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Linnaeu's 2 word system
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binomial nomencalature
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taxononmy is
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scinece of nameing and classifying organisms
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all scientific names must have
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two latin words
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the basic biological unit
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kingdom
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an advantage of scienticic naming system
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common names mean same in all countries
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largest division
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domain
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protista is an example of
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kingdom
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similar genera are grouped into a
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order
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a species
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is narrowly defined group of organisms
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each level of classicication is based on
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all of the above
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a biological species
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is isolated reproductively
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dogs and wolves are members of
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all ofthe above
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similar featheures evolved through convergent evolution are called
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analgous characters
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evolutionary systematics emphasizes the importance of
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unique characteristics
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four of the kingdoms include eukaryotes and other two include
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prokaryotes
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evolutionary systematics emphasizes the importance of
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unique characteristics
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four fot eh kingdoms include eukaryotes and the toehr two include
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prokaryotes
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which of the following is NOT a characteristics used to differentiate kingdoms
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rootsystem
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the kingdoms eubacteria and archaebacuteria were once frouped in a kingdom called
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monera
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which of the folloing is NOT a characteristic used to classify bacteria
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color
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the major kinds of archaebacteria include
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methanogens
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non-morile unicellular parasites that form spores and are responsible for malaria are called
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sporozoans
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witch of the following are nOT protists
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fungi
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amoebas move using extensions of cytoplasm called
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psedopodia
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diatoms have doublle shells made of
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silica
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slime molds can be found
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all fo the above
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chitin is a tough material found in the cell walls of
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fungi
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all of the following are phyla of fungi except
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fungomycetes
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distinct croups of cells witha similar structure and function are called
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organ systems
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tissues organized into specialized structures with specific fun ctions are called
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organs
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the major gas that is released to the atmosphere by plants is
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oxygen
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the most common seedless vascular plants are
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ferns
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vascular plants that reproduce by making seeds, but that do NOT produce flowers are called
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gymnosperms
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angiosperms produce seeds in
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fruits
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most plants are
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vascular
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the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved nutrients is called
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vascular tissue
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we know viruses are NOT alive because
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all of the above
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the sudy of viruses is a part of biology because
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they are active inside living cells
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the tobacco mosiac virus
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is able to be crystallized
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viruses
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are cellular organisms
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a viral disease that causes paiunful swlling of a salivary gland is
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mumps
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viruses are
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parasitic
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a typical virus consists of
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a protein coar and a cytoplasm core
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biologists now know that viruses
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are the smallest organisms
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a membranous envelope surroiunding some viruses may be composed of
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all of the above
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the capsid of a virus is the
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protective outer coat
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all viruses have
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none of the above
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an animal virus enters its host cell be
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being injected into the cell
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the cycle of viral infection, replication, and cell destruction is called the
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lyctic cycel
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a pathogen is an agent that is
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harmful to living organisms
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HIV can be transmitted
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all of the above
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the chromosomes of bacteria
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contain a single circular picece of DNA
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One difference between the cells in a human body and bacterial cells is that bacteral cells have
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an outer cell wall made up of polysacharides and proteins
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structures found in eukaryotic cells but NOT in a bacterial cell are
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all of the above
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which of the following might be found in the vytoplasm of a bacterial cell
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mitochondria
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bacterial walls have
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botha cell membrane and an outer cell wall
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bacterial endospores
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allow certain species to survive harsh enviornmental conditions
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bacteria can be classified according to their
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all of the above
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nitrogen fixing bacteria
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converts ammonia in the sil into nitrogen
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cell organelles that escherichia coli and other bacteria have in common with eukaryotes are
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ribosomes
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bacterial cells such as ESCH COLI transfer pieces of genetic material in a process called
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conjugation
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ESCH coli is an example of a bacterium that has short thin hairlike prjections called
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pili
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bacteria that causes botulism may survive in canned food for a long time because
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the bacteria may form endospores
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alexander fleemming is creditd with the deiscovery of
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penicillin
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antibiotics
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all ov ehte above
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antiobiotics are ineffective against viral infections because
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antibiotics interfere with metabolic processes that viruses do not perform
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cholera is usually transmitted by
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contaminated water
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a bacterial disease carried from rodents to humbans by flea is
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bubonic plague
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a protist may be
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all of the baove
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the kingdom protista includes
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all of the above
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protists are found almost everywhere there is
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water
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eukaryotes that lack the freatures of animals, plants, or funi are placed in the kingdom
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protista
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yoan organism is uncicellular and has a cell wall which must it also have
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one of more flagella
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when chlamydomonas reproduces asexually it divides by mitoses producing
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zoospores
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zoospores are
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produced as a result of mitosis
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the haploid gamete-producing phase int the life cycle of some protists is known as the
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zygospore generation
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the marine green alga ULVA reproduces sexually by
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alternation of generations
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pseudopodia are used for
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movement by amoebas
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amoebas capture food by
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engulfing it
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when an individual diatom gets too small beacause of the repeated division it
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slips out of its shell, grows to a full size and regenerates a new shell
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algae are
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foundin both fresh and salt water
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kineto plastids
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all fo the above
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euglena is an example of a protist hat
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is both autotrophic and heterotrophic
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the process in which two paramecia come together afer meiosis to exzchange parts of their genetic material is called
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conjugations
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protists also affect humans through
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all of the above
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giardiasis is a disease that is spread t
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thourhg contaminated food and water
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african sleeping sickeness is spread by
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tsetse flies
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whihc of the following are human diseases casused by protists
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all fo the above
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the protozaoan that causes malaria reproduces int teh
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red blood cells of a human
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malaria is caused by several species of
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PLasmodium
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the stage in the lify cycele of plasmodium in which it lives in mosquitos and is ingected into humans is called the
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sporozoite
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the symptoms of malaria
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all of the above
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quinine
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is a cure for malria
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fungi obtain energy
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by absorbing organic molecules
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chitin is found in fungi and in
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the outer shellls of insects
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fungi
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all of the above
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the individual filaments that make up the body of a fungus are called
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hyphae
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fungi obtain food by
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digesting food externally before absorbing it
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fungi digest food
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outside their bodies
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fungi are improtant to an ecosystem as
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decomposers
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most funal spores are formed by
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the fusing of hyphae
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an economicallt important use fo fungi is
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all of the above
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mushrooms puffballs and shelf fungi are examples of
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club fungi
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mushrooms and toadstools are members orf the phylum
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basidiomycora
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an example of a fungus is
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all of the above
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bacterial cells such as ESCH COLI transfer pieces of genetic material in a process called
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conjugation
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ESCH coli is an example of a bacterium that has short thin hairlike prjections called
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pili
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bacteria that causes botulism may survive in canned food for a long time because
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the bacteria may form endospores
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alexander fleemming is creditd with the deiscovery of
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penicillin
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antibiotics
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all ov ehte above
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antiobiotics are ineffective against viral infections because
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antibiotics interfere with metabolic processes that viruses do not perform
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cholera is usually transmitted by
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contaminated water
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a bacterial disease carried from rodents to humbans by flea is
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bubonic plague
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a protist may be
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all of the baove
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the kingdom protista includes
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all of the above
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protists are found almost everywhere there is
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water
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eukaryotes that lack the freatures of animals, plants, or funi are placed in the kingdom
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protista
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yoan organism is uncicellular and has a cell wall which must it also have
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one of more flagella
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when chlamydomonas reproduces asexually it divides by mitoses producing
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zoospores
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zoospores are
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produced as a result of mitosis
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the haploid game producitn phase int he life cycle of some protists in kinosn as the
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sygospore gerneration
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the marine green alga ulva repofurdud eces sexually by
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alternations of generatoins
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pseudopodia are used for
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movembet by amoebas
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amoebas capture ofod by
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engulfing it
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when an individual diatom gets too small because of rep. divion it
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slips out of its shell grous to full size and regernatrates and a new shells
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algae are
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found in bothe fresh and salt water
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kinetoplasitds
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all of the above
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euglena is an example of a protsit
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that is both autoptrophis and heterotruphic
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the process in which two paramecia come together oafter meosis to exchange parts of their genetic material is called
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conjugations
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in addition to causing disease protists allso affects humans through
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all of the above
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giardiasis is a diosease that is spread
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thru contaminated food and water
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african sleeping disease is spread by
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tsetse flies
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which of the following are human disdaeses caused by protists
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all of the bovw
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the protozaon that causes malaria reproduces in the
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re blood cells of a human
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malaria is caused by several species of
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plasmodium
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the stage in the life cycele of plasmodium in which it lives in mosguitoes and is injected into humans is the
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sporoziote
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the symptoms of malaria
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all of the above
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quinine
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cure for amlaria
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fungi obrain enervy
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by absorbning organic moecules
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chitin is found in fungi and in
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the oter shells of insectes
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fungi
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all of the above
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the ind. filaments that make up the body of a fungus are called
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hyphae
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fungi obtain food by
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digesting food externally befrore absobing it
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fungi digest food
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outside their bodies
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fungi are improtant to an ecosystem as
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decomposers
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most fungal spores are formed by
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the fustinf of hyphae
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an economically important use of fungi is
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all of the above
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shrooms puffballs and shel ffungi are
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club fungi
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mushrooms and toadstools are members of
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basidiomycota
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an example of a fungus is
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all aTO
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all of the following ar true of ascomycetes except
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no sexual stage has been seen
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the group of fung that includes the molds hta often grow on bread is the
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zygomycetes
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zygospores allow molds to
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remain dormant until conditions are favorable
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in a symbiotic assoc. a fungus provides mineral nutrients to a
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photosynthetic partner
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mycorrrhizae
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aid in the transfer of minerals from the sil to a plant
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som mycorrhizae do NOT penetrate the host plant but rther wrap around the
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roots
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a LICHEN
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consists of a fungus and an alga in a symbiotic relationship
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the challenges that faced early alnd plants included
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AOTA
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the ancestors of today's land plnats were prally
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lichens
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the cuticle
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helps reduce the evaporation fo fluids from a plant
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the diploid from in a plant's life cycle is called the
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sporophyte
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the haploid stage following a dipoid stage in a plant's life cycle is called
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alternation of gen.
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the seed coat
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protects the seed from drying out
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a flower is a
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reproductv struct.
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the dominant generation in cascular plants is the
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sporophyte
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the xylem in a plant
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transports water and minerals
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what function do fruits produced by angiosperms perform
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allOTA
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monocots have
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leaves with parallel vains
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flowering plants are calssified as monocots or dicots according to the number of their
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leaves
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the primary purpose of the fruits is
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seed dispersal
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mosses hornworts and liverworts all possess
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spore capsules
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fiddleheads are produced by
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ferns
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which of the following is NOT a nonvascular plant
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fern
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clifornia rewoods are some fo tee tallest members of the phylum
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coniferophyla
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approx. 90 percent of all living plants are
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gymnosperms
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all of the foll. are derived from angiosperms and used by humansEXCEPT
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baker;s yeast
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soybeans are a globally important crop because 45 percent of this legum is
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protein
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all living things are grouped into one of the tree
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DOMAINS
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homo habilis homo erectus and hom sapies
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GENUS
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a model dev. by tax.
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cladogram
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protecvtice cover. that some bacteria may from under harsh cond.
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endospores
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some protists undergo sex onlay times of envir.
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stress
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some protists have ________ that contain light sesntive pvigments
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eyespots
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disease causing protsits transmited by
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water
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true roots stems leaves are
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vascular
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many fruts are spread by __attracted to swwet fruirs
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animals
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sseed plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container are called
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gymnosperms
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protecvtice cover. that some bacteria may from under harsh cond.
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endospores
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some protists undergo sex onlay times of envir.
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stress
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some protists have ________ that contain light sesntive pvigments
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eyespots
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disease causing protsits transmited by
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water
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true roots stems leaves are
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vascular
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many fruts are spread by __attracted to swwet fruirs
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animals
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sseed plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container are called
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gymnosperms
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protecvtice cover. that some bacteria may from under harsh cond.
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endospores
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some protists undergo sex onlay times of envir.
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stress
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some protists have ________ that contain light sesntive pvigments
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eyespots
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disease causing protsits transmited by
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water
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true roots stems leaves are
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vascular
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many fruts are spread by __attracted to swwet fruirs
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animals
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sseed plants whose seeds do not develop within a sealed container are called
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gymnosperms
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