Chap. 1 Flashcards

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1
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Animals are

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Heterotrophs

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2
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Fungi are

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Heterotrophs

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3
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Produce their own energy

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Autotrophs

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4
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Use chemical energy

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Chemoautotroph

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5
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Consume other organisms

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Hetertroph

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6
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Use solar energy

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Photoautotroph

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7
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Plants are

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Photoautoroph

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8
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Use enclosed seeds for dispersal

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Angiosperms

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9
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Cycads, ginkgo, gnetophytes, and conifers

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Gymnosperms

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10
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Have no true leaves/stems, roots

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Nonvascular

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11
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Includes club mosses and ferns

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Vascular seedless

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12
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Have true stems and roots and use spores for dispersal

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Vascular seedless

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13
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Used naked seeds for dispersal

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Gymnosperms

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14
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Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses

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Nonvascular

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15
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Monocots and Evdicots

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Angiosperms

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16
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Energy measured in

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Joule

17
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Volume measured in

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Cubic meter

18
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Length measured in

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Meter

19
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Temperature measured

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Degree Kelvin

20
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Steps of Scientific Method

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  1. Ask a question
  2. Study the literature
  3. Pose a testable hypothesis
  4. Perform an experiment
  5. Analyze results
  6. Report results
21
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List the importance of plants

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Provide food
Provide shelter
Control flood and erosion
Cycle nitrogen
Source of energy
Replenish O2
Removal of CO2
22
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What are the characteristics of living organisms

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Have cells and are organized
Acquire energy and material 
Grow and develop
Reproduce
Respond to stimuli
Adapt to their environment
23
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What is the organization of cells

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Organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organism, population, community, ecosystem

24
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Characteristics of plants

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Multicellular eukaryotes
Use chloroplast to carry out photosynthesis
Store energy or food as starch
Have cell walls made of cellulose
Multi cellular embryos that develop with female sex organs
Life cycle alternating between haploid and diploid

25
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Hierarchical Classification

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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specific epithet

26
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Binomial Nomenclature

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Scientific name

Genus species