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1
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Lives in high salt environments

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Halophile

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2
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Lives in high temperatures

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Thermophiles

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3
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The domain comprised of organisms whose cells
contain true nucleus

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Eukarya

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4
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single-celled microorganisms that have no cell
nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles

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Archaea

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5
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Group of microscopic single-celled organisms that
live in unfathomable numbers in nearly every
environment on earth

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Bacteria

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6
Q

Fission
– Most divide every 1-3 hrs
– Very short generation times
– High rate of evolution

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Bacterial Reproduction

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7
Q

do not reproduce sexually
– However, rapid division spreads mutations
fast
– Creates numerous cells with novel mutation
quickly

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Genetic Diversity in Bacteria

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8
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Nitrogen Fixation, Decomposition,
Symbionts

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Ecological Role of Bacteria

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9
Q

emission of light by
living organism via enzyme-catalyzed
reaction
Bacterial “headlights” of the Flashlight Fish

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Bioluminescence

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10
Q

organisms that break
down dead or
decaying organisms
- Bacteria
– Fungi
– Arthropoda

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Decomposers

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11
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Only bacteria that lack cell walls
* This make them very resistant to antibiotics

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Mycoplasmas

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12
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Membrane Bound Nucleus
– Membrane bound organelles
* Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Golgi
Eukaryotic Characteristics

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Protozoa

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13
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Protozoan Feeding Styles

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Heterotrophic Autotrophic

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14
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Photosynthetic protozoans
– Euglena, Vovox

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Autotrophic

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15
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Consume other organisms
– Amoeba

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Heterotrophic

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16
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in protozoans occurs via
sexual and asexual reproduction

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Reproduction

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17
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Single nuclear division
* Two identical offspring

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Binary Fission

18
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Repeated nuclear division
* Several identical offspring

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Multiple Fission

19
Q

Causes “beaver fever”. Symptoms include diarrhea, stomach pain, and greasy poops.
heterotroph

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Giardia intestinalis

20
Q

Found in Parabasalids
heterotroph
Sexually transmitted disease, particularly in urinary tract and vagina

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Trichomonas vaginalis

21
Q

heterotroph
Transmitted by insects and cause Chagas disease. Symptoms include fever and inflammation of heart.

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Trypanosoma

22
Q

autotroph
Marine plankton that are important source of global oxygen, but can also cause toxic red tides.

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Dinoflagellates

23
Q

Found In Ciliates
heterotroph
Move using small hairs or cilia along their body.

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Paramecium

24
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Found in Brown algae
autotroph
Large plant-like organism that forms “kelp forests” in ocean. Can be important human food.

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Kelp

25
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Above ground
– Photosynthesis
– Reproduction

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Shoots

26
Q

– Below ground
– Obtain water, minerals
– Anchor plants in place
– Some storage

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Roots

27
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Conducts water, minerals
– From root to shoot

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Xylem

28
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Conducts sugars
– From leaf to root

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Phloem

29
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Bring in CO2
– Capture light
– Make sugar
– Release oxygen

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Above Ground Portion

30
Q

Absorb water
Absorb nutrients

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Below Ground Portion

31
Q

Conversion of light energy to chemical
energy that is stored in sugar or other
organic compound
– Plants
– Algae
– Some prokaryotes

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Photosynthesis

32
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How Plants Colonized the Land

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Plant Diversity

33
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  • First fossil evidence ~380 mya
  • First Seed Bearing Plants
    – ~360 mya
    Lived with Lycopods
    – Permian dried and favored conifers
    Earliest true
    – ~305 mya
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gymnosperms

34
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– Small, wind dispersed
– Tolerable of poor conditions
– Single celled

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Early spores

35
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Multicellular
– Large seed coat
– Supply of food

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Seeds

36
Q

Flowers and Fruit

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Angiosperms

37
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Heterotrophs
– Absorb rather than ingest
– Decomposers, parasites, mutualists

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Fungus

38
Q

ecological interaction that
benefits each interacting species

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Mutualism

39
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organism that “feeds” on
another (the host)

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Parasitism

40
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