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162 Cards in this Set
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Malaria Parasite
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Plasmodium species
Disease - malaria Acquired through: mosquito bites. intermediate host - mosquito |
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Tapeworms
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Taenia sagnata
Disease - tapeworms Acquired - undercooked meat Intermediate host - cows, pigs, fish. |
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Liver fluke
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Clonorchis sinesis
Disease - liver disease Acquired - undercooked meat Intermediate host - snails, fish |
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Blood fluke
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Schistosoma mansoni
Disease - schistosomiasis Acquired - through skin in infected rivers Intermediate host - snails |
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Round worm
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Ascaris lumbricoides
Disease: ascariasis Acquired: eggs eaten or breathed in Intermediate host: human lungs |
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Round worm
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Trichinella spiralis
Disease: trichinosis Acquired: undercooked pork Intermediate host: pork |
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Pinworm
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Enterobius vermicularis
Disease: pinworms Acquired: ingested Intermediate host: humans |
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Ticks
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Dermacentor andersoni
Disease: Lyme disease Acquired: tick bites Intermediate host: mosquito |
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Heart worms
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Dirofilia immitis
Disease: heart worms Acquired: mosquito bites Intermediate host: mosquitos |
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E. coli
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K: monera (prokaryotic, unicellular) ex: blue green algae, bacteria
P: Bacteria (bacteria that live in normal conditions) |
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Heliocobacter pylori
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K: Monera (prokaryotic, unicellular)
P: Archaea (ancient bacteria that live in extreme conditions) ex: may live in stomach acid and cause ulcers |
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Nostoc
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K: Monera (prokaryotic, unicellular)
P: Cyanobacteria (Blue Green bacteria that do photosynthesis) |
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Amoeba
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K: Protista (Eukaryotic, unicellular, motile) Ex: amoeba, spirogyra, fucus
P: Sarcodina (have psuedopodia) |
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Spirogyra
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K: Protista
P: Chlorphyta (green algae) |
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Red Algae
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K: Protista
P: Rhodophyta (Red Algae) |
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Fucus
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K: Protista
P: Phaeophyta (brown algae) |
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Plasmodium
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K: Protista
P: Sporozoa (no means of locomotion) |
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Euglena
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K: Protista
P: Euglenophyta (has eye spot) |
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Trypanosoma bruceii
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K: Protista
P: Zooflagellate (has 1 flagella) |
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Paramecium
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K: Protista
P: Ciliaphora (has cilia) |
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Diatoms
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K: Protista
P: Chrysophyta (have silica shell) |
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Species that cause red tides
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K: Protista
P: Dinoflagellate (have 2 flagella) |
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Rhizopus
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K: Fungi (Eukaryotic, get energy from dead or decaying organisms) Ex: penecillin, rhizopus, mushroom
P: Zygomycota (have zygospores) |
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Sacchromycete cereversii (bakers yeast)
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K: Fungi
P: Asomycota (sac fungi) |
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Mushroom
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K: Fungi
P: Basidiomycota (club fungi) ex: mushrooms, puffballs |
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Penicillium
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K: Fungi
P: Deuteromycota (have imperfect fungi) ex: penicillium...antibiotic |
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Mnium (polypodium pinus)
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K: Plantae (eukaryotic, photosynthetic, sessile)
P: Bryophyta (lack vascular tissue) |
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Lycopodium
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K: Plantae
P: Lycophyta (Club Moss) |
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Equisetum
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K: Plantae
P: Sphenophyta (horsetails) |
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Fern
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K: Plantae
P: Pteridophyta (have sporangia) |
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Cycad
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K: Plantae
P: Fern-like palm plants |
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Pine Tree
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K: Plantae
P: Coniferophyta (have naked seeds; cone bearing trees) Ex: Pine, Cedar, Redwood, Spruce |
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Coniferophyta
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C: Staminate Cone (male cone, carries pollen; small.
C: Ovate Cone (female cone, larger, but closed scales) C: Mature Cone (fertilized pine cone, carries seed; larger w/open scales) |
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Lily
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K: Plantae
P: Anthophyta (enclosed seeds, flower plants) Ex: Roses, lilies, grasses, oak trees and beans. C: Monocotyledonae (parallel veins, flower parts in multiples of 3s. Fibrous root system; one cotyledon in seed) |
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Bean
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K: Plantae
P: Anthophyta (enclosed seeds, flowering plants) C: Dicotyledonae (net like veins; flower parts in mutiples of 4 or 5. One tap root, 2 cotyledons in seed.) Ex: Roses, beans, cherries. |
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Monera
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Prokaryotic, Unicellular
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Protista
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Eukaryotic, Unicellular, Motile
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Fungi
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Eukaryotic, Get energy from dead or decaying things
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Plantae
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Eukaryotic, photosynthetic, sessile
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Animalia
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Eukaryotic, heterotrophic, multicellular, motile.
Ex: Sponges, Worms, Cats, Dogs and Humans |
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Sponge
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K: Animalia
P: Porifera (aquatic, filter feeding) |
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Jellyfish
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K: Animalia
P: Cnidaria (aquatic, w/tentacles and stinging cells.) Ex: jellyfish, coral, sea anemone |
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Tapeworm
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K: Animalia
P: Platyhelminthes (flat worms, definite head end) Ex: Tapeworm, liver fluke |
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Liver fluke
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K: Animalia
P: Platyhelminthes (flat worms, definite head end) |
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Platyhelminthes
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flat worms with a definite head end
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Ascaris
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K: Animalia
P: Nematodes (Round worms) Ex: Trichinella spirilis |
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Trichinella spirilis
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K: Animalia
P: Nematodes (Round worms) |
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Pinworms
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K: Animalia
P: Nematodes (Round worms) |
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Earthworm
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K: Animalia
P: Annelida (segmented worms) C: Oligochaeta (few bristles) |
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Nereis
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K: Animalia
P: Annelida (segmented worms) C: Polychaeta (many bristles) - marine worms |
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Annelida
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segmented worms
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Nematodes
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Round worms
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Leech
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K: Animalia
P: Annelida C: Hirudinea (no bristles; secretes hirudin an anticoagulant) |
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Snail
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K: Animalia
P: Mollusca (stomach footed) C: Gastropoda (muscular foot; shell) Ex: clams, oysters, squid, octopus, snails |
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Squid
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K: Animalia
P:Mollusca (stomach footed) C: Cephalopoda (head footed) Ex: squid and octopus |
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Chiton
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K: Animalia
P: Mollusca C: Polylacophora (shell w/8 plates) ex: chiton |
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Clam
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K: Animalia
P: Mollusca C: Bivalvia (shell w/2 halves) ex: clam, oyster, mussel |
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Centipede
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K: Animalia
P: Anthropoda (jointed legs; exoskeleton) C: Insecta (6 legs) |
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Tick
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K: Animalia
P: Anthropoda (jointed legs) C: Arachnida (8 legs) ex: spiders, ticks, scorpions |
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Starfish
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K: Animalia
P: Echinodermata (spiny skin) Ex: starfish, sea star, sand dollars |
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Lamprey Eel
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata (notochord, dorsal hollow) C: Agnatha (jawless fish) |
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Chordata
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Notochord, dorsal hollow, nerve tube, pharyngeal gills, post-anal tail.
Ex: Eel, fish, birds, humans |
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Dogfish Shark
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C: Chondrichythes (cartilagineous fish) ex: sharks, skates, rays |
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Perch
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C: Osteichthyes (bony fish) Ex: perch, trout, flounder, bass, catfish |
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Salamander
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C:Amphibia (Reproduce in water, live on land) Ex: Frogs, toads, salamanders |
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Snake
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C: Reptilia (Reproduce and live on land) Ex: snakes and turtles |
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Sparrow
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C: Aves (have feathers and fly) Ex: sparrow, eagle, bird |
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Cow
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K: Animalia
P: Chordata C: Mammalia (hair and mammary glands) Ex: Duckbilled platypus, kangaroo, humans, cows. |
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Angiosperm
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enclosed seed; includes all flowering plants
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Gymnosperm
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naked seed; includes cone bearing trees
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Receptacle
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Center of base of flower. End of the stem; flower parts are attached here.
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Sepal
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Small and leaf-like. Storm leaves.
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Petal
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Brightly colored or white and very broad. Attracts pollinators. Some have glands at the base for scent.
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Stamen
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Pollen-bearing structure (Male part of flower). Filament and Anther
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Filament
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Thin stalk, supports the anther
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Anther
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Produces Pollen
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Carpel
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Female reproductive structure; composed of stigma, style, ovary.
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Stigma
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Top of carpel; produces a sticky substance that captures the pollen grains.
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Style
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Connects the stigma to the ovary; often long and narrow.
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Ovary
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Base of the carpel; protects ovules; matures to form the fruit.
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Complete flower
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has sepals, petals, stamen, carpel
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Incomplete flower
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missing one or more parts of the flower
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Perfect plant
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has both stamen and carpel in flower
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Imperfect plant
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has either stamen or carpel in flower (holly tree)
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Fruit vs Vegetable
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Fruit has seed, vegetable does not
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Simple fruit
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From 1 ovary; peach, tomato, apple
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Drupe
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has hard pit; peach, plum, cherry
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Berry
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has many seeds inside; tomato, grape, kiwi, banana
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Pepo
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leathery rind and many seeds, no true segments; cucumber, watermelon, squash
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Hesperidium
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has distinct segments; orange, lemon, lime
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Compound fruit
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from multiple ovaries; strawberries
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Aggregate
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from 1 flower with many carpels; strawberries, raspberries
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Multiple fruit
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comes from many flowers; pineapples
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Triploid
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has 3 copies of every chromosome, seedless; seedless grapes, seedless watermelons, seedless bananas
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Nut
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dry fruit
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Grain
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fruit of cereals
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Monocot
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1 seed leaf, parallel leaf veins, petals in multiples of 3, fibrous roots, corn, lily, grass
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Dicot
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2 seed leaves, branching leaf veins, petals in multiples of 4-5, tap root; bean, cherry rose
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Evergreen
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green in winter
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Decidious
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lose leaves in winter
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Gymnosperm
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naked seed
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Angiosperm
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enclosed seed; flower plant
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Petiole
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connects leaf to stem
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Axillary bud
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bump where leaf forms
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Simple leaf
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1 petiole per axillary bud
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Opposite leaf arrengement
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leaves directly opposite each other on stem
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Alternate leaf arrangement
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leaf on left side of stem, space, leaf on right side of stem
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Compound leaf
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many petioles per axillary bud; many leaflets per leaf
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Pinnate
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long line of leaflets
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Palmate
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several leaflets in a fan pattern
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Serrated edges
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jagged edges
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Lobes
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large indentions of leaf, but not leaflets
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Fascicle
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group of needle like leaves
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Tree
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1 main trunk; more than 4 inches in diameter
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Shrub
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Multiple trunks; less than 4 inches in diamater
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When did life begin
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3.5 billion years ago
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Where did life begin
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In the ocean
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24 days after conception, an embroy has
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Pharyngeal pouches
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Early atmosphere of earth had no
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Oxygen
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Stromatolites are skyscrapers of
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Bacteria
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Early microbes added ___ to the atmosphere?
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Oxygen
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The largest oxygen breather is
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Blue Whale
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First organisms to evolve muscles and nerves where
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Jellyfish
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First organisms to have a front and rear
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Flatworms
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First organisms with through gut (mouth and anus)
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Roundworms
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First hard animals
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Snails
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How do scallops move?
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Clap their shell
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Trilobites Segmented
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For flexibility
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Most sophisticated eyes in the world belong to
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Mantis shrimp
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Sea squirts have the earliest and simplest form of
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Backbone
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Hagfish are a kind of
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Jawless fish
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Hagfish defend themselves with
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Slime
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Top predator in the ocean is
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Great White Shark
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In water, sound travels
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4 times faster
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The lateral line of a shark senses
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Vibrations
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Smartest invertebrate is
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Octopus
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Caribbean reef squid can
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mimic surroundings
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Which type of fish dangles a worm-shaped fin to lure food?
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frogfish
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Flat fish have
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eyes on 1 side of their head
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Flying fish can fly
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false - they glide
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Which type of fish walks on land?
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Mudskipper
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Which fish walks underwater?
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Batfish
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Which fish can breate air?
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Lung fish
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What organism was the first to walk on land?
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Tetrapod
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Dosphis lived on land?
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True
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Wax leaf ligustrum
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Ligustrum; shrub
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Red Oak
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Quercus shumardii; large deciduous tree; acorn
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Yaupon holly
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llex vomitoria; evergreen shrub/small tree
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Purple heart
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Setereasea purpurea; perennial plant
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Nandina/heavenly bamboo
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Nandina domestica; shrub; evergreen
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Crepe Myrtle
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Larestroemia indica; shrub
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Cedar Elm
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Ulmus crassiflora; tree; deciduous
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Live Oak
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quericus virginiana; tree; evergreen
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Red tipped photinia
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Photinia fraseri - evergreen shrub
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Bradford pear
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Pyrus calleryana - tree
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Southern magnolia
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magnolia grandiflora - evergreen tree
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Pine tree
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Pinus - tree with needle like leaves
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Bald Cypress
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Taxodium distichum - conifer; produces cones; deciduous
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Green Ash
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica - tree
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Dessert Willow
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Chilopsis linearis; tree
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Maidenhair tree/Ginkgo
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Ginkgo biloba; tree
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Maidenhair tree/Ginkgo
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Ginkgo biloba; tree
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