What is out there

Question 1

Among the proteobacteria are these bacteria are interesting gliding bacteria that produce “fruiting bodies” under conditions of starvation. They also glide along surfaces due to a polysaccharide slime

Answer 1

Myxobacteria

Question 2

Type of bacteria among the ancestors of the mitochondria, Rhizobium in plant roots, and rickettsias pathogens in cells of animals

Answer 2

Proteobacteria

Question 3

These are among the most distinctive bacteria
they move by a spiraling corkscrew motion.
They can be free living or parasitic.
Syphilis and Lyme’s disease are caused by them

Answer 3

Spirochetes

Question 4

Although we know very little about them, the these are some of the most abundant, and important, organisms on the planet.
The group is very ancient-some bear a striking resemblance to fossils dated at more than two billion years old and many exploit ecological niches that were probably more important billions of years ago. Though the majority live in ordinary habitats, the group includes many extremophiles.

Answer 4

Archea

Question 5

The ancestor of this cell type was probably an amalgam of prokaryote species, and possibly a viral component as well.

Answer 5

Eukaryote

Question 6

There are about how many eukaryote kingdoms that include groups formerly classified as protists, like diplomonads and parabasalids

Answer 6

Eukaryotes

Question 7

eukaryotes that are unicellular for most of their life cycle.

Answer 7

Protists

Question 8

Several groups have independently acquired photosynthesis, and become “algae”, others have evolved multicellularity into animals, fungi, and slime molds.

Answer 8

Protists

Question 9

These are a kingdom of organisms that includes decomposers, parasites, and mutualisms.

Answer 9

Fungi

Question 10

Four major groups of fungi

Answer 10

Chrytridomycots
Zygomycots
Ascomycots
Basidiomycots

Question 11

This group includes the green plants and the basal “bush” from which they originated. They have chlorophyls a and b, as well as certain other distinguishing characteristics.
Green Algae-Chlorophytes
Charophytes
Plants

Answer 11

Viridiplantae

Question 12

These include several groups of multicellular, terrestrial photosynthesizers, including
Bryophytes-mosses, etc.
Pteridophytes-ferns.
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms-flowering plants

Answer 12

True Plants

Question 13

How many present day animal phyla are there?

Answer 13

About 30

Question 14

Concept that encompasses the genetic diversity within populations, the number of species or lineages, and communities and ecosystems

Answer 14

Biodiversity

Question 15

Number of species in a given habitat

Answer 15

Alpha diversity

Question 16

Accounts for the diversity of habitats and the change in species from one habitat to the next

Answer 16

Beta Diversity

Question 17

Considers the total number of species

Answer 17

Gamma diversity

Question 18

How does pollination demonstrate that ecology and evolution are closely aligned

Answer 18

Pollination syndromes that many taxa match

They evolve in disparate types of plants, and pollinators exploit these syndromes

Question 19

A flower evolving longer corolla to ensure pollination and the subsequent evolution of longer hawkmoth tongues is an example of

Answer 19

Coevolution

Question 20

The competition of among plants for pollinators, and therefore specialization to match those pollinators represents what in terms of ecology and evolution?

Answer 20

Ecology

Question 21

Peponapis pruinosa (squash bees) and it’s flower are an example of the ecological aspects of evolution

Answer 21

Woo!

Question 22

open flowers, easy to reach pollen, accessible nectaries. Large amounts of pollen because most of the visitors are after pollen. Usually early spring.

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Flies and generalists

Question 23

moderately long corollas, flowers are white, blue, yellow, infrared, small amounts of sucrose-concentrated nectar, sometimes a “landing pad” for bees, and sometimes petals that must be pushed apart for the bee to reach the nectar. Scented flowers, open in daytime. Sticky pollen that bees can easily collect and transport, nectar guides.

Answer 23

Long tongued Bees

Question 24

white, yellow, infrared flowers, short corollas with easily available pollen, no special tricks with petals, but usually asymmetric. Scented flowers open in daytime. Sticky pollen. Sucrose-dominated nectar in variable amounts.

Answer 24

Short Tongued Bees

Question 25

as with long-tongued bee flowers, but bee must hang upside and buzz to release pollen.

Answer 25

Bumblebees

Question 26

very long corollas that effectively force the moth to push its face into the stamens in order to reach reward (moths are not after pollen, so they must be tricked into transporting it), white flowers that are heavily scented and open at night, small amounts of concentrated nectar

Answer 26

Hawkmoths

Question 27

Same as hawkmoths, but flowers run more to the pink or lavender and have a landing platform

Answer 27

Butterflies

Question 28

red flowers (only vertebrates see that color well) with very long corollas and large amounts of dilute nectar, flowers open in daytime, and bird is forced to push face into stamens in order to feed. No scent

Answer 28

Hummingbirds

Question 29

large amounts of dusty pollen that will stick to mammal hairs, very big flowers that bats can reach into with their faces, open at night,

Answer 29

Bats

Question 30

flowers smell like carrion and offer large amounts of pollen

Answer 30

Beetles