biology organisms Flashcards
bacteria
-single celled microorganisms
eukarya
- contains a true nucleus
- most found in plants, animals, fungi
plant
-They use a process called photosynthesis to use energy from the sun to grow and reproduce.
bryophyte
- mosses, hornworts and liverworts
- spore producing
seedless vascular plant
- they reproduce and spread through spores, are plants that contain vascular tissue, but do not flower or seed.
- found in moist environments
gymnosperm
-group of seed producing plants
angiosperm
-a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel.
fungi
- cant make its own food like plants from photosynthesis.
- they get their own food by absorbing nutrients from its surroundings.
sponge
- porifera
- asymmetrical
- lack tissue
- all aquatic
jellyfish, coral
cnidaria radical symmetry have true tissues stinging cells marine or all aquatic polyphyletic or medusa form
flat worms
-platyhelminthes
bilaterally symmetry
true tissues
Gastrovascual cavity
segmented worms
annelids
clams, snails, octopods
mollusc
bilateral symmetry
open circulatory system
radula
round worms
nematode
insects
arthopods bilateral symmetry segmented bodies with exoskeleton jointed limbs growth through ecdysis marine, aquatic, and terrestrial
comb jellies
ctenophora radical symmetry true tissues no stinging cells all marine
true bugs
hemiptera
incomplete metamorphous
true bugs
two set of wings, wing cover, lack of jaws, straw like mouthpiece
butterflies, caterpillars, and moths
lepidoptera
complete
butterflys, caterpillars, and moths
beetles
coleoptera
2 set of wings and folds 4 times
dragonflies and damflies
odonata
hemimetabola
dragonflies and damflies
grasshopers, crickets
ornithoptera
hemimetabola
have something to for depositing eggs under soil
bees, ants, wasps
hymenoptera
homemetabola
haplodidiploidy
queens reproduciton
sea stars
echinoderms
hemimetabola
incomplete metamorphis
3 stages egg, nymph, adult
hometabola
complete metamorphis
4 stages egg, larva, pupa, adult
sea spider, or horseshoe crab.
2 body regions
arthopod region
spider
8 legs
spider, scorpion
archanid
centipedes, mililpedes
myriapod
millipede
two pairs of leg on each body segment
up to 40-400 legs
centipede
one pair of leg on each body segment
chordate
bilateral symmentry
dorsal hollow nerve cord
post anal tail
cartilaginous fish
skeleton of cartilage instead of bone
sharks, rays, and chimeras
bony fish
distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.
coelacanth
a large, bony marine fish with a three-lobed tail fin and fleshy pectoral fins
lungfish
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.
amphibian
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.
squamate
all lizards and snakes
tuatara
a nocturnal burrowing lizardlike reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.
ornithischian
herbivorous dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of birds.
saurischian
denoting dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards.
sauropod
a very large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, small head, and massive limbs.
theropod
a carnivorous dinosaur of a group whose members are typically bipedal and range from small and delicately built to very large. ex. T-Rex
mammal
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.
prototherian
a mammal which comprises the monotremes and their extinct relatives. ex. platypus
metatherian
a mammal of the group Metatheria; a marsupial, kangaroos
have a pouch
eutherian
a mammal of the major group Eutheria, which includes all the placentals and excludes the marsupials and monotremes.