Exam 3 Flashcards
Photomorphogensis
The effects of light on plant morphology
The Action Spectrum
It depicts relative resonses of a process to different wavelengths
Blue-Light Photoreceptors
They control hypocotyl elongation, stomata opening and phototropism
Phototropism
a plant’s response that allows plants to grow towards, or in some cases away from, a source of light
Phytochromes
pigments that regulte many of a plant’s responses to light throughought life
EX: seed germination and shade avoidence
Photoperiodism
a physiologicsl response to photoperiod (when light is availibal during the day)
Short-Day Plants
flower when the light period is shorter than a critical threshold
Long-day Plants
Flower when light period is longer than a certain number of hours
Day-neutral Plants
Flowering is controlled by a plant’s maturity not photoperiod
Florigen
The floweing signal
Gravitropism
A plants response to gravity
- Can be negative or positive
Statoliths
specilized plastids containing dense starch grains that may contribute to gravity detection
Thigmomorphogenesis
the change in form that results from mechanical disturbance (touching the plant)
Thigmotropism
The bending of a plant in response to touch
Methyljasmonic Acid
Something that can activate the expression of genes involved in plant defense
Bilateral Symmetry
Two-sided symmetry
Sagittal Plane
The dividing plane
Dorsal
The top side
- The back on humans
Ventral
The bottom side
- Stomach on humans
Posterior
The tail end
- butt on humans
Anterior
The head
- head on human
Diploblastic
Having only two germ layers
Cephalization
The development of a head
Triploblastic
Having three germ layers
- common to all bilaterally symmetric animals
Protosome
Mouth develops before the anus
Blastopore
What becomes the mouth in the protostomes
Deuterostome
Anus develops before the mouth
Zygote
single cell from fertilization
- step one
Blastula
hollow ball of cells formed by cleavage
- step two
Gastrula
embryo has one end folded inward and layers of tissue form
- step three
Ectoderm
it convers the surface and becomes the outer covering
- in some phyla it becomes the central nervous system
Endoderm
the innermost germ layer that lines the digestive tract and organs
- Lines organs such as lungs and the liver
Mesoderm
the third layer (between the other two) forming musclues and most other organs
- Not all animals have mesoderm
Coelom
fluid or air filled space separating digestive tract from the outer body wall
- Most tripoblasts have a coelom
- True coelom is formed from mesoderm
Pseudocoelomate
when the coelom is formed from both endo- and mesoderm tissue
- Roundworm
Coelomates
Animals with a true coelom
- Earthworm
Acoelomate
When a tripoblast lacks a body cavity
- EX: flatworms
Eumetazoans
A clade of animals with true tissues
- Includes the bilaterians and deuterostomia
Bilaterians
Most animal phyla that belong to the clade bilateria
Choanocyte
cells that line the interior of sponges that contain a central flagellum
* cyte- cells
Hermaphroditism
an orginism that is one sex at one time and another at a different time
Poison
something that is ingested, inhaled or absprbed into the bloodstream through contact
- dart frogs
Venom
Produced in a gland that is injected into the body, via a flesh-piercing fang, stinger, barb or spine
- scorpions
Hydrozoans
One class of the phylum cnidaria. The polyp stage is more conspicuous and they can reproduce by budding.
- Man O’ War
Budding
an asexual reproduction method in which a new organism develops from a bud of an existing organism
Scyphozoans
One class of the phylum cnidaria. The medusa is the obvious stage and they lack a polyp stage.
- most are jellies
Anthozoans
A class of the phylum cnidaria. The medusa stage is absent.
- Most are sessile (imobile)
- EX: Sea anemones and corals
Cubozoans
One class of the phylum cnidaria. They have box-shapped medusas, complex eyes, and they are highly toxic.
- box jellyfish
Tuberllarians
In the phylum platyheminthes. They are generally free living and found in marine habitats. Some can reproduce asexually by fission. They can also be hermaphrodites (a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes)
Alimentary Canal
Seperates the mouth and anus in the phylum rotifera
Parthenogenesis
sexual reproduction in which a female can produce an embryo without fertilizing an egg with sperm
- organisms in the rotifera phylum do this
Bdelloidea
A class of rotifers that are asexual (no males)
Anhydrobiosis
the ability of organisms to lose almost all water and it becomes encysted when harsh conditions are sensed.
Mollusca
This is a phylum that is mostly marine but also fresh water and terrestrial. Some have a hard shell or no shell.
- clams
Muscular Foot
One of the three main body parts of mollusca phylum used for digging and grasping
Mantle
One of the three main body parts of mollusca phylum that is a fold of tissue over visceral mass. It creates a visceral cavity and it secretes the shell.
Radula
One of the three main body parts of mollusca phylum that is a tounge like structure used for feeding.
Gastropoda
The biggest class of molluscs. They are marine, freshwater, and terrestrial. Many of them are hermaphroditic.
- typical snails and slugs
Torsion
the ability to rotate the visceral mass around so the anus is near the head
Bivalvia
One class of molluscs where the shell is divided in two and there is no distinc head. They are filter feaders and some have eye spots and gills for gas exchange.
- EX: scallops
Chromatophores
organs that allow the orgamisms to change colors by distorting the cytoelastic sacculus (a sac containing the pigments) changing the translucency or reflectivity of the cell.
Photophores
organs that allow bioluminescent light to shine from the orgamism
Cephalopoda
One class of molluscs that are predators with complex brains and well developed sense organs. They have beak-like jaws to tear prey and a closed circulatory system. Most do not have a shell.
- EX: Octopi and squid
Annelida
A phylum that includes segmented worms that can be fresh water, marine, and terrestrial (damp environments).
- EX: earthworms
Hemolymph
a fluid that is moved by the heart into spaces around tissues and organs called sinuses
Polychaeta
A class of annelids that are free living and mostly marine.