Taxonomy Cards

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Kingdom Archaebacteria

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- prokaryotic (no membrane bound organelles)
- single-celled
-hetertrophs
-Motile and Nonmotile

Ex) mathanogens, halophiles, thermophiles

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Kingdom Eubacteria

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-prokaryotic
-single celled
-heterotrophs and autotrophs
-Motile and Nonmotile
-Bacteria cell wall of peptidoglycan

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Phylum Schizophyta

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-heterotrophic
-mostly decomposers (saphrophytes)
-some cause disease (pathogens)
-shape- round, rod, spiral
-may use flagellum for movement
Ex)E. coli, D. pneumonia

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Phylum Cyanophyta

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-photosynthetic bacteria
-autotrophs
-chlorophyll not found in chloroplasts (no organelles)
-algae blooms in fresh water
-primary nitrogen fixer
-symbiosis with lichen and some corals

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Kingdom Protista

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- Eukaryotic
-Autotorphic and heterotrophic
-unicellular and multicellular
-motile and nonmotile

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Phylum Chrysophyta

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-unicellular; found in fresh and salt water
-autotrophic- light capturing using carotenes ans chlorophyll in chloroplasts silica shell
-stores food as oil/decayed remains are today's peteroleum reserves
Ex) diatoms

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Phylum Phaeophyta

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-autotrophic- light capturing using brown pigments and chlorophyll in chloroplasts
-multicellular can be from microscopic to 50 ft tall
Ex) brown algae, kelp

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Phylum Chlorophyta

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-unicellular and multicellular
-autotrophic- using chlorophyls in chloroplasts
-ancestors to plants
Ex) green algae

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Phylum Sarcodina

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-Heterotroph
-Motile- moves using pseudopods
Ex) amoeba

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Phylum Mastigophora

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-heterotroph
-motile using flagella (whip-like-tail)
Ex) euglena

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Phylum Ciliophora

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-heterotroph
motile- using body hairs called cilia
Ex) paramecium

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Kingdom Fungi

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- eukaryotic
-unique cellular structure- multicellular and unicellular
-heterotrophs- all are decomposers
-non-moitle (all but one phyla)
cell walls made from chitin

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Phylum Zygomycota

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-made from thread like hyphae- a mass is called a mycelium
-extremely rapid growth in high nutrient/ moist environments
-Cytoplasm/nutrients flow freely through the hyphae to growing tips
-Reproduces by spores
Ex) bread molds

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Phylum Ascomycota

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-some single celled
-sac fungi
-reproduces from budding
-economically important- bread, wine, beer, genetics
Ex) yeasts

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Phylum Basidomycota

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-extensive underground hyphae (one single mushroom occupies 6 acres of Michigan woodland)
-most reproduce by spore-producing basidia found in gills of the mushroom cap
Ex) mushrooms

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Kingdom PLantae

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-eukaryotic
-multicellular
-autotrophic chlorophyll in chloroplasts
-nonmotile
-cell walls made from cellulose; food stored as starch

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Phylum Bryophyta

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-most live in moist environment because: no true roots, stems, leaves
-no vascular (transport) tissue- must remain small
-obtains nutrients by diffusion
-reproduction- male plant's sperm swims to the outside of the plant to the female
Ex) mosses

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Phylum Pterophyta

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-true roots, stems, leaves
-has vascular tissue- taller than mosses
-reprodices using protective spores
Ex)all ferns

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Phylum Coniferophyta

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-true roots, stems, leaves are needle shaped to conserve water
-has vascular tissue -taller
-reproduction- seeds released from pollinated cones that do not protect the early seeds- "naked seeds"
Ex) all cone bearing species

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Phylum Anthophyta

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-True roots, stems, leaves
-Has vascular tissue
-highly developed reproduction (pollen and flower)
-seeds develop inside fruits that protect and disperse seeds
Ex) all flowering species

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Kingdom Animalia

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-Eukaryotic
-multicellular
-heterotrophic
-motile in some stage

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Phylum Porifera

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-asymmetrical
-body plan consisting of two cell layers
-filter feeder through pores
-adult form sessile (nonmotile)
-reproduction is sexual and asexual
Ex)Sponges

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Phylum Cnidaria

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-radial symmetry
-soft body- two cell layers
-singing tentacles surrounding a mouth
-digestive plan is sac like, one opening
-nervous tissue
-reproduction is sexual and asexual depending on the stage
Ex)jellyfish

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Phylum Platyhelminthes

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-bilateral symmetry
-flat body
-body plan includes three tissue layers
-no true body cavity
-digestive system with two openings- complete with anus
-most are parasitic
Ex)flat worms

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Phylum Nematoda

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-bilateral symmetry
-round body
-body plan includes 3 layers
-no true body cavity
-digestive system with 2 openings (anus)
-most are parasytic

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Phylum Rotifera

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- bilateral symmetry
-body with wheeled cilia around mouth
body plan includes three tissue layers
-digestive system with two openings -complete with anus
-aquatic
Ex)all microscopic rotifers

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Phylum Mollusca

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-muscular foot/head
-soft body
-mantle that may produce a shell
-true body cavity containing organs
Ex)Snail

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Phylum Annelida

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-bilateral symmetry
-segmented body
-complete systems (digestive, nervous, closed circulatory)
-ventral nerve cord
-complex reproduction hermaphroditic
Ex)

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Phylum Arthtopoda

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-bilateral symmetry
-sgmented body, jointed legs
-exoskeleton made of chitin
-complete systems (digestive, nervous, open circulatory[blood bathes organs/ not in vessels])
-ventral nerve cord
Ex)beetle

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Phylum Echinodermata

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-radial symmetry
-spines, hard body
-highly developed circulation
-tubed feet by circulating/ pumping water
Ex) starfish

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Phylum Chordata

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-bilateral symmetry
-segmented body
-notochord- dorsal nerve cord (and vertebra in subclass vertebrata)
-gills and tail at some stage

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Class Agnatha

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-no scales
-uncovered gills
-no fins
-jawless
-cartilaginous skeleton- no bones
Ex)jawless fish

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Class Chondrichthyes

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-no scales
-uncovered gill slits
-paired fins
-jaws
-cartilaginous skeleton- no bones
Ex)sharks

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Class Osteishthyes

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-scales
-covered gills
-paired fins
-bony skeleton
Ex)fish

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Class Amphibia

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-moist skin (breathing) lungs/gills in larva
-paired legs- no claws
-lays eggs in water
Ex)Toad

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Class Reptilia

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-scaled skin
-lungs
-paired legs with claws
-lays eggs in leathery shells
Ex) turtle

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Class Aves

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-feathers
-no teeth/ hard beak
-lungs-extremely efficient respiration
-forelegs modified into wings
-lays eggs in calcified shells
Ex)Birds

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Class Mammalia

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-hair
-paired appendages
-bear live young
-nurse young with milk produced in mammary glands
Ex)Humans