Bio Unit 10
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- phylum that includes segmented worms (earthworms, leeches)
- annelida
- phylum that includes seed plants that form flowers
- anthophyta
- phylum that includes animals with jointed appendages and an exoskeleton
- arthropoda
- able to manufacture organic molecules form inorganic materials
- autotrophic
- rod-shaped bacterial cells
- bacilli
- phylum that includes non-vascular plants (mosses)
- bryophyta
- phylum that includes animals with a notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chordata
- process of sorting objects into categories for purposes of identification
- classification
- phylum that includes animals with specialized stinging cells used to capture food; hydra, jellyfish, and coral
- cnidaria
- spherical bacterial cells
- cocci
- internal body cavity in certain animal phyla
- coelom
- reproductive organ in conifers, consisting of specialized leaves that bear reporductive structures
- cone
- phylum that includes seed plants that form cones
- coniferophyta
- phylum that includes marine animals with 5 fold symmetry
- echinodermata
- cell that has membrane bound organelles (nucleum or mitochondria)
- eukaryote
- rigid outer covering of certain animals (arthropods and many molluscs)
- exoskeleton
- graphic representation of a classication procedure
- flow chart
- reproductive organ of anthophytes, consisting of specialized leaves for protection, pollinator attraction, and gamete production
- flower
- kingdom that includes multicellular eukaryotes that obtain organic molecules by absorption across the body surface
- fungi
- unable to manufacture organic molecules from inorganic materials; must obtain organic molecules by absorption or ingestion
- heterotrophic
- elongated, cylindrical cell type found in fungi
- hypha
- highest categoy in the hiearchy of biological classification
- kingdom
- tissue that secretes the shell in molluscs
- mantle
- phylum that includes soft-bodies animals with a mantle
- mollusca
- kingdom that includes all prokaryotic organisms (bacteria and blue-green algae)
- monera
- condition of an organism composed of several, interdependent cells
- multicellular
- mass of thread-like hyphae; forms body of a fungus
- mycelium
- rod-shaped structure that provides support in all chordates
- notochord
- taxonomic category that recognizes the major types of animals
- phylum
- phylum that includes flatworms (tapeworms and planaria)
- platyhelminthes
- phylum that includes sponges
- porifera
- cell that lacks membrane-bound organelles, though it does include organelles such as ribosomes
- prokaryote
- kingdom that includes mostly unicellular eukaryotes
- protista
- phylum that includes the seedless vascular plants
- pterophyta
- structure containing embryo and food source for developing plant
- seed
- fundamental unit of biological classification
- species
- spiral-shaped bacterial cells
- spirila
- reproductive cell, capable of producing new individual by itself
- spore
- spore-bearing structure found in various fungi
- sporangium
- branch of biology dealing with the names of organisms and their classification
- taxonomy
- specialized cells that provide structural support and internal transport in certain plants (tracheophytes)
- vascular tissue