Mod. 9 Prokaryotes & Viruses
The taxonomic classification groups used by scientists, in order
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species?
Tiny organisms that float in the water
plankton
What do we call the study of plants?
Botany
Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves
Xylem
the end of the animal that contains the head
anterior
Naming an organism with its genus and species name
Binomial nomenclature
The name of at least one of the top 3 most common fungal maladies.
What is Athletes foot, Ringworm or Candida (yeast infection).
The male reproductive organ of a flower and the female reproductive organ of a flower.
What are stamen for males and carpel for females
Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant
Phloem
this organism only exists in the polyp stage, one end is covered in tentacles, tentacles are covered in nematocysts used for releasing chemicals into its prey
hydra
The three bacterial cell shapes
What is Cocci (round), Bacilli (Rod), spirilla (spiral).
The group of organisms responsible for most of the photosynthesis that occurs on Earth.
What are diatoms?
A system of tube-shaped cells branching throughout a plant that transports materials between roots and shoots
vascular tissue
A plant that loses its leaves for the winter - give the scientific name
deciduous
this phylum contains crayfish, lobsters, spiders, scorpions and insects; all have an exoskeleton
arthropoda
Name one of the bacterial shapes
Round or Coccus, Rod-Shaped or bacillus, spiral-shaped or spirillum
Mycelium
The most abundant members of the gymnosperm group of plants
conifers
How a plant depends on water, ie. what it needs water for - name at least 2 of the 4
photosynthesis, turgor pressure, hydrolysis and transport
An organism with two shells.
What is a bivalve
A noncellular infectious agent that has two characteristics: 1. it has genetic material (DNA or RNA) inside a protective protein coat and 2. it cannot reproduce on its own; it must infect a living cell
a virus
Fungal Fruiting Bodies
What are mushrooms?
Explain the difference between annual and perennial plants
Annual plants only live for one year, whereas perennials grow year after year
The hormones in plants that regulate the development over cells, altering the amount that they elongate.
Auxins
A mantle and foot are present in most of this type of animal.
What are mollusks?