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Chapter 28
Unit Two
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
09/23/2014

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3 Domains of Life
Definition
Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryote
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Protists
Definition
Diverse group of Eukaryotes
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Protista
Definition
General term for Eukaryotes that aren't the exceptions
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Exceptions to Protists
Definition
Fungi, Animalia and Plantae because they're not single celled
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Photoautotroph
Definition
The transformation of light into energy through photosynthesis
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Heterotroph
Definition
Eat other things to supply nutrients to survive.
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Mixotroph
Definition
Do both photosynthesis and eating of other things
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Endosymbiosis
Definition
Eukaryotic evolution
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Primary Endosymbiosis
Definition
Heterotrophic Eukaryote with cyanobacteria symbiont
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Secondary Endosymbiosis
Definition
Red and green algae become symbiont
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Symbiont
Definition
Either of two organisms that live in symbiosis with one another
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Polyphyletic Group
Definition
Come from 2 or more ancestral forms
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Excavata (supergroup)
Definition
Cytoskeleton, and food groves
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Dinoflagellates
Definition
Cellulose armored plates, 2 flagella
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SAR Clade
Definition
Highly diverse group od defined by DNA similarities
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Ciliates
Definition
Large group named for cilia
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Conjugation
Definition
Exchange micronuclei but don't reproduce
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Binary Fusion
Definition
Divides into two or more parts, where by the end there are two separate cells
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Rhizarian
Definition
Pseudopodia for feeding
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Pseudopodia
Definition
Temporary projections of eukaryotic cell membranes or unicellular protists
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Radiolarians
Definition
SiO2 tests
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Foraminiferans
Definition
CaCO3 tests
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4 supergroups
Definition
Unikonts, SAR, Excavate, Archaeplastida
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