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What are Fungi's walls composed of?
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Chitin
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Are Fungi Autotrophic or Heterotrophic?
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Heterotrophic
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What is Saprophytic?
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Feeds on bodies of dead organisms
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What is Mycelium?
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Group of hyphae (thread like structures)
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How do Fungi reproduce?
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By means of spores; Asexually by BUDDING
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The Mushroom?
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Is a Basidiocarp.
Pileus-top Stipe-Stem Gills-Slits Annulus-Ridge of Stem |
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Pileus?
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top of mushroom
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Stipe?
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stem of mushroom
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Annulus?
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ridge on stem of mushroom
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Gills?
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slits underneath the Pileus of mushroom
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Crustose Lichen?
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Brainy, crusty.
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Foliose Lichen?
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Leaf-like, flattened bodies, pale green
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Fruticose Lichen?
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Branchy, stringy.
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What type of relationship do Fungi and Algae have?
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Mutualistic
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Upper Epidermis?
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Outer layer of cells on the upper part of the leaf.
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Lower Epidermis?
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Outer layer of cells on the lower part of the leaf.
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Mesophyll?
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The in between part of the leaf. (between upper and lower epidermis)
FILLED WITH CHLOROPLASTS |
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What formula is created during photosynthesis?
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CO2 + H2O ---> C6.H12.O6 + O2
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PIGMENTS?
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Carotenes - orange
Xanthophylls - yellow Chlorophyll - green |
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Carotenes
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orange pigment
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Xanthophyll
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yellow pigment
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Chlorophyll
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green pigment
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Spectroscope?
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an instrument that separates white light into wave-lengths.
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Chromatogram?
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actually shows the separation of pigments
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What are the openings on guard cells? And what are their function?
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Stomatas
They permit the exchange of gases between inside the leaf and the environment. |
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Systematics?
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the study of relationships among many different species of living organisms.
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Classification?
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organization of organisms into groups based on their relationships.
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Parts of the Leaf?
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Blade, Petiole, Stipules, Veins, Leaf Axil, Axillary Bud.
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Petiole?
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stalk that supports the blade on a leaf.
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Stipules?
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where the petiole meets the actual stem.
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Leaf Axil?
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the angle that the stem and the petiole form.
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Axillary Bud?
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small bud inside the leaf axil.
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Phyllotaxy?
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the arrangment of leaves on the stem.
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Palmately Compound Leaf?
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all comes to one point in the middle.
usually has 5 blades. |
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Once-Pinnately Compound Leaf?
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the blade is divided into leaflets that are arranged along a common axis.
usually has 7 blades, 3 on one side and 3 on the other and one on the top. |
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Twice-Pinnately Compound Leaf?
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with the leaflets arranged along branches of a common axis.
has different petioles coming off of it, with various sizes of leaves. usually has around 15 blades. |
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Alternate petiole placement?
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meets are different points
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Opposite petiole placement?
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meets at the same point as the petiole beside it
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Gamete
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sex cell
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Zygote
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fertilized egg
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Fertilization
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the fusion of sex cells
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Spore
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a reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism without fusing with another cell
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Sporangium
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produces spores
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Sori
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clusters of Sporangium
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Sporophyte
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spore producing phase of life cycle
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Gametophyte
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gamete producing phase of life cycle
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Vascular Tissue?
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used to transport materials through the plant body
two different types of vascular tissue: xylem (transport water) and phloem (transport of food molecules) |
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Example of Vascular Tissue at work?
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Celery uses vascular tissue to take up water.
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Division of Green Algae?
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Division Chlorophyta
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Division of Mosses & Liverworts?
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Division Bryophyta
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Parts of a Bean/Seed?
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Hilum, Seed Coat, Embryo, Cotyledons.
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Hilum?
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the depression on the bean.
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Seed Coat?
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the protective layering on the outer surface of the bean.
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Embryo?
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the young plant inside the bean, usually sprouting from within the Hilum.
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Cotyledons?
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the actual seed; two large, fleshy surfaces.
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Division of Flowering Plants?
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Division Anthophyta
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Structure of a Flower?
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Sepals, Petals, Stamens, Gynoecium.
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Sepals?
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the leaf like structures underneath the petals of a flower.
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Stamens?
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the pollen producing organs in the center of the flower.
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Gynoecium?
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the large structures in the center of the flower (looks like larger stamens)
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Antheridia?
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Blue Slide!
SEX ORGAN produced by prothallus. |
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Vertebrates?
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Have a backbone
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Invertebrates?
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No backbone
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Taxonomic Key?
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the device used to identify easily and quickly an unknown organism.
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Dichotomous Key?
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consists of two options to choose from, both are contrasting statements (couplets)
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Couplet?
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the two contrasting options in a Dichotomous Key
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Basic details of the Animal Kingdom?
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Eukaryotic
Heterotrophic most Multicellular no Cell Wall (but has a cell membrane) |
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PHYLUM CNIDARIA
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hydra, anemones, jellyfish, corals. AQUATIC. radially symmetrical.
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PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
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flatworms; invertebrates. bilaterally symmetrical.
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PHYLUM NEMATODA
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roundworms.
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PHYLUM ROTIFERA
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rotifers.
invertebrates, hydrostatic, aquatic. |
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PHYLUM ANNELIDA
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segmented worms (earthworms and leeches)
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PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
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insects, etc.
(spiders, lobsters, scorpians, etc.) scorpian-invertebrates, bilateral symmetry, exoskeleton. |
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PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
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snails, clams, and octupi. radially symmetrical.
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Compound Leaf
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a leaf with more than one blade.
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Individual blades are called what?
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Leaflets
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Mycologists?
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scientists who study fungi
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Universal Veil?
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a thin membrane extending from the edge of the cap to the stipe.
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**Identification?
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the determination of the correct group to which an unknown organism belongs.
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**Vegetative Organs? (or non-reproductive organs)
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not generally involved in the process of sexual reproduction and include the leaf, the stem, and the root.
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**What are the typical reproductive organs of a plant?
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the seed, the flower, and the fruit.
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**Node?
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the points along the stem at which the leaves arise.
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**Internode?
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the length of stem between two successive nodes.
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**Frond?
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what a fern leaf is often called.
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**Prothallus?
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a small, heart-shaped structure that is the gametophyte of a fern.
it produces two kinds of sex organs: ANTHERIDIA and ARCHEGONIA |