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1
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Prokaryotic cells lack a…

A

Nuclues and Membrane Bound Organelles

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2
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Most bacteria cells exhibit one of three basic shapes…

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shperes, rods & spirals

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3
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Bacilii means…

A

Rod

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4
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Cocci means…

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Spherical

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5
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Spirillum means…

A

Curved

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6
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Bacteria reproduce _____________ by _______________ but most occasionally exchange some genetic material.

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asexually; binay fission

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7
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Archaea live in…

A

extreme conditions

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8
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Archaea are not associated with…

A

Human disease

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9
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Protista are from what domain?

A

Eukarya

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10
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Name for Fungus like protista

A

Slime molds and Water molds

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11
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Name for animal like protista

A

Protozoa

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12
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Name for plant like protista

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Algae

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13
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Slime molds gather their food by…

A

decomposing their food

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14
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Protozoa are broken down into four main groups–

Identify these four groups and give the main characteristic.

A

Flagellates - move using a flagella

Ciliates - Move using cilia

Amoeboids - Move using pseudopodia

Sporozoans - Rely on their host to move

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15
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All algae have this in common?

Algae are grouped by this feature?

A

Photosynthis Mechanics

Color

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16
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Algae lacks…

A

True stems, leaves and roots.

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17
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The four main algae groups are…

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Green, Red, Brown, and Golden Algae

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18
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This algae is also known as diatoms

A

golden algae

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19
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Fungi are more closely related to…

A

Animals

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20
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Fungi are…

A. heterotrophic

B. autotrophic

C. Monotrophic

D. Homotrophic

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A. Heterotrophic

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21
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Fungi store their energy as…

Animalia store their energy as…

A

Glycogen

Glycogen

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22
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Single celled fungi are called…

Fillamentous fungi are called…

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Yeast

Molds

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23
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Aquatic fungi that produce flagellated gammetes….

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Chytrid Fungi

Phylum Chytridomychota

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24
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Produces zygospores as their sexual reproductive spores

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Zygote fungi

Phylum Zygomychota

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25
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Produce ascospores within a special structure termed an ascus

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sac fungi

phylum ascomychota

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26
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Produce basidiospores in a basidium

A

Club Fungi

Phylum Basidiomychota

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27
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Yeast reproduced by…

A

budding

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28
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A fungus living in close association with an algae is called a…

Three examples are…

A

Lichens

Crustose, fruticose, foliose

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29
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The two organisms in lichens are in a…relationship that is…

A

symbitoic; mutualistic

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30
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Particles consisting of a nucleic acid in a protein coat

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viruses

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31
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Circular molecule of RNA that effects plants

A

viroid

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32
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Missfolded proteins that infect cells

A

preons

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33
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Plants alternate generations. The diploid stage is called… and the haploid stage is called…

A

sporophyte;gametophyte

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34
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What are the four divisions of plants

A

mosses

ferns

conifers

flowering

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35
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What is the scientific name and description of mosses

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Briophytes - seedless and avascular

36
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What is the scientific name and description of ferns

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Pteridophytes - seedless and vascular

37
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What is the scientific name and description of conifers

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Gymnosperms - naked seeds, vascular

38
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What is the scientific name and description of flowering plants

A

Angioserms - enclosed seeds

39
Q

Bryophytes require… for fertilization

A

water

40
Q

Bryophytes get their water thorugh…

A

diffusion

41
Q

The study of how organisms interact with their environment

A

ecology

42
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A network of organisms and their physical environment

A

ecosystem

43
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Group of interbreeding organisms within a specific location

A

populations

44
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A collectionof populations in a specific locatioin

A

communities

45
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Non living material

A

abiotic components

46
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Organisms that live very close together

A

symbiosis

47
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Both symbiots benefit

A

mutualism

48
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One symbiot benefits and the other is unaffected

A

comensalism

49
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One symbiot benefits at the expense of another

A

parasitism

50
Q

Use carbon dioxide as a carbon source

A

autotrophs

plants and algae

51
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Use organic molecules from other organisms as a carbon source

A

heterotrophs

herbivors, omnivors, carnivors, and decomposers

52
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The food chain is divided into groups that feed in a similar manner called…

A

trophic levels.

53
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The trophic levels are…

A

producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers

54
Q

In actuality the food chain is more of a

A

food web

55
Q

Energy Pyramid – approximately… of potential energy is transfered to the next trophic level

A

10%

56
Q

The four facors that affect population size are…

A

Birth, Death, Immigration, Emigration

57
Q

The maximum number of offspring an animalcapable of producing is…

A

biotic potential

58
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All individuals within a population are producing within their biotic potential

A

Intrinsic rate of increase.

59
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Factors that prevent a population from gorwing at its intrinsic rate of increase are…

A

enviromental resistance factors including: carrying capacity, density independant factors, density dependant factors.

60
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The unique way in which an organism interacts withits environment…

A

niche

61
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A biogeochamical… is normally unavailable

A

reservoir

62
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A biogeochemical…is the source for organisms

A

exchange pool

63
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The three stages of the water cycle are…

A

evaporation, condensation, precipitation

64
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The two stages of the phosphorous cycle are…

A

upheavel and weathering

65
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The three stages to the nitrogen cycle are…

A

nitorgen fixation, nitrification, and denitrification

66
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the two stages of the carbon cycle are…

A

photosynthesis and respiration

67
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Factors that effect ecosystem are…

A

solar radiation, topogrophy

68
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Terestrial ecosystems are called…

A

biomes

69
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The eight biomes on earth are…

A

tropical forrest

savannah

desert

chaperel

temperate grassland

temperate deciduos forrest

coniferous forrest

tundra

70
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Describe Tundra

A

Areas of extream cold and little precipitation. Treeless due to permafrost.

71
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Describe coniferous forrest.

A

Areas with long cold winters.

Most precipitation is snow.

Poor nutrient content soil.

72
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Describe temperate forrest.

A

Areas with four distinct seasons.

Deciduous trees.

Rich soil

73
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Describe tropical forests.

A

Found close to the equater.

Tremendous biodiversity.

Poor soil.

74
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Describe Savannahs.

A

Areas of warm climate with a long dry season.

Lots of grasses, few trees.

75
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Describe temperate grasslands.

A

Areas with wide range of temperatures.

Extreamly fertile.

76
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Describe chaperal.

A

Areas with mild rainy winters and long hot, dry summers.

Waxy leaf addaptations for retaining moisture.

77
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Describe deserts.

A

Areas that are dry and may be very hot or very cold.

Fertile soil if water is available.

78
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Aquatic ecosystems include…

A

freshwater, saltwater, and esutaries.

79
Q

Estuaries are

A

where fresh water and salt water meet.

80
Q

All lakes and ponds can be divided into three zones, list and describe these zones.

A

Littoral zone- close to water surface and to shore

limnetic zone- close to water surface, but far from shore

profundal zone- deep water habitats in pond and lakes

81
Q

Biotic organisms in estuaries have

A

adaptations that allow them to deal with changing alinity conditions.

82
Q

Ocean habitats are divided by either…or…

A

depth of water; proximity to shore

83
Q

Intertidal Zone is the

A

closest marine zone to shore

sometimes underwater, sometime above water

84
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Neritic Zone is the

A

underwater marine zone habitat near to the coast

85
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Oceanic Zone is the

A

marine habitat that is the farther out deep zone

86
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The colonization of bare land devoid of soil

A

primary succesion

87
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The colonization of land with soil intact

A

secondary succession.

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