Lab Midterm Review Flashcards

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What are the categories of taxonomic classification?

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

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What is an unrooted diagram?

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Simple diagram displaying relationships between members of the set, but NOT evolutionary direction

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What is a rooted diagram?

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Diagram showing relationships AND evolutionary sequence

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What is a rooted phylogram?

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Diagram showing relationships, evolutionary sequences and the amount of differences between the members in the set

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What is systematics?

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The study of evolutionary relationships between organisms

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How do fungi consume food?

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  • They are heterotrophic so they cannot produce their food
  • They secrete digestive enzymes that break down dead organic matter into smaller organic and inorganic components
  • They are saprobic
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What is a mastigomycota?

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Produce flagellated spores and contain cellulose in cell walls
Ex. Chytrids or Water Molds

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What is an amastigomycota?

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Produce nonmotile spores and contain chitin in cell walls

Ex. Yeasts or Mushrooms

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What is a deuteromycota?

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Terrestrial; sac and club fungi
Also known as imperfect fungi
Ex. Parasitic Fungi or Pathogenic Fungi

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Why are fungi not considered plants?

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Fungi lack chlorophyll

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What are diatoms? What supergroup do they belong to?

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  • Are photosynthetic, single- celled organism
  • They are a major group of algae and form one of the most common forms of phytoplankton
  • Join the myriad of organisms that drift on currents in the upper layers of the ocean and lakes.
  • Supergroup: Chromalveolata
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What are unikonts?

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Have a flagellum is present it is single and at the posterior end of the cell

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What are bikonts?

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Have two or more flagellae inserted into the anterior end of the cell

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What is the key feature of protists that belong to the Rhizaria supergroup?

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These are amoeboid have shells and pseudopods

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What is the key feature of protists that belong to the Plantae supergroup?

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These protists have lost their mitochondria

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What is Giardia lamblia? And which supergroup does it belong to?

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  • Giardia lamblia is a two nuclei, intestinal parasite, can be contracted by drinking untreated water
  • Supergroup: Excavates
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What are chromalveolates? What are the subgroups that belong to this supergroup?

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  • Chromalveolates are derived from a common ancestor that engulfed a photosynthetic red algal cell, which itself had already evolved chloroplasts from an endosymbiotic relationship with a photosynthetic prokaryote
  • Include very important photosynthetic organisms, such as diatoms and brown algae
  • Subgroups: alveolates and stramenopiles
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Describe the excavata supergroup.

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  • Are a supergroup of protists that are defined by an asymmetrical appearance with a feeding groove that is “excavated” from one side; it includes various types of organisms which are parasitic, photosynthetic and heterotrophic predators.
  • Many have modified mitochondria, No electron transport chain, Use anaerobic pathways to receive energy
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What is the difference between mold and slime mold?

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Mold
-Cell walls composed of chitin
Slime Mold
-Cell walls made of cellulose

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Know characteristics of green algae. Which supergroup do they belong to?

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  • Divided into 3 lines: Siphonous, Tetrasporine and Colonial

- Supergroup: Chlorophyta

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What is a volvox?

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  • A kind of green algae that is the culmination of the colonial line
  • Connected by protoplasmic strands
  • Each colony has a anterior and posterior, they can either be male or female
  • Reproduction limited to few gonidia
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What are male reproductive organs and female reproductive organs of green algae called?

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Male reproductive organs
-Antheridia
Female reproductive organs
-Oogonium

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What is the method of reproduction by Ulothrix?

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Asexual Reproduction
-Vegetative cell contents round up and form zoospores

Sexual Reproduction
-Vegetative cell contents round up and form gametes

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What are the three different types of Oedogonium?

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Two groups (based on distribution of sex organs)
-Dioecious species: Has M & F strands
-Macrandrous: Strands same diameter
-Nannandrous: Male strand is smaller
Monoecious species: Antheridia and Oogonia on same strand

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What are the methods of reproduction by spirogyra?
- Asexually it reproduces by fragmentation. The vegetative filament breaks into smaller fragments. Each fragment grows and produces a longer filament. - Sexual reproduction occurs by a process known as conjugation, in which cells of two filaments lying side by side are joined by outgrowths called conjugation tubes
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What are the 5 eukaryotic supergroups?
Excavata, Chromalveolata, Rhizaria, Unikonts and Plantae
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Are protists & fungi eukaryotic?
Yes
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What are gymnosperms? What is unique about their seeds?
Gymnosperms: Vascular seed-producing plants | Their seeds do not develop into flowers and their ovules are exposed
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What are angiosperms? What is unique about their seeds?
Angiosperms: Vascular seed-producing plants | Their seeds have the ability to develop into fruits and flowers and their ovules are protected by ovaries
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What is an Archegoniophore
An outgrowth of the thallus that holds the female organs (archegonia)
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What is a gemma cup?
- Ovoid outgrowths from the surface of the thallus - Surrounded by a cup formed by the thallus - Connected to the thallus by one cell
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What is an Antheridiophore?
The outgrowth bearing the antheridia