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biology organisms Flashcards

1
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bacteria

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-single celled microorganisms

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2
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eukarya

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  • contains a true nucleus

- most found in plants, animals, fungi

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plant

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-They use a process called photosynthesis to use energy from the sun to grow and reproduce.

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bryophyte

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  • mosses, hornworts and liverworts

- spore producing

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seedless vascular plant

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  • they reproduce and spread through spores, are plants that contain vascular tissue, but do not flower or seed.
  • found in moist environments
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6
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gymnosperm

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-group of seed producing plants

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angiosperm

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-a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel.

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fungi

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  • cant make its own food like plants from photosynthesis.

- they get their own food by absorbing nutrients from its surroundings.

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9
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sponge

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  • porifera
  • asymmetrical
  • lack tissue
  • all aquatic
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10
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jellyfish, coral

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cnidaria
radical symmetry
have true tissues 
stinging cells
marine or all aquatic 
polyphyletic or medusa form
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flat worms

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-platyhelminthes
bilaterally symmetry
true tissues
Gastrovascual cavity

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12
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segmented worms

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annelids

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clams, snails, octopods

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mollusc
bilateral symmetry
open circulatory system
radula

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14
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round worms

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nematode

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15
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insects

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arthopods 
bilateral symmetry 
segmented bodies with exoskeleton 
jointed limbs 
growth through ecdysis
marine, aquatic, and terrestrial
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comb jellies

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ctenophora 
radical symmetry
true tissues 
no stinging cells 
all marine
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17
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true bugs

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hemiptera
incomplete metamorphous
true bugs
two set of wings, wing cover, lack of jaws, straw like mouthpiece

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butterflies, caterpillars, and moths

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lepidoptera
complete
butterflys, caterpillars, and moths

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19
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beetles

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coleoptera

2 set of wings and folds 4 times

20
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dragonflies and damflies

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odonata
hemimetabola
dragonflies and damflies

21
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grasshopers, crickets

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ornithoptera
hemimetabola
have something to for depositing eggs under soil

22
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bees, ants, wasps

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hymenoptera
homemetabola
haplodidiploidy
queens reproduciton

23
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sea stars

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echinoderms

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hemimetabola

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incomplete metamorphis

3 stages egg, nymph, adult

25
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hometabola

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complete metamorphis

4 stages egg, larva, pupa, adult

26
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sea spider, or horseshoe crab.

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2 body regions

arthopod region

27
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spider

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8 legs

28
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spider, scorpion

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archanid

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centipedes, mililpedes

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myriapod

30
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millipede

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two pairs of leg on each body segment

up to 40-400 legs

31
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centipede

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one pair of leg on each body segment

32
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chordate

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bilateral symmentry
dorsal hollow nerve cord
post anal tail

33
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cartilaginous fish

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skeleton of cartilage instead of bone

sharks, rays, and chimeras

34
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bony fish

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distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.

35
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coelacanth

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a large, bony marine fish with a three-lobed tail fin and fleshy pectoral fins

36
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lungfish

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an elongated freshwater fish with one or two sacs that function as lungs, enabling it to breathe air. It lives in poorly oxygenated water and can estivate in mud for long periods to survive drought.

37
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amphibian

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a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed by a lung-breathing adult stage.

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squamate

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all lizards and snakes

39
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tuatara

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a nocturnal burrowing lizardlike reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.

40
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ornithischian

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herbivorous dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of birds.

41
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saurischian

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denoting dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards.

42
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sauropod

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a very large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, small head, and massive limbs.

43
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theropod

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a carnivorous dinosaur of a group whose members are typically bipedal and range from small and delicately built to very large. ex. T-Rex

44
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mammal

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a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

45
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prototherian

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a mammal which comprises the monotremes and their extinct relatives. ex. platypus

46
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metatherian

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a mammal of the group Metatheria; a marsupial, kangaroos

have a pouch

47
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eutherian

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a mammal of the major group Eutheria, which includes all the placentals and excludes the marsupials and monotremes.

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