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17 Cards in this Set
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Who is considered the Father of Modern Taxonomy? |
Carolus Linnaeus |
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What are the 3 modern domains used by scientists? |
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya |
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Organisms without cell nuclei are called |
prokaryotes |
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The fungi known to kill certain bacteria are |
penicillia |
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Plants that have a water and nutrient transport system are called |
vascular |
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Define taxonomy |
the system of classifying plants and animals according to similar characteristics |
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What system is used to name organisms? |
binomial nomenclature |
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What is are the 3 main groups within the protist kingdom? |
Animal-like protists Plantlike protists Fungus-like protists |
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What is an example of an animal-like protist? |
amoebas |
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What is an example of a plantlike protist? |
algae |
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What is an example of a Fungus-like protist? |
slime mold |
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to observe what? |
bacteria |
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What are the 2 differences between a monocot & a dicot? |
Monocots have 1 cotyledon & parallel veins. Dicots have 2 cotyledon & branching veins. |
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A sunflower turning toward the sun is an example of what tropism? |
phototropism |
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A thicker growth of roots near a water source is an example of what tropism? |
hydrotropism |
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Roots growing downward with gravity is an example of what tropism? |
gravitropism |
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A leaf closing when touched is an example of what tropism? |
thigmotropism |
