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| The study of amphibians and reptiles. |
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| Lack of nuclei and other membrane-bound organelles; 'before nucleus'. |
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| Larger and more complex; have membrane-bound nuclei containing DNA; 'true nucleus'. |
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| Atom, Molecules, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism (AMCTOOO) |
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| In DNA, Adenine pairs with.. |
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| In DNA, thymine pairs with.. |
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| In DNA and RNA, guanine pairs with.. |
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| In DNA and RNA, cytosine pairs with.. |
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| In RNA, Adenine pairs with.. |
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| In RNA, uracil pairs with.. |
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| The formation of a messenger RNA molecule that carries genetic code from the nucleus to the cytoplasm of a cell. |
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| The production of a protein based on the code in messenger RNA (PROTEINS ARE MADE FROM CHAINS OF AMINO ACIDS). |
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| Control center of the cell; contains DNA and nucleolus. |
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| Messenger; makes ribosomes. |
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| Makes proteins by assembling amino acids together. |
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| Packages proteins (within a cell). |
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| Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) |
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| Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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| Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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| Powerhouse of the cell; supplies energy (ATP or Adenosine triphosphate). |
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| Only found in plants made of polysaccharide cellulose. |
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| Cushions the organelles; acts as support for the cell. |
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| Digests bacteria, dead cell parts, and food. |
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| Dividing of the nuclear contents in a body cell; PMAT (Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase). |
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| Dividing of the nuclear contents in a sex cell or gamete; PMAT1 and PMAT2. |
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| Term which describes decreased metabolism and lowered body temperature in the summer. |
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| Term which describes decreased metabolism and lowered body temperature in the winter. |
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| Non-living; e.g., sunlight. |
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| A relationship between two living things. |
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| Term describing a symbiotic situation in which one organism lives on a host, thereby hurting the host. |
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| Term describing a symbiotic situation in which one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. |
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| Term describing a symbiotic situation in which both organisms involved benefit. |
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| Animal's lifestyle which includes where it looks for food, what it eats, where it nests, and what conditions of temperature and moisture it requires. |
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| Short sequence of organisms through which energy moves in an ecosystem. |
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| Interrelated food chains; a more realistic look at what an animal eats. |
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| Make their own food; e.g., plants. |
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| Cannot make their own food. |
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| Eats both meat and plants. |
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| Detritivores (Decomposers) |
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| Eats dead or decaying material. |
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- Classification of an animal.
- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
- King Philip Came Over From Green Spain. |
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| Two part naming system: genus and species (Carolus Linnaeus). |
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| Prokaryotic kingdom; divided into Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. |
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| Eukaryotic and single-cell colony kingdom; e.g., amoeba, paramecium. |
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| Eukaryotic, multi-cellular and photosynthetic kingdom; e.g., plants. |
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| Eukaryotic and multi-cellular; e.g., mushrooms, mold, mildew. |
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| Eukaryotic and multi-cellular; e.g., birds. |
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| Asymmetrical; no specific shape; e.g., sponges. |
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| Radial symmetry; any plan passing through the axis divides an organism into mirror images; pieces of a pie that have no anterior (front) or posterior (back); e.g., hydra, jellyfish, sea anemones, obelia. |
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| Biradial symmetry; modification of the radial in which a single plane, passing through a central axis, divides the animal into mirror images; e.g., comb jellies, sea walnuts. |
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| Flat worms; e.g., planaria, tapeworm, flukes. |
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| Round worms; e.g., hookworms, pinworms, ascaris. |
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| Mollusks; e.g., snails, clams, cuttlefish, squid. |
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| Mollusks; have a singular, spiral shell and a muscular foot; e.g., snails, slugs. |
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| Mollusks; have a shell that is divided into two parts w/ a hinge; e.g., clams, oysters, mussels, scallops. |
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| Mollusks; have a prominent head and a modification of a muscular foot (usually a tentacle); e.g., chambered nautilus, cuttlefish, octopus, squid. |
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| The study of Cephalopods. |
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| Segmented worms; e.g., earthworms, leeches, clamworm. |
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| Most abundant of all phylums; scorpions, spiders, ticks, crabs, moths. |
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| Symmetrical; a phylum of marine animals found at any depth; e.g., feather star, sea stars, sea urchin, sand dollar. |
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| Organisms w/ a backbone sometime during their life. |
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| Has a notochord, pharyngeal slits, dorsal nerve cord, post anal tail. |
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| Subphylum Cephalochordata |
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| Lancelets (have the notochord, pharyngeal slits, dorsal nerve cord and post anal tail ONLY in the larval stage). |
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| Notochord, nerve cord, postanal tail, pharyngeal slits present at least in embryonic stages. |
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| Jawless fish; e.g., lampreys and hafish. |
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| Cartilage fish; e.g., sharks, rays and skates. |
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| Bony fish; e.g., bass, catfish, etcetera. |
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| Amphibians / cold blooded / exhibits metamorphosis; e.g., frogs, toads, salamanders. |
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| Dry skin w/ epidermal scales; terrestrial; e.g., snakes, lizards, alligators. |
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| Birds, flight, hollow bones; e.g., birds. |
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| Bodies at least partially covered by hair; endothermic; young nursed from mammary glands; e.g., mammals. |
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