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Lab Quiz Six
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/13/2012

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bryophyte
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refers to plants that lack vascular tissue
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fern allies
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seedless plants that contain vascular tissue but are not ferns
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alteration of generations refers to
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a life cycle that exhibits separate multi cellular diploid individuals and multicellular haploid individuals
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what two are needed to complete one life cycle
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gametophyte and sporophyte
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gametophyte
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multicellular individual that may be unisexual or bisexual thaat produces haploid gamete cells
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sporophyte
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released haploid spres into the enviro. that germinate and gro to become multicellular haploid gametophyte
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gametangia
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gametes are produced in them
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antheridia
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may produce glagellated sperm
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archegonium
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contains a single egg
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antheridium
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seedless plants--male reproductive
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archegonium
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seedless plants-female reproductive
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bryophytes
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phylum of nonvascular plants made up on mosses and liverworts
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gametophyte
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seedless plants-the multicellular haploid phase that produces gametes
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heterosporous
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producing two types of spores-male/female
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homosporous
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producing a single type of spore that gives rise to a gametophyte with both male and female reproductive organs
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megasporangium
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sporangium containing megaspores
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megaspore
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a haploid spore that produces female gametophyte
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microsporangium
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sporangium containing microspores
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microspore
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hap. spore that produces male gametophyte
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rhizoid
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hair-like extensions that anchor the plants to the ground
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sporangium
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seedless plants-multicellular organ where meiosis occurs and haploid cells develop
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spore
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a haploid cell that divides by mitosis to develop into a haploid adult
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sporophyte
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seedless plants-the diploid phase that produces spores
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strobilus
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cone like structure composed of sporophylls
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thallus
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vegetative body which is not differentiated into true leaf, stem or root
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who uses rhizoids
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bryophytes
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what is the fern allies dominant life cycle
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sporophyte
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Plant Life Cycle
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Systematics
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organizes life into a hierarchy based on available evidence
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What are the groups
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domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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The kingdom animalia is also known as
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metazoa
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T/F the phylogenies of the Metazoa match
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False
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acoelomate
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the body plan without a body cavity
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annelida
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phylum composed of segmented worms, some organs repeat in segments
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arthropodia
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most diverse phylum - all members have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, and a segmented body
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bilateral symmetry
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organism with a left and right side - only one way to cut them
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chordata
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phylum - all share a notochord and pharyngeal gills
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cnidaria
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diploblastic phylum - distinguished by the ability to sting
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coelomate
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body plan with a membrane-lined body cavity - more organizatoin
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deuterostomia
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mode of deveopment of the digestive system during which the mouth forms second (the anus forms first)
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diploblastic
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tissue derived from two embryonic layers: endo/exoderm
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ecdysozoa
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organisms that molt
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echinodermata
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phylum of marine species
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ectoderm
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the outer layer of tissue in the gastrula, gives rise to the skin and nervous system
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endoderm
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inner layer of tissue in the gastrula, gives rise to most of the digestive system
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eumetazoa
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organisms with true tissues
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lophotrochozoa
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clade of organisms that share one of two characteristics: either a lophophore (whorl of tentacles) mouthpart or a trochophore larval stage
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mesoderm
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the layer of germ tissue that fills the space between ectoderm and endoderm
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mollusca
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phylum - all of which have a large cavity used for breathing and excretion and lined with tissue and 2 or 3 nerve cords.
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nematoda
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small narrow worms
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parthenogenesis
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type of asexual reproduction in which females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs
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platyhelminthes
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an acoelmoate phylum without circulatory or respiratory organs
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porifera
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sponges; lack true tissue. instead, they are composed of several different cell types
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protostomia
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mode of development of the digestive system during which the mouth forms first - anus second
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pseudocoelomate
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body plan with a body cavity that is nor membrane-lined by mesoderm tissue
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radial symmetry
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can be cut in any direction to get halves
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rotifera
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phylum of aquatic pseudocoelomates with cilia that surround mouth that appear to rotate when beating
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triploblastic
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having tissues derived from all three embryonic layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm
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