocotyledons

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dicotyledons

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seeds with 2 cotyledons
usually have a main root with side root coming out
leaves have a network of veins
flower parts in multiples of 4 and 5
have vascular bundles in the stem, arranged in a ring

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monocotyledons

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seeds with 1 cotyledon
roots grow out directly from the stem
leaves have parallel veins
flowers petals in multiples of 3
vascular bundles in the stem are in a scattered conformation

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viruses

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not considered living because they need to occupy a host to survive. not classified into the five kingdoms.
no nucleus, organel, cell membrane, not a cell

20
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virus infection sequence

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  1. virus sequence infects the cell
  2. it releases its genetic material
  3. cell produces virus components
  4. virus particles are assembled
  5. virus particles are released, and they may destroy the cell by erupting its membrane.