Variety of Life & Classification Flashcards
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Invertebrate definition
A
No backbone
2
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Vertebrate definition
A
Have backbone
3
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Annelids
A
- Body in ringed segments
e. g. Earthworm
4
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Arthropod
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- Hard exoskeleton
- Jointed legs
- A part of the arthropod group
5
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Insects
A
- 6 legs
- Body in sections ( head, thorax, abdomen)
- pair of antennae
- May have wings
e. g. Ants, beetles, butterflies
6
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Crustacean
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- Around 10 legs
e. g. Crab, lobster
7
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Arachnids
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- 8 legs
e. g. Spiders, scorpion
8
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Myriapod
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- Many legs
e. g. Centipede, millipede
9
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Mollusc
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- With or without shell
- Soft body
e. g. slugs, snails, octopi
10
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Reptile
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- Dry scales
e. g. Snake
11
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Amphibian
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- Smooth, moist skin
e. g. Frog, salamander
12
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Mammal
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- Hair
e. g. Dolphin, Human
13
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Birds
A
- feathers
e. g. magpie
14
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Fish
A
- Wet, loose scales
15
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Plants
- How many cells are there?
- Cell wall?
- Nutrition?
- Movement?
- Nervous system?
A
- Multicellular
- Cellulose cell wall
- Gain nutrition by photosynthesis (make own food from carbon dioxide + water, using chlorophyll to harness light)
- Cannot move from place to place
- No nervous system
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Animals
- How many cells?
- Cell wall?
- Nutrition?
- Nervous System?
- Movement
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- Multicellular
- No cell wall
- Gain nutrition by eating and digesting food
- Have a nervous system
- Move from place to place to find a mate, food, shelter, or to escape danger
17
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Fungi
- How many cells?
- Cell wall?
- Nutrition?
- Body organisation?
- True or false: Fungi secrete digestive cellulites on to food and absorb soluble products
- How does bread rise?
A
- Multicellular
- Chitin cell wall
- Extracellular division
- Organised into a mycelium made of thread-like structures called hyphae
- False. They secrete extracellular enzymes
- Due to carbon dioxide gas given off by yeast as it respires sugar.
18
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Bacteria
- Cells?
- Cell wall?
- DNA?
- What diseases can bacteria cause?
- What food can bacteria make?
A
- Microscopic single celled organisms
- Murein cell wall
- Circular chromosome of DNA
- Tuberculosis and food poisoning
- Yoghurt and cheese
19
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Protoctists
- Cells?
- Features?
- True or false? Some have chloroplasts and are more like plants. If true, give an example
- Give an example of a pathogen and give the name of the parasite
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- Microscopic single celled
- some have features like an animal e.g. amoeba
- True, for example, amoeba
- Malaria, it’s parasite is plasmodium
20
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Virus
- Size?
- True or false? Parasitic
- Reproduction?
- Cellular structure
- Give examples
A
- Smaller than bacteria
- True
- Reproduce inside living cells
- No cellular structure just genetic materical wrapped in a protein coat
- Influenza, Coronavirus
