Classification and Evolution Flashcards

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Archaea

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  • Prokaryotic
  • single-celled
  • proteins associated with DNA
  • cell walls not made out of peptidoglycan
  • live in extreme
    environments
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Eubacteria

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  • Prokaryotic
  • single-celled
  • naked DNA
    cell walls made of
    peptidoglycan
  • bacteria
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Eukarya

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  • Eukaryotic
  • single-celled and multicellular organisms with membrane-bound organelles and DNA associated with histone proteins
    - Includes: Fungi (yeast, molds, mushrooms), Plants, Animals, and Protists
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taxa order

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King Philip Came Over For Good Soup

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Plant phyla

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phylum Bryophyta, phylum Filicophyta, phylum Angiospermophyta, Phylum Coniferophyta

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Phylum Bryophyta: Non-vascular Plants

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small; lacking leaves/ stems; no xylem/ phloem tissue; reproduce using spores – ex: mosses & liverworts

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Phylum Filicophyta

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have pinnate leaves (leaflets on stalks); reproduce using spores released from sori – ex: ferns

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Phylum Angiospermophyta

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(“angiosperms”)

flowering plants

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Phylum Coniferophyta

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(“conifers/ gymnosperms”)

seeds are in cones (naked seeds)

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Porifera

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Asymmetrical
Have pores
no segmentation
spicules for support
sea sponge
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cnidaria

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radial symmetry
mouth but no anus
no segmentation
stinging cells (cnidocytes)
Jellyfish, coral, sea anemone
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platyhelmintha

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bilateral symmetry
mouth but no anus
no segmentation
flattened body (SA:Vol ratio)
Tapeworm, planaria
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annelida

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Bilateral symmetry
mouth and anus 
segmented
movie via peristalsis
Earthworm, leech
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Mollusca

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Bilateral symmetry
mouth and anus
non-visible (mantle and foot)
may have a shell (made by mantle)
snail, octopus, squid, bivalves
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Arthropoda

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Bilateral symmetry
mouth and anus
segmented
exoskeleton (chitin)
insects, spiders, crustaceans
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Fish

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Scales made out of bony plates
external reproduction
breathe through gills
Ectothermic
have a swim bladder
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Amphibian

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moist skin
external reproduction
breathe through simple lungs and via skin
ectothermic
larval start in water - adult on land
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Reptile

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scales made out of keratin
internal reproduction (lays soft eggs)
lungs with extensive folding
ectothermic
simple teeth with no living tissue
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bird

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feathers
internal reproduction (lays hard eggs)
lungs with bronchial tubes
endothermic
have wings and beaks with no teeth
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Mammal

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hair
internal reproduction - live births (except monotremes)
lungs with alveoli
endothermic
feed young with milk from the mammary gland

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define evolution

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Evolution is the process of cumulative change (in the heritable characteristics of a population) over time