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Classification and Diversity of Life Flashcards

1
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what is anagenesis?

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change from one ancestral species to another

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what is cladogenesis?

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splitting of lineage, new species branch from ancestral species

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3
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what is the phylogenetic tree?

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a cladogram basically

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4
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how are photogenic trees made?

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biological data

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5
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what are some eukaryotic characteristics?

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  • cytoskeleton
  • membrane bound organelles
  • linear chromosomes
  • endomembrane system
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6
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how are organisms grouped?

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shared or lost traits because of evolution

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7
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what are the 3 data types that are common for making phylogenic trees?

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  • morphological features
  • protein sequence similarities
  • computer models
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what are bacteria characteristics?

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  • prokaryotic
  • has peptidoglycan in cell wall
  • affected by antibiotics
  • uses formyl-methionine
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what are archaea characteristics?

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  • prokaryotic
  • no peptidoglycan
  • not affected by antibiotics
  • uses methionine
  • some have histones/introns
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what are eukarya characteristics?

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  • eukaryotic
  • no peptidoglycan
  • not affected by antibiotics
  • uses methionine
  • has histones/introns
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11
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what are protista characteristics?

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  • unicellular

- diverse eukaryotes

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12
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what are fungi characteristics?

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  • multicellular

- heterotrophic (absorb food)

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13
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what are plantar characteristics?

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  • multicellular

- autotrophic

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what are animalia characteristics?

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  • multicellular

- heterotrophic (ingestion)

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what are characteristics of viruses?

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  • small

- genetic material surrounded by protein coat

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16
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what is the protein coat called?

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capsid

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17
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what are the 3 shapes of a virus?

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  • icosohedron
  • spiral
  • bacteriophage
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18
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the first step of viral infection is attachment… what happens?

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virus attaches to cell with specific receptor protein

19
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the second step of viral infection is penetration… what happens?

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-whole virus enters cell
or
-virus injects genetic material

20
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what is the 3rd step of viral infection

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the lytic cycle or the lysogenic cycle

21
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what happens in the lytic cycle?

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  • the genetic material is used to create new proteins/genetic material
  • new particles self assemble and exit cell (burst!)
  • rapid!
22
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what is the lysogenic cycle?

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-viral material is incorporated (remains dormant)

FUTURE SIGNAL -> lytic cycle

23
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RNA viruses don’t have error checking mechanisms so they have more what?

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mutations

24
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related viruses can do what?

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combine info

25
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what are protista characteristics (more in depth)?

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  • unicellular
  • eukaryotic
  • diverse nutrition
  • both asexual and sexual
  • variety of locomotion
26
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what are fungi characteristics (more in depth)?

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  • heterotrophic
  • decomposers or parasites
  • multicellular
  • made up of hyphae (mass is called mycelium)
  • sexual or asexual
27
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what is the mycelium responsible for?

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feeding

28
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fungi have sporangia that do what?

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-disseminate light and durable spores

29
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fungi are ____ dominant

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haploid

30
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how do fungi reproduce asexually?

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mitotic cell division

31
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how do fungi reproduce sexually?

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two mycelia fusing hyphae and creating offspring by meiosis

32
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what are the two symbioses?

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  • lichen

- mycorrhizae

33
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what is lichen?

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  • fungus surrounding green algae

- makes organic matter

34
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what is mycorrhizae?

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-help plant absorb water and nutrients

35
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how do plants become successful on land?

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  • reproduce (water)
  • transport nutrients (diffusion, small)
  • support (stay short)
  • protection from dessication (moist)
36
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what were the first plants to go on land?

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bryophytes

37
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what are tracheophytes?

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plants with vascular tissue

38
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what are characteristics of plantae?

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  • photosynthetic
  • cellulose walls
  • non-motile
  • sexual/asexual
  • multicellular
39
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how do gymnosperms reproduce?

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-windborne pollen to take sperm to egg without water

40
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what are angiosperms?

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-covered seeds

41
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how do angiosperms not dry out?

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-waxy coatings

42
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how do angiosperms stay supported?

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hard vascular tissue

43
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how do angiosperms transprot their eggs?

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  • wind

- animals

44
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how do angiosperms transport nutrients?

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diffusion

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