A prokaryotic domain that are more similar to Eukarya and contains extremeophiles
What are Archaea?
Characteristic shared by all members of Domain Protista
What are eukaryotic cells?
What are eukaryotic multicellular photoautotrophs?
The distinguishing characteristics of Kingdom Fungi
What are absorptive heterotrophs?
The distinguishing characteristics of Kingdom Animalia
What are multicellular eukaryotic ingestive heterotrophs?
Type of cells characterized by a lack of internal membranes
What are prokaryotic cells?
Term to describe the protists, who are not more closely related to one another than to other groups
What is an "artificial" kingdom?
The adaptation that allowed plants to grow tall by linking cellulose fibers together
What is lignin?
The key component of fungal cell walls that is also found in Kingdom Animalia
What is chitin?
Only group of animals that do not have true tissues
What are sponges?
What are cocci?
Basic characteristics of most members of Protista?
What are single celled and microscopic?
What are the Bryophytes?
Term for main body of multicellular fungus
What is mycelium?
Body plan that can only be divided into 2 mirror images
What is bilateral symmetry?
Word to describe organism that uses inorganic chemicals as an energy source and carbon dioxide as a carbon source
What is a chemoautotroph?
Term to describe nutritional opportunists that can use energy and carbon from a variety of sources
What are mixotrophs?
Adaptation that allowed plants to reproduce sexually without water
What is pollen?
What is a thick walled cells for asexual reproduction that can survive for long periods of time and in harsh conditions
What are spores?
Term for well organized body cavity in animals
What is a coelom?
Method of lateral gene transfer via trading of plasmid DNA
What is bacterial conjugation?
Term for protists that drift at the top of bodies of water that use photosynthesis and term for heterotrophic protists that drift at the top of bodies of water
What is phytoplankton and zooplankton?
The term and description of the adaptive innovations found in both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
What are seeds which are a baby in a box with lunch?
Embryo, seed coat, with stored food,
The members of a the mutualistic association known as a lichen
What are a photosynthetic protist and a fungus?
Species rich group with exoskeleton and segmented body plan
What is Anthropoda?