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Test 9/12/16 Flashcards

1
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Describe Eubacteria

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  • Prokaryote
  • Unicellular
  • Photosynthetic
  • Chemosynthetic
  • Absorbs food
  • Has cell wall w/ peptidoglycan
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Describe Archaebacteria

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  • Prokaryotic
  • Unicellular
  • Photosynthetic
  • Can withstand harsh conditions
  • Absorbs food
  • Has cell well w/ peptidoglycan
  • Consists of ancient bacteria
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Describe kingdom protista

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  • Eukaryote
  • Unicellular and multicellular
  • COntains animal-like, plant like, and fungus like categories
  • Photosynthetic
  • Absorbs food
  • Cell wall w/cellulose
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Describe kingdom fungi

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  • Eukaryote
  • Unicellular and multicellular
  • Photosynthetic
  • Heterotrophic by absorption
  • Cell wall w/chitin
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5
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Describe kingdom plantae

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  • Eukaryotic
  • Multicellular
  • Photosynthetic
  • Cell wall w/cellulose
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6
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Describe Kingdom Animalia

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  • Eukaryote
  • Multicellular
  • Heterotrophic by consumption
  • No cell wall.
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7
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What does “archae” mean?

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Ancient

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Where do archaebacteria live?

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Harsh environments, recently found to be in milder environments also

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9
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Do archaebacteria have peptidoglycan?

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NO

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10
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What are the three categories of archaebacteria?

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Methanogens, Extreme Halophiles, Thermoacidophiles

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Describe Methanogens

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  • convert H2 and CO2 to methane
  • Live in anaerobic conditions
  • They are found in bottoms of swamps, sewers, and intestinal tracts of humans (about 50%) and other animals such as cows.
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12
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Describe Extreme Halophiles

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  • Salt loving
  • generate ATP from salt
  • Found in Great Salt Lake and Dead Sea
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Describe Thermoacidophiles

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  • Live in areas of extreme acid content and high temps

- Found in hot springs, volcanic vents, and cracks in the ocean floor

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14
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What are the 2 bacterial kingdoms?

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Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

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15
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What does “Eu” mean

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True

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16
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What is eubacteria cell wall made of?

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Peptidoglycan

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17
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What is peptidoglycan

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A sugar/protein molecule

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18
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Where can eubacteria be found?

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in, ON and around us

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19
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What are the 6 bacterial shapes?

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  • Rod shaped
  • Spherical shaped
  • Spiral shaped
  • Dip
  • Strep
  • Staph
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20
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What is “rod shaped” called

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Bacilli

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21
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What is “spherical shaped” called

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Cocci

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22
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What is “spiral shaped” called

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Spirilla

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23
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What does “Dip” mean?

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2

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24
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What does “strep” mean?

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Chain

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25
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What does “staph” mean?

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CLuster

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26
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What are the 2 types of gram stains?

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Gram positive and gram negative

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27
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What does it mean to be “gram positive”?

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Stain purple

-Have simpler cell walls, large amounts of peptidoglycan

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28
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What does it mean to be “gram negative?”

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  • Stain red or pink
  • Have less peptidoglycan therefore have a more complex cell wall
  • Tend to be more deadly
  • Resistant to many antibiotics
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29
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How do bacteria reproduce?

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Binary Fission

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30
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What is binary fission?

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asexual reproduction that produces identical offspring

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31
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Define autotrohphs

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obtain energy from sunlight of minerals (make own food)

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32
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Define Photoautotrophs

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Obtain energy from sunlight

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33
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Define chemoautotrphs

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Obtain enerhgy from minerals

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34
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Define heterotrophs

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Obtain energy from organic matter

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35
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What are saprophytes?

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They feed on dead and decaying material

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36
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Obligate aerobes

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Must have oxygen

37
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Obligate anaerobes

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cannot live in the presence of oxygen, it will kill them.

38
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Faculative anaaerobe

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can live with or without oxygen

39
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Tell about non vascular plants

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  • Do not have:
  • -Specialized transport tissue
  • –Roots, stems, or leaves
40
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What is an example of a non vascular plant?

41
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Tell about vascular plants

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  • Have:
  • -true vascular tissue that allows rapid movement of water and substances
  • –true roots, stems and leaves
42
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What are the 2 types of vessels in plants?

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Xylem and Phloem

43
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What does the Xylem do?

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Transport water

44
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What does the Phloem do

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Transports nutrients and sugars

45
Q

What are 2 types of seed bearing vascular plants

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Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

46
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Gymnosperms vs. Angiosperms

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Gymno- produce seeds in cones, not enclosed in fruit

Angio-produce a flower and their seeds within a fruit

47
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Which plants are the majority of all on the earth?

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Angiosperms

48
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What doe roots do?

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Anchor, Absorb, and store

49
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What do stems do?

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Support and transport

50
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What do leaves do?

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Photosynthesis

51
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Pistil

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All femail parts, consists of the Stigma, style and ovary

52
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Stigma

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Top parts of the female parts; traps pollen

53
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Style

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Tube below the stigma through which the pollen passes to get to the ovary

54
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Ovary

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COntains the egg cells

55
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Stamen

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Male part of the plant, consists of anther and filament

56
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Anther

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Top of male part of the plant that makes and holds the pollen

57
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Filament

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The stalk of the stamen

58
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Petal

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Inside, usually brightly colored, surrounds reproductive parts, purpose is to attract insects and birds that aid in fertilization

59
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Sepal

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outside, usually green, small, protects petals

60
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What 3 grousp are protists split into?

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  • Animal like
  • Plant like
  • fungi like
61
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Animal like protists aka….

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Protozoans

62
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Examples of animal like protists

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Amoeba, paramecium

63
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Plant like protists aka….

64
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Examples of plant like protists

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Giant kelp, green algae

65
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Example of fungus like protists

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Slime mold, water mold

66
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How do fungi get their nutrition?

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they feed on dead organisms (saprophytic) or absorb nutrients from living losts, causing harm(parasitic)

67
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Examples of fungi

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Codyceps, infecting insects

68
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HOw do fungi reproduce?

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  • Budding
  • Fragmentations
  • Spore productions
69
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Budding

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Unicellular yeast bud off new cells

70
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Fragmentation

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A fungus is physically broken apart and regenerates

71
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SPore production

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many reproductive cells are formed and released

72
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Examples of fungi

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Mushrooms, mold, yeast

73
Q

What classes are in phylum arthropoda

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Crustacea

  • Arachnida
  • Insecta
  • Diplopoda
74
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Examples of organisms in class crustacea

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Crab, lobster, shrimp

75
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Examples of organisms in class arachnida

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Scorpion, Tick, Spider

76
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Examples of organisms in class insecta

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Butterfly, beetle, honey bee

77
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Examples of organisms in class diplopoda

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Millipedes

78
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Examples of orgainsms in class chilopoda

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Centipedes

79
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What are all the classes of phylum chordata?

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Chondrichthyes

  • osteichtytes
  • Amphibia
  • Reptilia
  • Aves
  • Mammalia
80
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What are ectotherms?

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Cold blooded

81
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What are endotherms?

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Warm blooded

82
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Examples of organisms in class chondrichthyes

83
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Examples of organisms in class osteichthyes

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Seahorse, harring/trout

84
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Examples of organisms in class amphibia

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Salamander, frog, toad

85
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Examples of organisms in class reptilia

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Crocodile, turtle, snake, lizard

86
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Examples of organisms in class aves

87
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Examples of organisms in class mammalia

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Dolphins, humans

88
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Which classes of Phylum chordata are ectotherms

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Chondrichthyes

  • Amphibia
  • Reptilia
89
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Which classes of phylum chordata are endotherms

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Aves, mammalia

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