Exam 3 Flashcards
Both viruses and living organisms…
Process either a DNA or RNA genome
Viruses…
Lack metabolic machinery
Living organisms…
Have ability to respond to stimuli
Type of genetic recombination that occurs when bacteria pick up free pieces of DNA from the environment.
Transformation
Transfer of genetic material from one cell to another.
Conjugation
Exchange of DNA between bacteria by means of bacteriophage.
Transduction
Short bristle-like fibers that may allow a prokaryote to attach to the surface of a host cell.
Fimbriae
Main classes of antibiotics that inhibit the biosynthesis
Cell wall and protein
Where protein synthesis occurs in prokaryotic cells.
Ribosomes
Most common form of production of protists
Asexual
Endosymbiotic theory explains :
How eukaryotic cells acquired mitochondria and chloroplasts.
Groups of eukaryotes that are very diverse, usually single-celled, but may be multicellular or colonial
Protists
Algal are what type of protists?
Photoautotrophic
6 taxonomic groups called ________, which include protists, plants, animals, and fungi
Supergroups
Protists aren’t a _________ group
Monophyletic
Sort Taxonomic group from largest to smallest
1) domain
2) supergroup
3) kingdom
4) phylum
Body of most fungi is _____1__ and known as __2____. Which is divided into a network of filaments called___3___.
1) multicellular
2) mycelium
3) hyphae
Often, ____1___ or basidiomycetes are the fungi involved, and they form several layers of hyphae, one of which envelops the photosynthetic ______2 ________.
1) ascomycetes
2) algal cells
5 reasons why fungi are important to ecosystems.
1) form mycorrhizal with plant roots.
2) form associations called lichens with algae or Cyanobacteria
3) absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen gas
4) causes diseases in plants and animals
5) decompose cellulose and other organic material
2 characteristics of modern land plants are absent in bryophytes?
1) sporophyte is the dominant generation
2) vascular tissue
4 gymnosperm examples
Gnetophytes, cycads, conifers, and ginkgoes
Clay, silt, sand. Sort particle size from largest to smallest
1) sand
2) silt
3) Clay
Why is it important that clay + humus be present in soil?
Clay and humus bind to minerals and keep them from leaching away
3 similarities between bryophyte and modern land plants
1) alternation of generations
2) presence of stomata
3) apical tissue producing complex tissues