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What is a dichotomous key? |
A device for easily identifying an unknown organism by a sequence of choices between two statements. |
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Where are Keys usually found? |
In a manual |
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What is a manual? |
A book that provides keys and descriptions to Aid in the identification of an organism within a specific group |
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What are primary characters? |
Usually of a sexual nature |
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What are morphological characters? |
Physical characteristics |
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What are secondary and lesser important characteristics? |
Superficial markings |
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Keys are composed of couplets, what are couplets? |
Two 'lines' that ask the user to decide between the presence or absence, or between opposing characters |
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What does binomial mean? |
Having two names |
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What is Taxonomy? |
Branch of biology concerned with identifying, describing, and naming organisms |
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What is the Taxonomic acronym? |
DKPCOFGS |
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What does the D in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Domain |
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What does the K in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Kingdom |
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What does the P in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Phylum |
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What does the C in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Class |
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What does the O in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Order |
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What does the F in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Family |
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What does the G in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Genus |
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What does the S in the Taxonomic acronym DKPCOFGS represent? |
Species |
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How do you Write or Type an organisms scientific name? |
Underline or italicize both genus and species. Use an uppercase letter on the Genus lowercase letter on the species |
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What is a prokaryote? |
small, simple cells that have no membrane bound organells, no nucleus, nuclear loop area DNA |
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What is a Eukaryote? |
Large, more complex Cells that have membrane bound organelles |
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What are the general characteristics of bacteria? |
Unicellular, reduce a sexually by binary fission, and tend to be heterotrophic (though some are autotrophic) |
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What are some general characteristics of Blue-green algae? |
Are photosynthetic, unicellular or colonial have chlorophyll but no plastides, reproduce by fission, and are autotrophic. |
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What does the term heterotrophic mean? |
Must obtain energy from carbohydrates, fats, and amino acids from their environment |
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What does the term Autotrophic mean? |
To produced its own food, this group includs Both chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic groups. |
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What does the term Halophilic mean? |
Organisms that survive and/or thrive in very salty environments. |
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What does the term Thermophilic mean? |
Organisms that survive and/or thrive in extreme heat. |
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What does the term Methanogenic mean? |
Organisms that produce methane gas. |
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What does the term aerobic mean? |
Growing vigorously in the presence of oxygen |
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What does the term anaerobic mean? |
Adopted for environments absent of oxygen |
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What does the term bacilli mean? |
Rod shaped bacteria linked end to end |
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What does the term Coccus mean? |
Spherical shape bacteria |
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What does the term Spirillum mean? |
Spiral shaped bacteria |
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What are protists? |
Are eukaryotic organisms that can be parasitic Heterotrophic, photoautotrophs, with a few that are both heterotrophic and autotrophic. |
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What does conjugation look like? |
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What does fission look like? |
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What does a congregation tube look like? |
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What does a flagella look like? |
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What does a Girdle look like? |
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What does chloroplasts looks like? |
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What are flagella used for? |
Locomotion |
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What are some general characteristics of fungi? |
fungi are heterotrophic and obtain their food off nonliving organic matter comma or they may be parasitic, do not ingest their food but absorb it, secrete enzymes that break down their food outside their bodies, cells made out of chitin that lack chlorophyll, and most reproduce by spores |
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What are the different types of phyla in fungi? |
Chytridiomycota, Glomeromycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota |
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What does Archegonia look like on a fern gametophyte? |
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What does a Prothallus look like as a fern gametophyte? |
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What do Rhizoids look like on a fern gametophyte? |
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What does Antheridia look like on a fern gametophyte? |
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What is the technical term for a female parts on Moss |
Archegonium and Archegonia |
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What is the technical term for a female parts on Moss |
Archegonium and Archegonia |
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What is the technical term for male Parts on Moss? |
Antheridia |
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What is a male gametophyte look like? |
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What does Antheridia, A.K.A sperm, look like on a male gametophyte? |
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What does a female gametophyte look like? |
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What does Archegonium on a female gametophyte look like? |
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What does the egg on a female gametophyte look like? |
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What is the term for the cap on the sporophyte capsule? |
Operculum |
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What does the Operculum on a sporophyte capsule look like? |
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What does a bryophytes sporophyte look like? |
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What does a bryophytes Seta look like? |
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What does a bryophytes Capsule look like? |
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What do bryophytes show up as? |
Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts |
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What do bryophytes spores look like? |
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What are bryophytes? |
Gametophyte haploid, dominant, photosynthetic, sporophyte diploid, lack vascular tissue, and need water to reproduce |
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Which process produces spores in the bryophyte: mitosis or meiosis? |
Both; Bryophyte to gametophyte by way of mitosis and then zygote develops into sporophyte by meiosis |
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In bryophytes, which process produces the gametes; mitosis or meiosis? |
Mitosis |
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Which process produces gametes in humans mitosis or meiosis? |
Meiosis |
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In bryophytes, which phase of the alteration of generation is predominant? |
Gametophytes are dominant |
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What do the Moss' sperm need for transportation? |
Needs water for transportation |
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What attaches the Moss to a rock wall? |
Rhizoids to wall |
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Why are mosses so small? |
No vascular tissue |
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What is significant of the Chytrids fungal phyla? |
In water, some pathogenic, frog population decline |
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What is significant about Zygomycetes fungal phylum? |
In soil, soft fruit rot, black bread mold |
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What is significant about Glomeromycetes fungal phylum? |
Near roots of plants, mycorrhiza = mutually beneficial relationship with plants |
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What is significant of the basidiomycetes fungal phylum? |
Club fungi, mostly sexual reproduce, mushrooms, puffballs, shell fungi, stinkhorns, hyphae grow out from Spore Underground resulting in fairy rings |
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What is significant about Ascomycetes fungi phylum? |
Sac fungi, Morels, penicillium, yeast, colorful molds, cup fungi |
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Which zygote fungi species is responsible for black mold? |
Zygomycota |
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Many Sac fungi are what? |
Pathogenic |
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What does the pileus look like? |
Cap |
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What do mushroom gills look like? |
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What does the Stipe look like? |
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What are the 3 different types of lichen? |
Crustose, foliose, fruticose |
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What are the different types of fruticose lichen? |
Cladonia, Usnea, Pendent Alectoria |
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What are the two different kinds of foliose lichen? |
Parmelia and Labaria |
