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| Spherical bacteria found single or in a cluster |
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| Filamentous or rod bacteria |
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| Gram-negative bacteria capable of photosynthesis |
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| Lack specialized cells and membrane-bound nuclei |
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| Specialized cells including a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles |
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| A polymer of polysaccarides and peptide chains which make up a bacterium's cell wall |
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| Asexual reproduction where two daughter cells are formed from the original cell |
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| Organisms which create energy through processes like photosynthesis, using organic molecules |
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| Organisms which need to take in energy from organic resources |
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| A relationship between organisms that it mutual and dependent, but not always beneficial |
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| Hierarchic System of Classification |
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| Organization by groups in various life forms |
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| Branch of biology which is associated with classifying organisms |
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| The study of genetic relationships and physical similarities of organisms |
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| Eukaryotic heterotrophs and autotrophs (single cells) |
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| Eukaryotic hetertrophs (multicellular) |
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| Eukaryotic autotrophs (multicellular) |
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| Eukaryotic heterotrophs (multicellular) |
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| Capable of independent movement and existance |
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| Form relationships where at least one organism benefits and the other is not harmed |
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| Relationship which is a jointly beneficial |
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| Relationship which benefits one organism, but harms the host |
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| Hosts the sexual stages of a parasite where eggs are produced |
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| Hosts the asexual or immature stages of a parasite |
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| A method of sexual reproduction where one cell transfers all or part of its genome to the other |
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| African Sleeping Sickness |
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| Present inside parent colony, individual cells of Volvox |
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| Whip-like extensions used for locomotion |
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| Flowing extensions of protoplasm, often used for endocytosis |
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| A shell associated made from silicon dioxide for radiolarians and from calcium carbonate for foraminifernas |
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| Hair-like extensions used for locomotion |
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| Hair-like extensions used for feeding |
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| Elaborate cell membrane of Paramecium |
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| Located adjacent to the the macronuclues in Paramecium |
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| Aid in water removal in Paramecium |
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| Used to take in food in Paracium |
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| Formed from food taken in by the oral groove in Paramecium |
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| Used to attach the Vorticella to the substate |
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| Organisms which attach themselves to substrates |
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| Disease caused by Plasmodium and transmitted via vectors (mosquitoes) |
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| Adult Plasmodium parasites |
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| Asexual parasite form of Plasmodium which causes the red blood cells to erupt |
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| Plants that do not have systems to transport water, minerals and nutrients through the plant; they use osmosis and diffusion to absorb and distribute |
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| Plants containing specialized cell tissue which move water and solutes through the plants |
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| A tissue in vascular plants which conducts water and minerals from the roots |
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| A tissue in vascular plants which transports food material to move through the plant |
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| Woody seeds that are enclosed in cones |
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| Flowering seeds that are enclosed in fruit |
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| Fibrous root system, scattered vascular bundles, parallel venation, flowers arranged in 3ns, 1 cotyledon (embryonic leaf) |
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| Tap root system, vascular bundles arranged in a circle, netted venation, flowers in 4n-5n, 2 cotyledon (embryonic leaves) |
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| Cellular Level of Organization |
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| Representative of cells which do not form organized/distinct layers. |
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| Permanent attachment to environment |
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| (Collar Cells) Specialized cells that create currents through a canal system |
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| Intermediate organization |
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| Spine-like structures that project through the wall to support tissues |
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| Plate-like disks that cover the external surface of the sponge for protection |
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| Minute openings that water enters through |
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| Muscular pinacocytes with contractile fibers |
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| Excurrent pore at the anterior end of the sponge |
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| Large, empty, central cavity of the sponge |
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| The canal which takes in water through the ostium |
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| Minute pores which connect the incurrent and the radial canals |
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| Cells responsible for the productions of spicules |
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| (Ameobocytes) Function as digestive system, food storage, formation of gametes and gemmule for reproduction |
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| Two-layered body structure |
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| Third tissue layer located between the epidermis and the gastrodermis |
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| Three-layered body structure |
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| Produce mucoid secretions and digestive enzymes |
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| (Interstitial cell) where nematocyst develops, equipped with a projection that is sensitive to stimuli |
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| A stinging cell which consists of a small capsule containing a coiled type of filament |
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| Long-thread filament and protected with spines, capable of paralysis |
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| Spineless filament which is used as a coil to entangle prey in a mess-like network |
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| Uses filament to secret adhesive material for locomotion or attachment |
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| Alternation of Generations/Metagenesis |
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| Alternate life stages where the sessile asexual life to the free-swimming sexual stage |
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| Diploid stage, free-swimming |
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| Individual branch of an Obelia |
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| Nutritive polyp that is found at the end of the branch with a mouth, tentacles, and a hydrostome; when good enters the mouth it enters the gastrovascular cavity which extends to the coenosarc |
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| Reproductive polyp that is found at the end of the branch, club shaped |
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| Raised portion of the hydranth where the mouth is located |
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| Sac cavity in which food enters from the mouth |
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| Central core of the branches |
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| Central core of the gonangium |
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| Thin protective layer around the colony |
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| Cup-shaped area where the tentacles can be drawn inside |
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| Small opening where the young medusae change escape |
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| The location of tentacles with the mouth elevated in the center |
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| The part of the sessile organism used for attachment |
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| Found around the medusae bell in Gonionmus that aids in swimming |
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| The inside of the medusoid and the mouth |
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| The dome potion of medusoid composed of epidermus cells |
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| Notches of tentacles containing equilibrium-sensitive cells |
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| Equilibrium-sensitive cells |
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| Light-sensitive cells sometimes found in the rhopalium |
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| Produces adhesive material to attach the organism to its environment |
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| Opposite to the petal disk which contains the mouth and tentacles |
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| Tube that extends from the mouth towards the petal disk |
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| Threads clustered at the base of the gastrovascular cavity |
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| Radial chamber which passes through the gastrovascular cavity from the sides to the mouth |
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| Subdivisions of the radial chamber |
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| The outer "skin" which rests on a layer of connective tissue |
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