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Biodiversity Flashcards

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Why are viruses not alive

A
  1. Not made of cells

2. Can’t reproduce on their own

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2
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How viruses reproduce

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Make host cell make copies of them

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Disease caused by virus

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Influenza - respiratory symptoms, aches, fever, fatigue

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Vaccine

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Dead or weakened pathogen

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How vaccine works

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Prepares body to fight disease in the future

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Prokaryotic

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Cell with no nucleus

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Pathogen

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Germ-causes a disease

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Antibiotic

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Medicine that kills bacteria

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Bacteria - Cell Type

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Prokaryotic, unicellular

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Bacteria - Adaptation

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Flagella, helps it move

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Bacteria - Reproduction

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Asexual (binary fission)

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Bacteria - Nutrition

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Absorb, photosynthesis

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Bacteria - Disease

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Strep throat - sore throat, fever

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Archaea - Cell Type

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Prokaryotic, unicellular

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Archaea - Adaptation

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Chemosynthesis, helps them get food

Live in harsh environments, can live anywhere

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Archaea - Nutrition

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Chemosynthesis and other ways

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Chemosynthesis

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Making food from chemicals

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Eukaryotic

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Cell that has a nucleus

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Penicillin

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Antibiotic made by fungi

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Fungi - Cell Type

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Eukaryotic, mold/mushrooms=multicellular! yeast =unicellular

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Fungi - Adaptation

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Many ways of reproducing, more offspring

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Fungi - Nutrition

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All absorb food

23
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Fungi - release energy

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Yeast - fermentation, others - cellular respiration

24
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Fungi - Reproduction

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Asexual (budding), sexual (spores, fusing hyphae)

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Fungi - diseases

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Athlete’s foot - itchy, sore skin

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Conjugation

A

Cells trade genetic information

27
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Binary fission

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One cell splits into two

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Protists - Cell Type

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Eukaryotic, mostly unicellular

29
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Protists - Adaptations

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Many ways to get energy, can live in many environments

30
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Protists - Reproduction

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Sexual (conjugation), Asexual (binary fission)

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Protists - Nutrition

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Plant-like (algae) = photosynthesis
Animal-like (Protozoa) = eat food
Fungus-like = absorb food

32
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How do protists release energy from glucose?

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Cellular respiration

33
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Protists - Diseases

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Malaria: fever, chills, kills many people in the world

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Plants - Cell Type

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Eukaryotic, multicellular

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Plants - Adaptations

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Stomata, exchange gases and control water loss

Vascular tissue, transport materials

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Plants - Reproduction

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Sexual - flowers

Asexual, too

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Plants - Nutrition

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Photosynthesis

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Plants - release energy from glucose

A

Cellular respiration

39
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Stamen

A

Male part of flower

40
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Pistil

A

Female part of flower

41
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Pollen

A

“Dust” that contains sperm

42
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Fertilization

A

Sperm and egg join

43
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Photosynthesis

A

carbon dioxide + water + sun’s energy —> glucose + oxygen

44
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Cellular respiration

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glucose + oxygen —> carbon dioxide + water + energy

45
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Fermentation

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Glucose —> carbon dioxide + alcohol + energy

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