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General Flashcards

1
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What is the order of classification?

A

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

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What is the suffix for the phylum of plants and algae?

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Phyta

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3
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What is the suffix for the phylum of fungi?

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Mycota

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4
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What is the suffix for the class of plants?

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Opsida

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5
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What is the suffix for the class of algae?

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Phyceae

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What is the suffix for the class of fungi?

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Mycetes

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What is the suffix for the order of plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi?

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Ales

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What is the suffix for the family of plants, fungi, bacteria, and algae?

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Aceae

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9
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What is the suffix for the family of animals?

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Idae

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10
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What is the suffix for the family of bacteria?

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Aceae

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11
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What is the suffix for the class of bacteria?

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Ia

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12
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What features do eukaryotes and archaea share that bacteria don’t?

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Presence of histone proteins and presence of introns

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13
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What makes up the cell walls of plants?

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Cellulose

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14
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What makes up the cell walls of fungi?

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Chitin

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15
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What makes up the cell walls of bacteria?

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Peptidoglycan (murein)

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16
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What makes up the cell walls of archaea?

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Pseudopeptidoglycan

17
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Which is bigger? The ribosomes of eukaryotes or those of bacteria and archaea? What are their sizes?

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Eukaryotes have bigger ribosomes (80S) while bacteria and archaea have smaller ones (70S)

18
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Do eukaryotes have operons?

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No, only bacteria and archaea

19
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What is the definition of plesiomorphy?

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Primitive structure/homologous trait that exists within a group of organisms but is not unique to a single group

20
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What is the definition of apomorphy?

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An advanced/evolved structure that is significantly different from ancestor

21
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What is synapomorphy?

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Shared apomorphy

22
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What is autapomorphy?

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Unique structure limited to one clade

23
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What are homoplasies?

A

Analogous structures

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