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Biology - 7
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11/10/2005

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Term
algae probably most beneficial to man
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kelp
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whiplike structure
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flagella
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need an oxygen environment to live
Definition
aerobes
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symbiosis between alga and fungus
Definition
lichen
Term
study of fungi
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mycology
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can absorb energy from blue light
Definition
red algae
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rootlike hyphae
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rhizoids
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found only in plant cells
Definition
cellulose
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spore-containing sacs that form at the tips of certain hyphae
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asci
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chromatin
Definition
strands of genetic material
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Are protists plants?
Definition
NO
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Are protists animals?
Definition
NO
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Do protists have tissues?
Definition
NO
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Does the chlorella live in a symbiotic relationship with an amoeba?
Definition
NO
Term
The chlorella lives in a symbiotic relationship with what?
Definition
paramecium
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What is phagocytosis?
Definition
the process of surrounding and digesting a microorganism by a cell
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How does an amoeba move?
Definition
An amoeba's flexible cell membrane bulges out, and the cell's cytoplasm flows in the direction fo the bulge.
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What are the two stages of slime molds?
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a.active stage b.stationary stage
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Why can't fungi manufacture their own food?
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fungi does not contain chlorophyll
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Where does a saprophytic fungus obtain its food?
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from dead or decaying plants and animals
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Parasitic fungi are also called what?
Definition
pathogenic fungi
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Yeasts usually reproduce by what?
Definition
budding
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Yeasts break down carbohydrates and produce what?
Definition
alcohol and carbon dioxide
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What fungus looks like a shelf on a tree?
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bracket fungus
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What are the three statements include in the cell theory?
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a.The cell is the basic unit of living things. b.The cell is the basic unit of function of living organisms. c.All cells come from other cells.
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Almost all cells contain what three things?
Definition
cell membrane, cytoplasm, cell nucleus
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What are the three types of bacteria?
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coccus, bacillus, spirillum
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Most heterotrophic bacteria are helpful or harmful?
Definition
most heterotrophic bacteria are helpful
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What happens to anaerobes exposed to free oxygen?
Definition
anaerobes die if exposed to free oxygen, they can only live without oxygen
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Viruses can only be seen with what?
Definition
electron microscope
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A virus is inactive until when?
Definition
until it attacks a host
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When a virus destroys cells in the body, the body's defense mechanisms begin to do what?
Definition
fight back
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A vaccination is what process?
Definition
the process of injecting a weakened form of a virus into the body
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What fungi are highly contagious because they produce spores that are easily spread?
Definition
pathogenic fungi
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THe part of the mushroom you can see is called what?
Definition
fruiting body
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The body of a brown alga is called what?
Definition
the thallus
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holdfast
Definition
the rootlike structure of the brown alga
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leaflike structure
Definition
blade
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stemlike structure
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stipe
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What are cilia?
Definition
hairlike projections used for locomotion and obtaining food
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Why is it that red algae can live in deep water?
Definition
because they can absorb energy form blue light
Term
Aerobes need what to live?
Definition
oxygen
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What is the tiniest living organism?
Definition
bacteria
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How do most bacteria reproduce?
Definition
cell division
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What is a bacteriophage?
Definition
a geometrically-shaped virus that attacks bacteria
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If living conditions are unfavorable, a bacterium may produce what?
Definition
an endospore
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The body fights viruses by using what?
Definition
prevention, phagocytosis, antibodies
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Cholesterol is found only where?
Definition
in the cells of humans and animals
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