Synapomorphies for MIDTERM 1

Question 1

SPIROCHETES

Answer 1

axial filaments (modifies flagella) used in corkscrew - like motion 
DISEASES: T. pallidum/Syphilis and Borellia/Lyme disease

Question 2

CHLAMYDIAE

Answer 2

endosymbionts, they live in the cells of the host (parasitic)
DISEASES: Chlamydia trachomatis/Chlamydia

Question 3

CYANOBACTERIA

BLUE - GREEN ALGAE

Answer 3

converts nitrogen into ammonia and heterocyst

Question 4

PROTEOBACTERIA

Answer 4

origin of mitochondria

DISEASES: E.coli, salmonella, vibrio

Question 5

EUKARYA

Answer 5

a true nucleus

Question 6

BACTERIA

Answer 6

peptiodoglycan in cell walls

Question 7

ARCHAEA

Answer 7

extremophiles

Question 8

AMOEBOZA

Answer 8

mostly unicellular, plasmodia slime molds form a large web (slime molds), uses pseudopodia

Question 9

OPISTHOKONTA

Answer 9

if flagellum is present it is single and posterior

Question 10

FUNGI

Answer 10

absorptive heterotrophy, chitin in cell walls, mycellium is made of hyphae

Question 11

BASIDIOMYCOTA

Answer 11

mushrooms, sac, club fungi

Question 12

ASCOMYCOTA

Answer 12

lichen made up of fungi and photosynthetic organism

Question 13

EXCAVATA

Answer 13

loss of mitochondria, unicellular

Question 14

RHIZARIA

Answer 14

calcium carbonate shells

Question 15

ALVEOLATA

Answer 15

alveoli (small sacs)

Question 16

CILIATES

Answer 16

cillia (little hairs)

Question 17

APICOMPLEXA

Answer 17

has plasodium vivax which causes malaria

Question 18

STRAMENOPILA

Answer 18

hairy flagellum

Question 19

DIATOMS

Answer 19

made of up silica, single celled, contain chlorophyll

Question 20

BROWN ALGAE

Answer 20

multicellular

like seaweed and kelp

Question 21

PLANTAE

Answer 21

**

Question 22

RED ALGAE

Answer 22

high levels of phycoerythin

Question 23

GREEN ALGAE

Answer 23

multicellular, chloroplasts containing chlorophyll a and b and beta - carotene

Question 24

LAND PLANTS

Answer 24

thick walled spore, complex gametangia, embryo retention, and alternantion of generations

Question 25

HEPATICOPHYTA

LIVERWORTS

Answer 25

cuticles, gemmae

Question 26

BRYOPHYTA

MOSSES

Answer 26

stomata - gas exchanges

Question 27

SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

includes FERNS, CLUB MOSSES, and HORSETIALS

Answer 27

vascular tissue, xylem (up), phloem (down + up)

Question 28

SEED VASCULAR PLANTS

includes GYMNOSPERMS and ANGIOSPERMS

Answer 28

seeds, pollen, heterospory

Question 29

ANGIOSPERMS

Answer 29

flowers, fruit and vessel elements

Question 30

Gymnosperms

pines, conifers, red wood trees and ginkgo

Answer 30

naked seeds

Question 31

Monocots

angiosperms

Answer 31

parallel veins in leaves and one cotyledon

Question 32

Dicots

angiosperms

Answer 32

branching veins in leaves and two cotyledons