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69 Cards in this Set
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What does "halo" mean?
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Salt
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What is the only mold that isn't considered a fungus?
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Slime Molds
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What is the purpose of the cell wall?
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Structure
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What are the 4 sections of Kingdom Protista?
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Diatoms, Amoeba, Paramecium, and Euglena
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Describe diatoms.
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-10,000 different species
-made up of 2 shells -each daughter gets 1 shell and builds the other |
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Describe amoebas.
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-no cell wall
-not bacteria -have extensions called pseudopods |
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What is phagocytosis?
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How amoebas get food using pseudopods
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What amoeba gets into peoples eyes?
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Amoeba Canthis
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Describe paramecium.
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-1 celled eukaryote
-have a gullet -ciliated protozoan |
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Describe euglena.
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-have chloroplasts
-have a gullet -have an eyespot -have a long flagellum |
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What were the first cells on Earth?
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Prokaryotes
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How long have Archaeans been on earth?
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3.8 billion years
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How long have eukaryotes been on earth?
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2.7 billion years
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Do Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes have a true membrane? Which one doesn't have a membrane?
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Eukaryotes have one
Prokaryotes don't |
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Do Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes have a larger cell than the other?
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Eukaryotes
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What has its DNA in a circle? What has its DNA in linear strips?
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Circle---Prokaryotes
Linear Strips---Eukaryotes |
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What are the linear strips that hold DNA called?
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Chromosomes
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What uses "spools" to "wind up" the DNA?
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Eukaryotes
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What are the "spools" called?
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Histone
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What are ribosomes?
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Protein Factories
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What has no organelles besides ribosomes?
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Prokaryotes
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What has membrane bound organelles?
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Eukaryotes
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Are Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes multicellular? Which one is unicellular?
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Multi---Eukaryotes
Uni---Prokaryotes |
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What has aerobes, anaerobes, and facultative anaerobes?
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Prokaryotes
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What is made up of 85% water and 15% protein?
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Eukaryotes
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Name some characteristics of Hominids.
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-gluteus maximus enlarged
-femur tilted -less hair -hidden estrus |
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How old are the Laetoli Footprints?
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3.6 million years old
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What are the 3 homo species?
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Homo-Habilus, Homo-Erectus, and Homo-Sapiens
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Name the characteristics of Homo-Habilus.
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-1st to use tools
-1st to use crude weapons |
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Name the characteristics of Homo-Erectus.
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-1st to use fire
-sophisticated tools and weapons -50% larger brain case than habilus |
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What are the 2 human sub-species?
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-Neanderthals
-Cro-Magnon |
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Name the characteristics of Neanderthals?
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-buried dead
-heavy muscled -heavy brow ridges -flat skull bones -broad skulls "flute" (82000 years old) |
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What does sapien mean?
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Wise
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What word is used when a female is fertile?
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Estrus
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Name the characteristics of Cro-Magon.
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-cave paintings
-dome skulls -smooth brows -prominent chins |
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Where are the oldest cave paintings located?
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Lasceaux, France
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What are plant cell walls made of?
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Cellulose
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hat are bacterial cell walls made of?
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Peptidoglycan
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What are all cell membranes made up of?
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Phospholipid Bilayers
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What does Karyos mean?
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Kernel, core, nucleus
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Which two levels did Linnaeus come up with?
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-Genus
-Species |
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What are fungal cell walls made of?
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Chitin
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What does Eu mean?
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True
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What are the two bacteria domains?
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-Eubacteria
-Archaea |
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What are the 4 kingdoms of the domain Eukarya?
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-Plantae
-Fungi -Protista -Animalia |
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What are the characteristics of kingdom plantae?
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-Multicellular
-cellulose make up the cell wall -store food in plastids -stomata for gas exchange -aerobic -alternation of generations |
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What are the characteristics of kingdom fungi?
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-Heterotrophs
-either Saphrophytic or Parasitic -chitin makes up the cell wall -store food as glycogen -both multi and unicellular |
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What are the characteristics of kingdom protista?
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-aquatic
-unicellular (some both) -aerobic -have cilia and flagella at one point |
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What does motile mean?
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Can move
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What are the characteristics of kingdom animalia?
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-multicellular
-heterotrophs -store food as glycogen or a lipid -usually motile -have muscle and nerve tissue -aerobic |
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What are the 3 domains?
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-Eubacteria
-Archaea -Eukarya |
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Which domain(s) contain prokaryotic cells?
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-Eubacteria
-Archaea |
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What is the classification of humans?
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-Animalia
-Chordata -Mammalia -Primates -Hominidae -Homo -Sapien |
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What does saprophytic mean?
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to be a decomposer
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What do the pharyngeal slits become in fish? In humans?
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Fish---gills
Humans---Inner Ear Bones |
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What becomes your brain and spinal cord?
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Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord
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What is the brachiostoma?
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Most distant cousin of the phyla chordata
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What does arboreal mean?
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Living up in trees
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What became of your notochord?
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backbones
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What is the correct term for your tailbone?
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coccyx
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What are some examples of a monotreme?
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-Duck bill platypus
-spiny ant eater |
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What is a plasma membrane?
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cell membrane
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What does the Fimbrae do?
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helps attach the cell to surrounding materials
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What does the flagella do?
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helps the cell move
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What happens in the mitochondria?
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cellular respiration
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What is another name for the slime capsule?
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Xanthom
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How much DNA are in 1 nucleus?
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-2 meters
-about 6 feet |
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What does somatic mean?
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body cells
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What is mitosis?
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Replication
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