A dumpster for Eukaryotes
All in the family
Sometimes I wet my plants
I am rooting for you
One tough mother fungus
100
If it is not a plant, animal, or fungi it must be a
What is a Protist?
100
The science of classifying organisms
What is Taxonomy?
100
This female reproductive structure is only found in angiosperms and becomes the fruit that encases and protects the embryos (seeds)
What is the ovary?
100
In Ferns, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms this is the dominate generation
What is the Sporophyte?
100
Primary role of fungi in an ecosystem
What is decomposition?
200
Key feature of Eukaryotic organisms that differentiates them from Prokaryotic organisms
What is compartmentalization or membrane bound organelles?
200
The field of organizing and classifying organisms based on evolutionary relationships
What is Systematics?
200
What is alternation of generations?
200
In ferns these structures produce spores and are on the underside of the leaves
What are sori?
200
Fungi that form a sheath around the roots of plants
What is ectomycorrhiza?
300
Protozoans, Algae, and Slime Molds
What are common groups of Protists?
300
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
What are the 3 domains of life?
300
In plants haploid spores are produced via this type of cell division
What is meiosis?
300
The multicellular stage of the plant that gives rise to haploid gametes via mitosis
What is the gametophyte?
300
This type of fungi has specialized fungal hyphae that penetrate the cells of plant root
What are arbuscular mycorrhizae?
400
True or False
The statement that "All protists are single-celled organisms."
What is false
400
Applying the simplest, most obvious way with the least number of steps
What is Parsimony?
400
A primitive leaf that develops in the zygote; monocots have one, and dicots have two
What are cotyledons?
400
The multicellular diploid stage in plants that is formed after the fusion of male and female gametes
What is the sporophyte?
400
When two haploid nuclei coexist in a single cell
What is Dikaryotic?
500
The Kingdom Protista is an artificial grouping of organisms that do not share a common ancestor. This type of grouping is described by a single "P" word.
What is polyphyletic?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
1. Biological structures having similar or corresponding functions but not from the same evolutionary origin
2. Parallel structures in diverse organisms that have a common ancestor
What is 1. Analogy and 2. Homology?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
1. This carries water and nutrients from the roots up through the plant
2. This carries sugars, proteins, and other solutes (photosynthates, hormones) throughout the plant from sources to sinks
What is 1. Xylem and 2. Phloem?
500
These structures anchor mosses to substrates
What are rhizoids?
500
The structures that produce spores in Fungi
What are fruiting bodies?