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51 Cards in this Set
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Non vascular plants (bryophytes) |
plant that has no xylem and pholem; reproduce through spores |
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no roots, stems or leaves |
What non-vascular plants do not have that vascular plants have only? |
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Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) |
Examples of these plants are mosses, liverworts and hornworts |
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Pteridophyte and seed plants |
Two types of vascular plants |
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Pteridophytes |
A vascular plant that has mostly ferns ; only have roots, stems and fronds and reproduce by spores |
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Angiosperms |
A seed plant that have flowering plants |
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Gymnosperms |
A seed plant that is non-flowering mostly conifers (pine tree, ginkgo, cycad) |
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Phylum porifera |
Animals: sponges |
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Phylum Cnidaria |
Animals: corals, jellyfish, sea anemone |
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Phylum Platyhelminthes |
Animals: Flatworms (liver fluke, planaria) |
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Phylum nematoda |
Animals: roundworms (ascaris) |
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Phylum annelida |
Animals: Segmented worms (earthworm, leech) |
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Cold-blooded vertebrates |
Type of phylum chordata that is poikilothermic/ectothermic; rely on environment for body heat |
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Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) |
Class of cold-blooded vertebrates that have sharks and rays |
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Class Osteichthyes (bony fish) |
Class of cold-blooded vertebrates that have all fish except cartilaginous fish |
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Class amphibia |
Class of cold-blooded vertebrates that have moist skin; lung-breathing adult stage |
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Class reptilia |
Class of cold-blooded vertebrates that have scales, lung-breathing |
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Warm-blooded vertebrates |
Type of phylum chordata that is homeothermic/endothermic; can maintain a constantly high body temperature |
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Class Aves (Birds) |
Class of warm-blooded vertebrates that have feathers |
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Class Mammalia |
Class of warm-blooded vertebrates that have hair, mammary glands |
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Phylum mollusca |
Animals: snail, squid, clam |
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Phylum echinodermata |
Animals: starfish, sea urchin |
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Phylum Arthropoda |
Animals: jointed legs; biggest group |
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Class insecta |
Class of Phylum Arthropoda that has 6 legs |
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Class arachnida |
Class of Phylum Arthropoda that has 8 legs; spiders; ticks |
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Class crustacea |
Class of Phylum Arthropoda that has 10 or more legs; crab, lobster, shrimp |
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Class diplopoda (millipedes) |
Class of Phylum Arthropoda that has 2 pairs of legs per segment |
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Class chilopoda (centipedes) |
Class of Phylum Arthropoda that has 1 pair of legs per segment |
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Phylum chordata |
Animals: notochord; pharyngeal slits, post-anal tail, dorsal hollow nerve cord (sea squirts, lancelets and vertebrates) |
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Subphylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
Levels of classification in taxonomy |
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Ethylene |
This plant hormone function is in charge of ripening of fruit |
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Abscisic acid |
This plant hormone function is in charge of water control and control of stomata |
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Cytokinin |
This plant hormone function is for cell division and cell repair |
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Benthos |
This ocean life form are organisms on the seabed (starfish, corals, crab) |
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Nekton |
This ocean life form are organisms that swim (fish, squid, shrimp) |
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Plankton |
This ocean life form are organisms that float or drift on the water surface (algae, bacteria, sea urchin, starfish, fish and crustacean larvae) |
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Adaptation |
“Fitness” for an organism to survive in its environment; possession of favorable characteristics |
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Inheritance of acquired characteristics |
This theory by Lamark says that traits develop or acquired during an organisms life time or pass on to its offspring |
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Darwins theory of evolution |
Diverse groups of organisms evolved from a common ancestor or descent |
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Natural selection |
What is the main mechanism for evolution? |
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Monocot and dicot |
Types of angiosperms |
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1 cotyledon, parallel veins, petals and sepals in 3s and fibrous roots |
Characteristics of monocot angiosperm |
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2 cotyledons, netted veins, petals and sepals in 4s or 5s; and taproot |
Characteristics of dicot angiosperm |
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Slow and permanent reaction by plants |
Tropism |
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Phototropism |
Tropism to light |
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Geotropism |
Tropism to gravity |
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Thigmotropism |
Tropism to touch |
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Auxin |
This plant hormone function is in charge of cell differentiation, cell elevation and plant growth |