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gymnosperms etc
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/24/2010

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Term
Gymnosperms
Definition
cycads, ginkos, conifers
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Cycad
Definition
only gymnosperm that still uses sperm cells; existed during dinosaurs, looks: short palm tree
Term
Conifers
Definition
pine, spruce, cypress, fir
Term
True fir
Definition
has boat needles, cones are circle shaped
Term
Douglas Fir (Hemlock)
Definition
cone: looks like mouse tail coming out, needles are soft and look like a star
Term
Incense Cedar
Definition
cypress family, branches out junipers
Term
Coast Sequoia (Redwood)
Definition
looks like straight line when looked at straight on, single needled
Term
Pine
Definition
needles are in 2-5, sharp scales on cones w/ more spread out look
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cypress
Definition
cones look like umbrellas, sequioa, single needled, straight line
Term
Spruce
Definition
sharp needles come to a star, flatter longer cone
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Juniper
Definition
Cypress family, fluffy looking
Term
Female cone
Definition
bigger, produces pine seed
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Male cone
Definition
much smaller, produces pollen
Term
pollen
Definition
male sperm
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Sperm
Definition
pollen
Term
seeds
Definition
female gametophyte
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Gametophyte
Definition
small part of plant
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Sporophyte
Definition
tall part of the plant
Term
Angiosperm
Definition
Flowers; monocots and dicots
Term
Sepal
Definition
on flower for protection, part underneath petals
Term
pistil
Definition
on flower top part of very middle stem and is the female part
Term
carpel
Definition
on flower the whole stem in the middle and its the ovary that produces unfertilized seeds
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Anthers
Definition
on flower the outside (middle) top part
Term
stamens
Definition
on flower the outside (middle) length, male gametaphyte that produces pollen
Term
Monocot
Definition
single leafed, petals in mult of 3, leaf veins are parallel and there is no woody tissue
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Dicot
Definition
2 leafed, petals in mult of 4-5, leaf veins are netted, sometimes woody tissue
Term
Parallel Veins
Definition
Monocot
Term
Net-like veins
Definition
Dicot
Term
Animalia
Definition
porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes, nematoda, annelida, mollusca
Term
porifera
Definition
exa: sponge,filter feeders, asymmetrical (no head or tail), aquatic, use flaggellum to feed
Term
Cnidaria
Definition
Exa: jellyfish, anemone, coral. radial symmetry (have mouth side and a non mouth side), they have stinging cells, has gut pockets and only 1 opening.
Term
stinging cells
Definition
cnidocytes
Term
medusa stage
Definition
cnidaria, Jellyfish stage where swims sexual stage sometimes make polyps
Term
polyp stage
Definition
anemone stage (sits in one spot) asexual stage (sometimes makes jellyfish
Term
coral
Definition
symbiosis between anemone and algae. anemone houses algae, algae houses coral, algae can live w/out anemone, anemone cant live without algae
Term
Platyhelminthes
Definition
(flat worms) bilateral symmetry (2 sides) Exa: tape worm (parasite)- has hooks and suckers and reproductive segments
Term
Anemone and algae relationship?
Definition
zooxanthellae
Term
Nematoda
Definition
(roundworms) exa- Pinworms (parasite), heartworm, ascaris worms (comes from unwashed garden veggies), hook worm (from walking in muddy fields, trichinosis (uncooked bear meat) has a gut tube
Term
Annelida
Definition
exa: earthworms, clam worms (has pronounced bristles), leeches (parasite)(has oral sucker) are segmented
Term
Mollusca
Definition
gastropods, chitin, bivalvs, cephalopods
Term
gastropods
Definition
exa: snails, slugs. Single shelled, have foot
Term
chitin
Definition
exa: marine. has 8 shelled plate and foot
Term
bivalvs
Definition
exa: clams and muscles, has 2 shelled plate and foot
Term
cephlalopods
Definition
exa: squid (has little bit of shell left called pen) and octopus (shell completely gone) their foot remnant is called foot
Term
asymmetry
Definition
no head or tail
Term
radial symmetry
Definition
mouth side and non mouth side
Term
bilateral symmetry
Definition
2 sides
Term
predator
Definition
animal that lives on other animals
Term
herbivore
Definition
animal that eats plants
Term
gut pocket
Definition
in cnidarias
Term
gastrointestinal tract
Definition
digestive tract
Term
clam worm
Definition
annelida, has lateral bristles, marine
Term
Leech
Definition
annelida, has oral sucker, freshwater parasite
Term
earthworm
Definition
annelida, freshwater, soil
Term
bristles
Definition
on clam worm (annelida)
Term
suckers
Definition
on leech (annelida) and tape worm (platyhelmintheses
Term
tapeworm (parasite)
Definition
platyhelminthese, has hooks and suckers and reproductive segments
Term
Heartworm
Definition
transmitted by mosquito Nematoda
Term
Pinworm
Definition
Nematoda, kids and itchy butt
Term
Vector mosquito
Definition
transmits heartworm
Term
vector flea
Definition
transmits tapeworm
Term
shell
Definition
mollusca
Term
foot
Definition
mollusca
Term
siphon
Definition
jet on octopus amd squid, how they move
Term
tentacles
Definition
cephalopods
Term
dorsal
Definition
bilateral, back
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ventral
Definition
bilateral, bottom
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