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15 Cards in this Set
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Five-Kingdom system:
What are the 5? |
Fungi
Animalia Monera Protista Plantae |
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Three-Domain system:
What are the 3? |
Eukarya
Bacteria Archaea |
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Eukarya (domain):
What is it split into? |
Plantae
Animalia Fungi Protista |
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What are the most common shapes of prokaryotes?
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Spheres, rods, helices
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peptidoglycan
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Substance made of glucose and peptide bonds that make up a prokaryote's membrane
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pili
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appendages used to adhere to other prokaryotes and surfaces
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binary fission
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asexual reproduction for prokaryotes
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transformation
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a prokaryote takes up genes from its environment
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conjugation
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genes are directly transferred from one prokaryote to another
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transduction
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viruses transfer genes between prokaryotes
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photoautotrophs
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photosynthetic; use sunlight to convert co2 into organic compounds
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chemoautotrophs
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get energy from oxidizing inorganic substances; convert co2 into carbon
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photoheterotrophs
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use sunlight to make ATP; obtain their carbon from sources already fixed in organic compounds
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chemoheterotrophs
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get both carbon and energy from organic compounds
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methanogens
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type of extremophile; produce methane as waste product
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