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Organismal Biology Test 1
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Undergraduate 2
02/04/2008

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Term

 

 Prokaryote Colony Shape

 

 

Staphylo

Definition

Cluster of rod-shaped cells

bacillus - rod shaped 

 

[image]

Term

Prokaryote Colony Shape

 

 

 

Strepto

Definition

Cluster of spherical-shaped cells

coccus - spherical shaped 

[image]

Term

Prokatyote Characteristic 

 

 

 

Capsule 

Definition
water retaining material around cell
Term

Prokaryote Characteristic

 

 

 

 

Fimbria 

Definition
  • shorter than flagellum
  • used to adhere to one another (pilus) 
Term

Prokaryote Genome Characterstics

 

 

 

DNA Characteristics

Definition

Ring-shaped

single stranded

circular

central region of cell (nucleoid) 

Term

Prokaryote Genome Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Plasmids 

Definition

pieces

small rings of DNA 

Term

Prokaryote Genome Characteristics

 

 

 

Horizontal Transfer 

Definition
transfer through plasmids of genes to something that orginally did not have them
Term

Prokaryote Reproduction

 

 

 

Sexual or Asexual?

Definition

Asexual.

offspring is generally identical

mitosis only 

Term

Prokaryote Reproduction

 

 

 

 

Binary Fission 

Definition

Asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms

 

[image]

Term

Prokaryote Characteristic

 

 

 

Endospores 

Definition
resistant structure that allows them to lie dormant for periods
Term

Prokaryote Nutrional Modes

 

 

 

Autotrophic 

Definition
produces organic compounds from simple inorganic molecules and an external source of energy; such as light or chemical reactions.
Term

Prokaryote Nutrional Modes

 

 

 

heterotrophic 

Definition
requires organic substrates to get its carbon for growth & development
Term

Prokaryote Nutrional Modes

 

 

 

Chemotrophs 

Definition
organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of electron donating molecules in their enviornment
Term

Prokaryote Nutrional Modes

 

 

 

Chemoautotrophs 

Definition
in addition to deriving energy from chemical reactions, syntesize all necessary organic compounds from chemical reactions.
Term

Prokaryote Oxygen Relationships

 

 

 

Aerobic

Definition
Using oxygen
Term

Prokaryote Oxygen Relationships

 

 

 

Anaerobic 

Definition
without oxygen
Term

Prokaryote Oxygen Relationships

 

 

 

Strict 

Definition
only way it can survive
Term

Prokaryote Oxygen Relationships

 

 

 

facultative 

Definition
capable of adapting to different conditions.
Term

Prokaryote Oxygen Relationships

 

 

 

 

Obligate 

Definition
Obliged to
Term

Prokaryote Ecological Relationships

 

 

 

free-living 

Definition
does not require prescence of another organism
Term

Prokaryote Ecological Relationship

 

 

 

 Pathogenic

Definition
causes disease or harm
Term

Prokaryote Ecological Relationship

 

 

 

mutualistic 

Definition
beneficial (e-coli, decomposers, etc)
Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

 

 

 

Domain Archaea

 

how many kingdoms?

Definition
1-4
Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

 Archaea

 

 

Extremophiles 

Definition

lives in extreme conditions

 

 

(thermophiles, halophiles, etc...) 

Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

Arhaea 

 

 

 

 Methanogens

Definition

Strict anerobes

 

decomposers

 

 

 

....non-extreme archeans* 

Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

 

 

 

Domain Bacteria 

Definition
1 to many kingdoms
Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

Bacteria

 

 

 

Cynobacteria

Definition

oz producing,

photosynthetic,

structure similar to chloroplasts

 

[image]

Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

Bacteria

 

 

Alpha Proteobacteria 

Definition

Purple green bacteria (similar to mitochondria)

 

Ex. Nitrogen fixing bacteria 

Term

Prokaryote Diversity (sample)

Bacteria

 

 

 

Mycoplasims 

Definition

smallest of all living cells,

flexible shape,

no cell wall,

free-living pathogens 

Term

 

 

 

 

 Domain Eukarya

 

Definition

4 kingdoms

 

plants

animals

fungi

protists 

Term

Domain Eukarya Characterstics

 

 

 

 Reproduction?

Definition
sexual and asexual
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

Haploid (2N) 

Definition
half of chromosomes
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Diploid (2N)

Definition
double of chromosomes
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

homologous chromosomes 

Definition
nonidentical chromosomes that contain information for the same biological features but different genetic information (maternal and paternal)
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

Mitosis 

Definition

2N -> 2N 

Division produces identical daughter cell

replication plus 1 division

mutation can occur

 

[image]

Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

Meiosis 

Definition

1 replication + 2 divisions; 2N -> N 

a single parent diploid cell  (Both homologous chromosomes) divides to produce four daughter haploids cells (One homologous chromosome of the pair).

 

[image]

Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

Meiosis Variation

 

Idependent Assortment 

Definition

mix of maternal and paternal chromosomes.

while connected in synapes, crossing over of genetic information can occur. 

Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Gamete 

Definition
  • sex cell,
  • haploid (N),
  • produced by meiosis or mitosis 
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Zygote 

Definition
  • diploid (2N)
  • result of gametes fusing
  • fertilized 
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Syngamy 

Definition
fusion of gametes
Term

Domain Eukarya Characteristics

 

 

 During Reproduction

 

Spores 

Definition
  • spores can be resting, dormant, or resistant
  • always grow, mature, or divide before fusion
  • asexual or sexual
  • N or 2N
  • not a gamete 
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Plasmogamy 

Definition
fusion without nuclei
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Karyogamy

Definition
fusion with nuclei
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Zygotic Meiosis 

Definition

fungi and some protists

"zygote undergoes meiosis"

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Gametic Meiosis 

Definition

Animals and Some Protists

"gametes produced by meiosis"

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Sporic Meiosis 

Definition

plants and some protists

"spores produced by meiosis"

"alteration of generations"

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Homospory 

Definition
the development of a single kind of asexual spores
Term

 

 

 

 

 Heterospory

Definition
the development of both microspores and megaspores
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Protista 

 

how many groups?

how many phyla? 

Definition
  • 9 + monophyletic groups
  • 19 + phyla 
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Phylum Diplomonadida 

Definition

2 nuclei

parasitic flagellates

ex: giardia intestinalis - can cause diaharria in mammals 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Parabasala 

Definition

parabasel organ

prasitic flagellate

ex: tichomonas veginalis - STD

[image][image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Kinetoplastida

Definition

kinetoplast

heterotrophs  (some are parasitic)

flagellates

parasitic and free living spp(multiple species)

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Euglenophyta

Definition
  • photosynthetic (mast)
  • ex: euglena (nominate)
  • red spot = stigma - absorbs light
  • (pos. phototaxis) light dictates shape of red spot and movement of flagellum pulls them

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Dinoflagellata 

Definition
  • dinoflagellates
  • most spin
  • red tide
  • exists in symbiotic relationships
  • Gymnodinum   
  •     cellulose
  •     whirl
  • [image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Apicomplexa 

Definition
  • apical complex
  • parasites (spore-forming)
  • malaria 
  •     plasmodium
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Life Cycle of Apicomplexa (malaria) 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Ciliophora 

Definition

ciliates

ex: paramecium multimicronucleatum 

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Oomycota 

Definition
water molds
Term

 

 

 

 

 Phylum Ciliophora

 

Euplotes 

Definition

cirrus (cirri)  - tufts of cilli are fused together

membrane - sheetlike

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

 Phylum Ciliophora

 

Vorticella

Definition

myoneme - contractile filament

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Bacilliariophyta 

Definition
  • diatoms
  • unicellular and photosynthetic
  • marine and freshwater
  • silicious frustule (glass-like cell wall)
  • centric (circle) or pennate (longerish) 
  • gametic meiosis - gradual reduction in size to about 1/3 of original, then it starts sexual reproduction [image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Phaeophyta 

Definition
  • brown algae
  • Characteristics
    • blade
    • meristem
    • stype
    • holdfast
    • sporic meiosis 

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Rhodophyta

Definition
  • Red Algae
  • usually exists in very deep and cold water
  • ex: hgar, carrageenan emulsifier 
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Gymnamoeba

 

Definition

heterotrophs

pseudopodia - lope like, lopodia

phagocytosis

ectoplasm

endoplasm 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

Phagocytosis 

Definition

reaching out and engulfing food

ex: amoebas 

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Chrysophyta

Definition

Golden algae

 

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Foraminifera 

Definition
  • forams
  • calcareous tests CaCO3
  • chalk deposits 
  • chambered
  • can be several cm
  • ooze -> calcareous sediment

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Radiolaria

Definition
  • silicious tests (SiO2)
  • pores for psuedopods
  • axopodia - structures that extend
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Entamoeba 

Definition

naked amoebas

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Myxogastrida 

Definition
  • plasmodial Slime molds
  • plasmodium - multinucleate "supercell"
  • can be 1/3 acre
  • engulfs small organisms
  • complex life cycle
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Dictyostelida

Definition

cellular slime molds

 [image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Chlorophyta 

Definition
  • Green Algae
  • photosynthetic
  • unicellular
  • colonial (no specialization except reproduction)
  • filamentous, sheet-like, etc...
  • ex: volvox
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Chlorophyta Reproduction 

Definition

piece breaks off into cell; it grows and goes through mitosis

 

 

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Chlamydomonas

Definition

unicellular green algae

bloom

has red spot for phototaxis 

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi

Characteristics

Definition
  • Heterotrophic
  • Exonenzymes - An enzyme, such as a digestive enzyme, that functions outside the cell from which it originates.
  • absorpitive
  • decomposers (saprobic) 
  • parasites
  • mutualists 
Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi

Structure
Definition
  • Cell walls - chitin (A tough, protective, semitransparent substance, primarily a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, forming the principal component of arthropod exoskeletons and the cell walls of certain fungi.)
  • yeast - single celled
  • hypa(ae) - multicellular thread
  • septate or caenocytic (a spetate)
  • mycelium 
  • haustera (penetrate host cells)
  • spores - dispersal, dormancy, rerpod, N or 2N, asexual or sexual
  • fruiting body - mushrooms

 

Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi Charactersitic

Septate

Definition
  • Divided by a septum or septa.
  • septum - A thin partition or membrane that divides two cavities or soft masses of tissue in an organism
Term

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi Characteristic

Coenocytic

Definition
  • multinucleate cytoplasmic mass enclosed by a single cell wall, as in slime molds and certain fungi and algae
Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi Characteristic

Life Cycle Type?

Definition
zygotic meiosis
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi 

 

 

Definition
5 phyla +
Term


 

 

 

Phylum Chytridiomycota 

Definition
  • Kingdom Fungi
  • water molds - chytrids
  • motile cells
  • water and soils
  • flagellated spores
  • saprobic or parasitic
  • zoospores
[image]
Term


 

 

 

Phylum Zygomycota

Definition
  • Kingdom Fungi
  • bread molds, etc...
  • zygasporangium
  • "mycos" - cap
  • Mycology
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Saporbic 

Definition
  • living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Glomeromycota 

Definition
  • Kingdom Fungi 
  • most = endomycorrhizael
  • mutualists 

 

[image]

 
[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Ascomycota 

Definition
  • Kingdom Fungi 
  • sac fungi
  • ascus
  • septate
  • hyphae
  • asocarp
  • ex:
    • dutch elm disease
    • chestnut blight
    • morel
    • truffle
  • claviceps pupurea -ergot, ergotism
  • bread yeast
  • brewer's yeast
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Asucus 

Definition
  • A membranous, often club-shaped structure in which typically eight ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
Term

 

 

 

 

 

Lichen 

Definition
  • composite organisms = mycobiont & photobiont
  • symbiosis
  • exists mutualism or controlled parasitism
  • crustose
  • foliose
  • fruticose

 

Term

 

 

 

 

Mycobiont 

Definition
a fungal “partner” in a symbiosis
Term

 

 

 

 

Photobiont 

Definition
one or more photosynthetic partners in a symbiosis
Term

 

 

 

 

Symbiosis 

Definition
Symbiosis is a situation in which two or more organisms (called symbionts) spend an important part of their life together. Usually, at least one of the organisms benefits from this association, to the point that the association is necessary for the organism's survival.
Term

 

 

 

 

Crustose 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Foliose 

Definition

leafy

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Fruticose 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Lichen Types 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Imperfect Fungi 

Definition
  • lacking in sexual reproduction
  • includes: plant diseases, animal diseases, penicillium
  • some produce asexual spores - condia
  • pioneer organisms
  • enviornmental organisms
Term

 

 

 

 

Pioneer Organisms 

Definition
  • an organism that populates a region after a natural disaster or any other event that may have caused most life in that area to disappear
Term

 

 

 

 

Conidium 

Definition
  • An asexually produced fungal spore, formed on a conidiophore. Most conidia are dispersed by the wind and can endure extremes of cold, heat, and dryness. When conditions are favorable, they germinate and grow into hyphae.
Term

 

 

 

 

Hyphae 

Definition
  • The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

zygosporangium

Definition

 Zygosporangium formation between two different hyphal strands. Contained within is the zygote. Meiosis will occur in the zygote to restore the haploid chromosome number characteristic of the fungal lifecycle.

 

[image]

Term

 

 

 

 

Ascocarp 

Definition
  • An ascocarp, or ascoma (plural: ascomata), is the fruiting body (sporocarp) of an ascomycete fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and may contain millions of asci, each of which contains typically eight ascospores.
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Ascomycota Life Cycle 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Basidiomycota 

Definition
  • Kingdom Fungi
  • club fungi
  • basidium
  • mushrooms and toadstools
  • dikaryotic hyphae only
[image]

 

Term

 

 

 

 

Basidium 

Definition
  • a microscopic, spore-producing structure found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fungi[image]
[image][image][image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Basidiomycota Reproduction

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom Plantae Characteristics 

Definition
  • photosythesis
  • sporic meiosis
  • dominant gametophyte--->dominant sporophyte
  • cell wall - cellulose
  • vascular and nonvascular
  • seeds & no seeds
  • movement by growth
  • some w/ flagellated sperm
  • no locomotion 
Term

 

 

 

 

Sporic Meiosis

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Bryophyta 

Definition
  • Kingdom Plantae
  • non-vascular
  • dom. gametophyte
  • flag. sperm (H2O) 
  • moist habitats
  • small
  • true mosses
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Non-Vascular Plant

Definition
Non-vascular plants have no roots, stems, or leaves, since each of these structures is defined by containing vascular tissue.
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Bryophyta Life Cycle 

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Hepatophyta 

Definition
  • Kingdom Plantae
  • liverworts "doctrine of signatures"
  • dichotomous branching
  • thallus (sheet-like)
  • lobed
  • asexual production
  • gemma(i) dispersed by water splash
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Anthocerophyta 

Definition
  • Kingdom Plantae
  • Anthoceros (nominate)
  • thalluse
  • dehiscence ( splits open like a bananna and spores come out)
  • seedless vascular
  • dominant sporophyte (terestial life)
  • gametophyta - sometimes independent, dependent, photosynthetic
  • Tissue Systems & plant organs
  • Shoot
    • leaves
      • mierophylls (small leaves)
      • megaphylls (big leaves)
    • stems
  • root
    • true roots
  • homospory-heterospory
  • seedless
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Pterophyta 

Definition
  • Kingdom Plantae
  • True Ferns
  • advantitious roots - grows in the wrong place
  • rachis
    • circinate vernation - uncoils
  • epiphytes
  • terrestial rossette
  • aquatic, climbing, etc...
  • rhizome - stem grows from ground, not a root
    [image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Epiphyte 

Definition
An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attached to a living plant
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylum Pterophyta Life Cycle

Definition
[image]
Term

 

 

 

 

Taxon (taxa)

Definition
a group of organisms with the same name
Term

 

 

 

 

Classification

Definition
the way we group organisms
Term

 

 

 

 

Phylogeny 

Definition
  • evolutionary history
  • make groupings based on phylogeny 
Term

 

 

 

 

Binomen

Definition
Genus + Specific Epithet
Term

 

 

 

 

Domain

Definition
  • highest taxonomic rank of organisms
  • Eukarya
  • Bacteria
  • Archaea 
Term

 

 

 

 

Kingdom 

Definition
  • in Domain Eukarya: K. Animalia, K. Fungi, K. Plantae, K. Protista
  • in Domain Bacteria: K. Eubacteria
  • in Domain Archaea: K. Archaebacteria 
Term

 

 

 

 

Monophyletic 

Definition
a taxonomic group comprising of a single common acestor and all the descendants of that ancestor
Term

 

 

 

 

Holophyletic

Definition
All descendents from a common ancestor
Term

 

 

 

 

Paraphyletic

Definition
some descendants but not all come from a common ancestor
Term

 

 

 

 

Polyphyletic 

Definition
a taxonomic group composed of unrelated organisms descended from more than one ancestor
Term

 

 

 

 

Plesiomorphic

Definition
characteristic that is old or ancestoral
Term

 

 

 

 

Symplesiomorphic

Definition
shared characteristic that is old or ancestoral
Term

 

 

 

 

Apomorphic

Definition
derived characteristics that arose relatively late (recent)
Term

 

 

 

 

Synapomorphic

Definition
shared characteristic derived in recent history
Term

 

 

 

 

Antapomorphic 

Definition
shared by a group
Term

 

 

 

 

Homologous

Definition
derived from same common ancestor
Term

 

 

 

 

Analogous 

Definition
common characteristics from actions, not ancestry
Term

 

 

 

 

Evolutionary View

Definition
  • paraphyletic groups are ok
  • different rates of evolution 
Term

 

 

 

 

Cladistic View

Definition
  • holophyletic only
  • branching pattern is exercised 
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