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30 Cards in this Set
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what are phytoplankton
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free floating organisms found in plankton
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what is the main characteristic with phytoplankton
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photosynthetic.
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what forms the base of the aquatic food chain
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phytoplankton
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what grazes on phytoplankton
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zooplankton
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what is phytoplankton made up of
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unicellular algae and small organisms
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what are alagae
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photsynthetic eukaryotes
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why are algae different than land plants
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lack organized vascular system
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what is unique about algaes reproductive structures
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simple
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algae are aquatic or landish
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aquatic
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algae may be what 2 things as far as visual
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microscopic or macroscopic
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how do algae affect humans
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not directly; produce toxins that may go on other animals that humans eat
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what does the pigment algae do
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absorbs radiant energy
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what is the algae pigment used for
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the energy from radiant is used for photosynthesis
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what does algae convert co2 and h2o into
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convert co2 and h2o to organic material and oxygen
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how are algae classified
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diverse group of protists
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what is algaes cellular structure structure
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unicellular or multicellular
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what does the algae pigment contain
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chlorophyll a
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what is the algae cell wall composed of
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cellulose
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what does the cell wall of algae in red algae contain
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agar
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what are aflatoxins
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toxin
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what produces aflatoxins
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aspergillus (fungi
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aflatoxin is considered what
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carcinogenic
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salvarsan is also known as what
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arsphenamine
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who discovered salvarsan
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Paul Ehrlich
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salvarsan is potentially what
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it is arsenic and kills the microbe but also the patient
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what was the great thing about salvarsan discovery
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they found out that a drugs could kill microbes and worked on it not killing humans
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the development of salvarsan was what in history
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first documented example of a chemical used for antimicrobial medication.
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salvarsan is an example of what
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chemotherapeutic agent
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what is a chemotherapeutic agent
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chemical used to treat diseas
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another name for chemotherapeutic agents
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antimicrobial drug
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