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103 Cards in this Set
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Protozoa |
Means "First animal" |
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Pseudopodia |
Means "false foot" |
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Cilia |
Hair-like structures that Amoebas use to move |
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Flagella |
long structures Euglena use to move |
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Zooplankton |
Another name for Protozoa |
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Kelp |
Multicellular, brown algae |
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Water |
Animal and Plant-like protists' habitat |
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Dinoflagellates |
Luminescent, plant-like protists |
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Water Mold |
Responsible for Ireland's potato famine |
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Diatoms |
Members of Phylum Bacillariophyta, used in toothpaste |
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Red Algae |
Member of Phylum Rhodophyta |
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Green Algae |
Member of Phylum Chlorophyta |
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Eukaryotic |
Animal, Plant, and Protist cell type |
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Movement |
Protozoa are classified by their ___________. |
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Sporozoa |
Protists that don't move and are parasites |
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contractile vacuoles |
releases excess water |
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Ciliates |
The group of protozoans that is the largest group (in variety not size) |
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Euglenophyta |
Protists that are both heterotrophic and autotrophic |
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Chrysophyta |
"Golden Plants", form cyst to survive winter |
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Unicellular |
Most protists are ________________. |
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Chloroplasts |
Used to do photosynthesis |
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Mitosis |
Chromosomes in a cell nucleus are separated into two identical sets of chromosomes, each in its own nucleus. |
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Meiosis |
The daughter cells divide splitting up sister chromatids to form haploid gametes. |
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Spirogyra |
Algae that has chloroplasts that look like a helix |
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Algal Bloom |
Cause of red tide |
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Zoospores |
Flagellated spores. They develop into male and female gametophytes which produce gametes. |
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Alternation of Generations |
A pattern of reproduction occurring in the life cycles of some protists, involving a regular alternation between two distinct forms. |
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Binary Fission |
a form of asexual reproduction and cell division |
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Vaccine |
Prevention of viral diseases |
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Plant-Like Protists |
Photosynthetic, have accessory pigments to absorb light, cell wall |
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Animal-Like Protists |
Include Paramecium, heterotrophic or autotrophic, AKA protozoa |
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Fungus-Like Protists |
Found in forests, molds |
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Slime Mold |
aggregates, produce spores when food is scarce |
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Paramecium |
Shaped like a foot, use cilia to move, have a macro and micronucleus |
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Amoeba |
no solid shape, use pseudopodia to move |
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Photosynthesis |
Method autotrophs use to get food |
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zooflagellates |
Animal-like protists that move using flagella and absorb food across membrane |
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Pellicle |
Thick cell membrane |
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Cyst |
A thick walled resting spore |
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Endoplasm |
Cytoplasm inside a cell |
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Ectoplasm |
The outer layer of cytoplasm inside a cell |
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Anal pore |
Removes waste |
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Malaria |
Sickness caused by Sporozoan, spread by mosquitos |
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Dysentery |
Sickness caused by protists in drinking water |
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Pilus |
A thin structure used to join protists in conjugation |
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Darwin |
Founded the concept of survival of the fittest |
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Larmarck |
Believed that the giraffes necks got longer from stretching. |
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Mendel |
Monitored genetics in peas |
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Adaptation |
A trait that will help a species survive |
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DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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Natural Variation |
Differences among organisms in a species |
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Vestigial organ |
Smallstructures with little to no function |
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Homologous |
Structures that start from the same embryonic tissue but have different mature forms |
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Artificial Selection |
Humansselecting the best characteristics of their crops or livestock to breed |
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HMS Beagle |
Darwin's ship |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess |
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Data |
Information gathered through observation |
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Control Group |
The group in a scientific experiment that is not changed |
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Experimental Group |
The group in a scientific experiment that is changed |
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Variables |
Things in an experiment that can be changed |
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Animalia |
Mammals, Mollusks, and Amphibians belong to thing kingdom |
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Plantae |
The kingdom of plants |
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Prokaryote |
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria cell type |
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Cladogram |
A diagram that marks evolutionary similarities |
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Binomial Nomenclature |
Scientific naming system that uses Latin or Greek |
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Pioneer species |
The first organisms to arrive after succession |
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Primary Succession |
Regrowth of an ecosystem starting with rock |
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Secondary Succession |
Regrowth of an ecosystem starting with soil |
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Climax Community |
The complete new ecosystem after succession |
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Mutualism |
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit |
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Commensalism |
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not harmed |
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Parasitism |
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, but the other is harmed |
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Conjugation |
The process used for the exchange of geneticinformation between two bacterial cells |
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Antibiotics |
Treatment for bacterial infections or diseases |
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Antiseptic |
Liquid used to disinfect surfaces |
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Heterotroph |
An organism that needs to consume other organisms |
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Detrivore |
A scavenger that eats dead animals |
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Decomposer |
A consumer that breaks down organic material for sustenance |
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Herbivore |
An organism that eats plants |
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Omnivore |
An organism that eats both plants and meat |
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Carnivore |
An organism that eats meat |
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Primary Producer |
The first trophic level |
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Primary Consumer |
The trophic level made up of omnivores and herbivores |
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Secondary Consumer |
The trophic level that is made up of small carnivores |
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Energy |
10% of this is passed on to each trophic level after consumption |
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Viroids |
Virus-like particles that cause disease in plants |
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Prions |
Virus-like particles that cause disease in animals |
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Tertiary Consumers |
The 4th trophic level, made up of larger omnivores and carnivores |
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Organism |
A single living thing |
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Population |
A group of organisms of the same species |
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Community |
Various populations interacting with each other |
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Ecosystem |
Various populations interacting with their abiotic environments |
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Biotic |
Living things |
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Abiotic |
Non-living thing |
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Biome |
An area that contains many similar ecosystems (Tundra, Boreal Forest etc) |
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Biosphere |
All of the ecosystems in the world |
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Atom |
The smallest particle in existence |
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Cellular level |
the level of organisation where DNA is found |
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Molecular level |
The level of organisation made up of atoms |
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Density-Independent |
Factors that limit a population that have nothing to do with the number of species in a habitat |
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Density-Dependent |
Factors that limit a population that have to do with the number of species in a habitat |
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Carrying Capacity |
The maximum number of a population that the environment can sustain |
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Population growth |
the increase in number of a group of the same organisms |
