biodiversity

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Hierarchy of taxa
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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Archea
Prokaryotes, extremophiles, methanogenes
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Eubacteria
"True bacteria": most bacteria we are aware of (E coli, etc)
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Eukaryota
Made from eukaryotic cells, contains 4 kingdoms
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4 kingdoms (eukaryota)
Protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
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Protista
Organisms that are unicellular but also found as colony, mostly motile
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Fungi
Non-vascular, non-motile, can be unicellular or filamentous, reproduce through spores
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Plantae
Multicellular, photosynthetic, have cellulose in cell walls, mostly indefinite growth
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Animalia
Multicellular, hetertrophic, generally motile, generally have response
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Invertebrates (phyla)
Porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes, annelida, mollusca, arthropoda
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Porifera
No symmetry, no true tissues, suspension feeders, no mouth/anus (sponges)
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Cnidaria
Radial symmetry, tentacles, stinging cells, mouth, no anus (jellyfish, corals, anemones)
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Platyhelminthes
Bilateral symmetry, flat body, not segmented, mouth, no anus (tapeworms)
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Annelida
Bilateral symmetry, segmented, often has bristles, mouth and anus (earthworm, leech)
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Mollusca
Muscular foot and mantle, usually has shell, no segmentation, bilateral symmetry, mouth and anus (slug, snail, clam, octopus)
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Arthropod
Bilateral symmetry, exoskeleton, segmented, jointed appendages (insects, spiders, crabs)
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Chordates classes
Bony ray-finned fish (osteichthyes), amphibian, reptiles, birds, mammals
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Bony fish (osteichthyes)
Scales, one gill slit, no limbs, fins supported by rays, external fertilization, remain in water, swim bladder for buoyancy, don't maintain constant body temp
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Amphibian
Soft moist skin, permeable to gases and water, simple lings, tetrapods, 4 legs when adult, external fertilization, larval stage in water, adult usually on land, eggs coated in jelly
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Reptiles
Impermeable skin covered in scales, lungs with extensive folding, usually 4 legs, internal fertilization, cold blooded, eggs with soft shels, tooth all of one type
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Birds (aves)
Skin with feathers made of keratin, lungs with tubes and air sacs, 2 legs and 2 wings, eggs with hard shells, beak but no teeth, constant blood temp
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Mammals
Skin has follicles with hair made of keratin, lungs with alveoli, ribs, diaphram, moslty 4 limbs, give birth to live young and feed with milk from mammary gland, teeth of different types with living core
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Bryophota
No true roots, rhizoids, non-vascular, low-lying (moss)
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Filicinophyta
Vascular tissue but no pollen/seeds, spores on undersides of leaves (ferns)
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Coniferophyta
Cambium, pollen in male cones, ovules in female cones, seeds produced (conifers like cedar, pine trees)
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Angiospermophyta
Male and female parts, seeds, fruits, flowers (all flowering plants)
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Analogous structure
Common function but different origin: convergent
Bats and butterflies have analogous structure but different evolution
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Homologous structure
Dufferent function but common origin: divergent
Whales and human have structures that have different function but similar structure (hands and flippers)
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Clade
Group of organisms with common ancestor
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Cladogram
Based on differences in base pairs in amino acids to indicate how long ago two organisms diverged from each other
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