Biology (Diversity of living things) Flashcards
Angiosperma
Angiosperm (Flowering plants that develop fruit)
Archaebakterien
Archaebacteria (Prokaryotic bacteria that live in extreme environments)
Gliederfüßer
Arthropoda (Largest phylum of animal kingdom)
Asymmetrie
Asymmetry (Body plan in animal that does not show a pattern)
Autotroph
Autotroph (Organisms that make their own energy)
Bakteriophage
Bakteriophage (A virus that attacks a bacteria)
Bilaterale Symmetrie
Bilateral Symmetry (Animals that have a body plan divided along one plane)
Zellteilung
Binary Fission (Asexual method reproduction in bacteria)
Binäre Nomenklatur
Binominal Nomenclature (Two part naming system used to identify species around the world)
Bryophyt
Bryophytes (Small plants that are close to ground and do not have vascular tissue (mosses and liverworts)
Chemoheterotroph
Chemoheterotroph (Bacteria that uses energy released through ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, etc)
Chordat
Chordata (Important Phylum of animal kingdom)
Konjugation
Conjugation (Sexual method of reproduction in bacteria)
Dichotomer Bestimmungsschlüssel
Dochotomous Key (A tool that lets you identify a species)
Eukaryot
Eukaryote (A type of cell that has a nucleus and many organelles with membranes)
Pilz/e
Fungus/Fungi (Single cellular or multicellular heterotrophic organisms like yeasts, moults and fungi)
Nacktsamer
Gymnosperm (Plants with naked seeds)
Heterotroph
Heterotroph (Organisms that must get energy by eating other organisms)
Wirbellose
Invertebrate (Animal without backbone)
Lysogener Zyklus
Lysogenic Cycle (Method of viral reproduction that has a state of dormancy)
Lytischer Zyklus
Lytic Cycle (Method of viral reproduction that kills host cell immeiately)
Weichtier
Mollusca (Important and very large Phylum of Kingdom Animalia)
Morphologie
Morphology (The study of how things look)
Vielzellig
Multicellular (An organism made of many cells)
Prokaryot
Prokaryote (A type of cell that does not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles)
Protist
Protist (Single celled eukaryotic organims that usually lives in water (can be plant-like, animal-like or fungi-like))
Radialsymmetrie
Radial Symmetry (Animal with a round body plan arranged like pieces of a pie)
Taxonomische Stufen
Taconomic Levels (Hierarchical system of classifying organims using Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (most general to most specific))
Taxonomie
Taxonomy (Branch of science used to classify species that is made of many levels)
Gewebe
Tissue (Groups of cells that work together)
Tracheophyten
Tracheophytes (Plants with vascular tissue)
Einzellig
Unicellular (An organism made of one cell)
Leitgewebe
Vascular Tissue (Tube like structures (xylem and phloem) that carrry water, sugar and minerals)
Wirbeltier
Vertebrate (Animal with backbone)
Virus
Virus (A nonliving entity that can cause disease by hijacking its host cell’s machinery)