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Organism Vocabulary
Different Classifications
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Biology
12th Grade
02/18/2013

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Term

Annelid

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Definition

segmented worm

 

elongated, cylindrical body

 

 

Term

Arachnid

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Definition

joint legged invertebrate

exoskeleton

four pairs of walking legs

no antenna

lay eggs

Term

Arthropods

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Definition

invertebrate

exoskelton

segmented body

jointed appendages

Term

Aves

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Definition

 

feathered

winged

bipedal

endothermic (warm blooded)

lay eggs

vertebrate

Term

Cephalopod

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Definition

bilateral body symmetry

prominent head

arms or tentacles

lay eggs then die

rapid growth

''inkfish"

Term

Chondrichthyes

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Definition
jawed fish with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone
Term

Chordate

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Definition

Notochord

 Hollow nerve cord that lies dorsal to the notochord

Pharyngeal pouches

postanal tails

Segmentation (muscles/ vertebral column)

Term

Cnidarians

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Definition

radially symmetric

gastrovascular opening (one way in/one way out)

tentacles with stingning cells

medusa 

polyp

 

 

Term

crustacean

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Definition

exoskeleton (chitin)

invertebrate

cold-blooded

lay eggs

appendages for cutting

gills

8 segmented legs (7 sections)

Term

Echinoderms

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Definition

Radial symmetry

pentamerous

no <3 brain or eyes

suction pads on tentacles

slow locomotion

Term

hominids

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Definition

teeth

breain

face

posture

hands (thumbs)

 

Term

ichthyology

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Definition
study of fish
Term

insects

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Definition

invertebrate

3 prt body (head thorax abdomen)

jointed leg (3 pairs)

compound eyes

pair of antenne

Term

Mammal

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Definition
warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young
Term

Marsupial

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Definition

found prodominantly in australia

pouched mammal

Term

Mollusca

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Definition

mantle covering shell

nervous system

invertebrate

soft bodies

 

Term

osteichthyes

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Definition

"bony fish"

fish that have bone, as opposed to cartilaginous, skeletons

 cranial bones, rooted, medial insertion of mandibular muscle in lower jaw

swim (gas) bladder

Term

Placental Mammal

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Definition
Placental mammals all bear live young, which are nourished before birth in the mother's uterus through a specialized embryonic organ attached to the uterus wall, the placenta. The placenta is derived from the same membranes that surround the embryos in the amniote eggs of reptiles, birds, and monotreme. mammals
Term

Primate

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Definition

terrestrial

wlaking on 2-4 limbs

large brain

prehensile tails

opposable thumbs

slower development, live longer

Term

Reptile

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Definition

cold-blooded animals with scales/scutes covering their skin. Most of them are tetrapods, with four legs or leg-like appendages

 

lay aminiotic eggs

 

vertebrates

Term

Drosopilia

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Definition

fruit fly

reproduce exponentially

 

Term

Angiosperm

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Definition
flowering plants
Term

Bryophyte

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Definition

moss

no true vasular system

 

Term

Eudicot

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Definition

flowering plant

distinct trait in their pollen grains of exhibiting three colpi or grooves paralleling the polar axis.

normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed

 

Term

gymnosperm

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Definition

no cover on seeds

most do not flower

form cones

dont produce fruit

propogate through wind

seperate male and female spores

Term

monocots

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Definition

one cotyledon

true granes, sugar cane

 

 

Term

pterophyte

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Definition

 

Any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores.
 
Term

ascomycota

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Definition

ascus, a microscopic sexual structure in which nonmotile spores

medicinally important compounds

making bread, alcoholic beverages, and cheese

Term

Basidiomycota

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Definition
basidia: cells on which sexual spores are produced
Term

Archaebacteria

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Definition

Unicellular

prokaryotic (no nucleus)

bianary fission

anerobic (w/o oxygen)

 

Term

Eubacteria

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Definition

prokaryotic

no mitochondria or chloroplasts

no mitosis

flagella

 

Term

ciliophora (ciliates)

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Definition

cilia

eukaryotic

single celled organism

Term

amoebozoa

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Definition

move through cytoplysmic flow with Psuedopods

divide by phagocytosis

All Amoebozoa are amoeba without shells

up to 1mm in length

Term

euglenozoa

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Definition

eukaryotes

2 flagella 

paraxial rods in their flagellum.

w/ chloroplasts (algea)

 

Term

dinoflagellites

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Definition

most are marine plankton

eukaryote

unicellular

3 flagella

 usually photosynthetic

suculus

tabulation theca (plates of armor)

Term

algae

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Definition

typically autotrophic

symbiosis

eukaryotic

no multicellular sex organs

asexual

 

 

Term

Animals

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Definition

multicellular

heterotrophic

sexual reproduction

nervous systems

not all cells have cell walls

capable of motion

 

Term

Plant

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Definition

autotrophs (photosynthesis)

asexual

eukaryotic

reproduce from seeds and other special organs

contain chlorophyll

 

 

Term

Fungus

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Definition

eukaryotic

non-vascular

spores

not motile

absorb food

Term

Monera

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Definition

unicellular

prokaryotic

no subcellular organelles

1-.05 micrometers

bianry fission

Term

Protista

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Definition

unicellular

eukaryotic

most basic ancestor of animals/plants

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