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Flashcards by Gurleen Dhillon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Gurleen Dhillon
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Morphology | deals with structure or form of organism |
| Biological Species Concept | Can make babies |
| Phylogenetic Species Concepts | evolutionary history of species |
| Taxonomy | identifies names and classifies species |
| Binomial Structure | system which gives 2 part Latin names |
| Anatomy | structure and form, including internal systems |
| Physiology | Physical and Chemical function of organisms |
| Prokaryote | simple type of cell with no membrane bound nucleus |
| Eukaryote | larger, complex cell that has a membrane bound nucleus |
| Dichotomous Key | Identification tool consisting of two part choices |
| Autotroph | captures energy from the sun |
| Hetertroph | Cannot make its own food |
| Species Diversity | variety and abundance of species |
| Genetic Diversity | variety of inherited traits within a specie |
| Ecosystem Diversity | variety of ecosystems in the biosphere |
| Resilience | ability of an ecosystem to maintain an equilibrium |
| Bacteria | prokaryotic cell that is in the domain bacteria |
| Archaea | prokaryotic cell found in the domain Archaea |
| Cocci | Morphology is spherical |
| Bacilli | morphology rod shaped |
| Extermophiles | organisms that live in extreme condition |
| Mesophile | organisms that live in moderate conditions |
| Binary Fission | asexual form of reproduction by prokaryotes |
| Conjugation | transfer of genetic material between 2 cells |
| Endospores | dormant bacterial cell able to survive for long periods of time |
| Gram Stain | stain that separates bacteria into two divisions |
| Endosymbiosis | Eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells |
| Endosymbiont | cell that is engulfed by another |
| Host cell | cell that engulfs another cell |
| Protist | eukaryotic organism, unicellular usually |
| Invertebrates | no backbone |
| Vertebrate | Backbone |
| Radial Symmetry | divided along any plane |
| Bilaterl Symmetry | divided along one plane |
| Exoskeleton | external skeleton |
| Notochord | flexible rod shaped structure |
| Tetrapods | vertebrata with two pairs of limbs |
| Ectothermy | environmental heat determine internal body temperature |
| Endothermy | use of metabolic heat to maintain body temperature |
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