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Key Terms — Nature And Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards

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Movement

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Muscle, growth

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Excretion

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Remove waste products from chemical reactions

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Homeostasis

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Maintain internal conditions

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Eukaryotic

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Have nuclei
Have mitochondria
Animals, plants, fungi, protoctists

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Prokaryotic

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Bacteria

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Cellulose

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Carbs to make cell wall

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Yeast

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Unicellular fungi

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Mucor

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Multicellular fungi

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Chitin

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What unicellular fungus’ cell wall is made of

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Mycelium

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Hyphae

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Thread like structure, makes mycelium, has a lot of nuclei

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Saprotrophic nutrition

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Fungi secretes digestive enzyme and absorbs it

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Amoeba

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Animal cell like protoctist, live in ponds

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Chlorella

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Plant cell like protoctist

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Protoctists

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Unicellular eukaryotes

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Plasmodium

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Pathogenic protoctist, malaria

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Plasmids

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Mini loops of DNA

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Flagellum

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Tail of bacteria

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E. coli, pneumococcus

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Examples of bacteria

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Pathogens

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Can be bacteria, fungi, protoctists and all viruses

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Parasitic

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Reproduce only in another living organism

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Glycogen

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Carbs storage in animals and fungi

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Starch

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Carbs storage in plants

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Glycerol

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Make up lipids with fatty acid

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Benedict’s solution
Test glucose Heat Brick red
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Biuret
Blue to purple Protein
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Denature
When the active site of an enzyme changes shape
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Amylase
Starch to maltose
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Maltese
Maltose to glucose
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Pepsin
Protease that works well in acidic condition Proteins to polypeptides
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Trypsin
Protease that works well in alkaline conditions Polypeptides to amino acid

Bio 4th Yr Mid-yrs (19 decks)

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