Bio 111- Exam 3 Flashcards
Universe began with big bang
13.7 bya
Our solar system began
4.6 bya
The earth is how old
4.55 byold
Earth cooled enough for outer layers to solidify and oceans to form
4bya
Life emerged
Between 4 and 3.5 bya
Hadean
No life
Archaean
Only prokaryotes
Proterozoic
First eukaryotes
Phanerozoic
(Starts with cambrian explosion of animals; land plants came later)
When did multicellular eukatyotes arise?
1.5 bya
First fossils in archaean period were how old
3.5 bya
sphere shaped
cocci
rod shaped
baccilli
spiral shaped
spiralchaetes
comma shaped
vibrios
gram positive
thick purple
gram negative
thin pink
discoba
possess highly modified mitochondria
land plants and relatives
plants, green algae and red algae all have common ancestor; based on plastid evolution
alveolata
sac-like membranous vesicles
stramenopila
strawlike hairs on surface of flagellum
rhizaria
have thin hairlike extensions of the cytoplasm called filose pseudopia
amoebozoa
pseudopia; slime mold
opisthokonta
animal and fungal kingdoms and related protists