Classification Flashcards

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Linnaean vs phylogeny/cladistics

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Why classification changes

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It changes as we learn more about organisms and how they are related

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Binomial nomenclature

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Uses two names to name an organism.

The genus and species.

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4
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3 domains.

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Eukarya
Archaea
Bacteria

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6 kingdoms

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Eubacteria 
Archaebacteria 
Protist
Fungus
Plant
Animal
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Binary fission

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Asexual reproduction of bacteria

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Conjugation

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Exchange of genetic material in bacteria.

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Transformation

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Bacteria can pick up DNA from environment

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Lytic cycle

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Virus enters host cell

Injects its DNA so host cell will make copies of virus until it burst the cell open.

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Lysogenic cycle

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Virus DNA embeds into host cell DNA and stay there as the host divides and replicates. Virus can then trigger into lytic cycle.

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Protists

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Eukaryotes and unicellular or colonial. But no specialization.

Can be plant-like. Animal-like or fungus-like

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Fungi

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Eukaryotes. Multicellular (except yeast) and have cell walls made of chitin. Heterotrophs that get their food from decomposing organisms

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4 types of plant tissues

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  1. Vascular (xylem & phloem)
  2. Dermal tissue. Outer skin like layers.
  3. Ground tissue. Support. Storage
  4. Woody tissue. Firmest ground tissue. Not alive.
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