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Components of the phylum porifera (sponge)

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Asymmetrical, no germ layers, unsegmented,

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Components of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish)

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Radial symmetry, diploblastic, unsegmented

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Components of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms and tapeworms)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, acoelomate

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Components of the phylum Nematoda (roundworms)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, pseudo-acoelomate

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Components of the phylum Annelida (earthworms and leeches)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate

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Components of the phylum Arthropoda (insects and crabs)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate, hardened exoskeleton

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Components of the phylum Mollusca (snail and octopus)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, coelomate, soft body

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Components of the phylum Echinodermata (starfish)

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Radial symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, coelomate, hard and spiny skin

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Components of the phylum Chordata (humans and reptiles)

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Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate, vertebrate

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Who invented the domain system

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Carl Woese

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Who invented the kingdom system

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Richard Whittaker

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Which Kingdom
Autotroph and heterotroph, mostly unicellular, circular DNA

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Mollusca/prokaryote

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Which domain:
Antibiotic sensitivity, peptidoglycan, simple RNA polymerase

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Bacteria

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Which kingdom:
Multi-cellular, autotrophic,

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Plantae

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Which phyla in the plantae kingdom has no seeds

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Byrophyta, Pteridophyta or Filicinophyta

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Which phyla in the plantae kingdom have seeds

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Angiosperm, Gynosperm, Pinophyta

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How do plants with no seeds reproduce

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Via spores

18
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How do mushrooms and yeast store food

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As glycogen

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Describe the characteristics of the kingdom Protoctista

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Mostly unicellular, 80 S sized ribosomes, autotrophic

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How are the 5 kingdoms separated (3)

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Type of cell, Level of organisation (multi/uni-cellular), Nutrition type

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I’m found in extreme conditions, I cannot undergo glycolysis and I have no antibiotic sensitivity, what am I?

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Archaea

22
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What kingdom is algae and phytoplankton found in

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Protoctista

23
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Which of the 5 kingdoms is mostly motile

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Animalia

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What does it mean by the term non-motile

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Cannot move as they have no locomotory structures/organelles

25
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Recite the classification system in order

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D,K,P,C,O,F,G,S

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What was invented first the kingdoms or domains

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Kingdoms

27
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How should binomial nomenclature be written

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Italics when types, underlined when written, genus and species with the first letter of genus in capitals

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I am a crustacean what phylum am I

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Arthropoda

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I am an earthworm what phylum am I

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Annelida

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What is the difference between diploblastic and triploblastic?

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Diploblastic is 2 germ layers, triplo is 3

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What does acoelomate mean?

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The organism has no body cavity (it is all solid)

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What does coelomate mean?

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Body cavity is completely lined with mesoderm

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What are the 3 germ layers

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Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm

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Skin and nervous system composes of what germ layer

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The ectoderm as it is the outer layer

35
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What germ layer makes up our glands

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Endoderm (inner layer)

36
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What is the mesoderm used for in our bodies

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Muscles, skeletal structure and reproductive systems

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What symmetry is when you cut an organism vertically down the middle

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Bilateral symmetry

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Radial symmetry is when

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You cut the organism horizontally

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What is segmentation

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Repetition of body parts (e.g. worms)

40
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How are phyla in the animalia kingdom categorised (4)

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Symmetry, type of coelom + germ layers, segmentation

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