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1
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Protozoa

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Animal-like protist
-eg. malaria
-first animals

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Cercazoa

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Animal-like protist
-uses pseudopods (feet) made from cytoplasm

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Paramecia

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Animal-like protist
-have cilia to eat and move

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Flagellates

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Animal-like protist
-move with flagella
-live in guts

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Sporozoa

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Animal-like protist
-have spores at some point
-invaders

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Slime/water molds

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Fungus-like protist
-absorbs nutrients from dead organisms
-reproduces with spores
-has fungus, plant, and protozoa characteristics

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Plasmodial slime molds

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Fungus-like protist
-Slug-like and on decaying plants
-blob with many nuclei

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Cellular slime molds

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Fungus-like protist
-one nucleus
-gather together when in need (pseudoplasmodium)

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Diatoms

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Plant-like protist
-make 20-30% of oxygen
-contains silica
-part of plankton

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Dinoflagellates

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Plant-like protist
-marine
-red tide
-possibly bioluminescent

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Euglenoids

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Plant-like protist
-light receptor for photosynthesis
-can eat when they lose chloroplasts

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Green algae

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Plant-like protist
-what plants evolved from

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Brown algae

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Plant-like protist
-seaweed
-cell walls with alginic acid

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Red algae

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Plant-like protist
-absorbs blue wavelengths
-deep in ocean

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Deuteromycota

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Imperfect fungus
-asexual

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Chytrids

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Aquatic fungus
-has flagella
-unicellular

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Zygospores

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Fungus
-bread molds

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Ascomycota

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Sac fungus
-mildew and yeast
-makes beer, wine, bread

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Basidiomycetes

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Club fungus
-regular
-sexual
-mainly composed of hyphae

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Lichen

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Symbiosis between algae and fungus
-pioneering organism

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Bryophytes

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Plants
-moss
-non-vascular
-seedless

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Anthocerophytes

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Plants
-hornworts
-in leafy forests
-many chloroplasts

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Hepatophytes

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Plants
-liverworts
-1 large chloroplast

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Pteridophytes

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Plants
-ferns
-vascular
-seedless

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Psilophyta

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Plants
-whisk ferns
-no roots
-spores

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Lycophytes

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Plants
-club moss
-roots and stems

27
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Spenophytes

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Plants
-horsetails
-silica
-combats lice

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Gymnosperms

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Plants
-conifers
-vascular
-naked seeds

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Gnetophyta

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Plants
-only in Africa

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Ginkgophyta

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Plants
-sacred
-saved by Buddhists

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Cycadophyta

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Plants
-grows off another plant
-tropical

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Angiosperms

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Plants
-vascular
-enclosed seeds

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Porifera

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Animals
-invertebrates
-sponges
-no organs/neural system

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Cnidaria

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Animals
-invertebrates
-jellyfish
-stinging cells (nematocysts)

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Platyhelminthes

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Animals
-invertebrates
-flat worms
-parasitic
-closed digestive system

36
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Nematoda

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Animals
-invertebrates
-round worm
-parasitic
-open digestive system

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Annelida

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Animals
-invertebrates
-segmented worms
-open digestive system
-closed circulatory system

38
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Arthropoda

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Animals
-invertebrates
-open circulatory system
-nervous system

Arachnidia: spiders, scorpions
Crustacea: lobsters, crabs, shrimps
Merostoma: horseshoe crabs
Myriapoda: millipedes and centipedes

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Insecta

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Animals
-invertebrates

Lepidoptera: moths, butterflies
Diptera: flies, mosquitoes, gnats

40
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Mollusca

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Animals
-invertebrates

Cephalopoda: squids, octopi, nautilus
Bivalvia: clams, mussels, oysters
Gastropoda: snails, slugs

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Echinodermata

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Animals
-invertebrates
-marine
-open digestive system
-spiny

42
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Chordata

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Animals
-vertebrates

Agantha: lamprey, jawless fish, predators
Gnathostomata: with jaws, most animals
Aves: reptiles (3 chambered heart), birds (4 chambered heart)
Marsupials: pouched, short gestation

43
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Mammalia

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Animals
-vertebrates
-chordata

Carnivora: dogs, tigers
Rodentia: rats, mice
Artiodactyla: moose, hippo, goat
Chiroptera: bats
Insectivora: moles, hedgehogs
Primates: apes, humans
Cetacea: whales, dolphins
Edentata: sloths, anteaters
Perissodactyla: rhino, zebra, horses
Proboscidea: elephants
Lagomorpha: rabbits hares

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Methanogens

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Archaea
-produce methane in intestines

45
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Gram positive

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Archaea (mainly)
-purple
-thick cell wall

46
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Gram negative

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Bacteria (mainly)
-pink
-thin cell wall

47
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Bacillus

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Archaea/bacteria
-rod shaped

48
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Coccus

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Archaea/bacteria
-sphere shaped

49
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Spirillus

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Archaea/bacteria
-spiral shaped

50
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Vibrio

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Archaea/bacteria
-boomerang shaped

51
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Spirochaetes

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Archaea/bacteria
-coil shaped

52
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Staphylococcus

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Archaea/bacteria
-cluster of cells

53
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Strepto

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Archaea/bacteria
-chain of cells

54
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Accoelomate

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Animals
-invertebrates
-latworm, body covering, tissue filled region

55
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Coelomate

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Animals
-invertebrates
-annelid, coelom, tissue layer lining coelom and suspending internal organs

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