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1
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source

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the location in plants where sugar originates

2
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sink

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the places in the plants where sugars are unloaded

3
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what do carnivorous plants obtain by eating their prey?

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nitrogen

4
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cation takes place between

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soil and roots

5
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phloem

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the plant vascular tissue that carries organic nutrients

6
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benefits of having humus in soil

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decreases rain runoff, retains positively charged minerals, aerates soil, increases the benefits of fungi and bacterial decompostion

7
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guard cells

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the cells that bulge to open stoma during he day, and shrink to close the stoma at night

8
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casparian strip

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the layers of the impermeable lignin and suberin bordering four sides of the root endodermal roots cells that forces water to move into the endodermal cells rather than between

9
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tracheids

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conducting cells that are tapered at both ends

10
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water potential

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a measure of the capacity to release or to take up water, determined by water pressure and osmotic pressure

11
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gibberellins

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plant hormones was discovered in infected rice seedlings that grew extremely tall and slender with “foolish seedling disease”

12
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ions is associated with auxin and used during signal transduction that causes a plant to bend towards a light sources

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H+

13
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How does gibberellin actually work

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It attaches to a plasma membrane receptor and results in gene activation to produce the enzyme amylase that releases sugars for additional cell growth, division, and elongation.

14
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gibberellin

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A chemical messenger from the embryo that stimulates a seed to digest the endosperm

15
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auxin

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plant hormone produced in apical meristems inhibits the growth of axillary buds

16
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ethylene

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plant hormones stimulates the ripening of fruit and inhibits plant growth

17
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cytokinin

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following plant hormones prevents plant tissues from senescing, or aging

18
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auxin

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plant hormone- Indoleacetic acid (IAA) is the most commonly occurring form

19
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In Plasmodium, sexual reproduction occurs in the

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mosquito

20
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In Plasmodium while asexual reproduction occurs in

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humans

21
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A common cause of amoebic dysentery is

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Entamoeba histolytica.

22
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endosymbiotic theory of organelles

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Eukaryotic cells acquired mitochondria and plastids by engulfing free-living bacteria and developed a symbiotic relationship with them. Mitochondria were derived from aerobic bacterium while choloroplasts were derived from cyanobacterium.

23
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organisms belong to the supergroup Excavates

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Kinetoplastids, Diplomonads, euglenoids & parabasalids

24
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Members of Supergroup Rhizarian

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The organisms pictured are foraminiferans, members of Supergroup Rhizarian and have a skeleton called a test.
These organisms may be used as index fossils to date sedimentary rock.
The Egyptian pyramids are built of this type of limestone.

25
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Trichomonas.

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A flagellated protist that is sexually transmitted

26
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Plants give off and take in

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plants give off oxygen and water and take in carbon dioxide

27
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What are the 3 horizons (layers) of soil?

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A (topsoil): Litter and humus
B (subsoil): Inorganic nutrients
C (parent material): Weathered rock

28
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Soils are a mixture of which three types of particles?

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Sand, Silt, Clay

29
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What are three benefits of having living organisms in soil?

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Small plants help form soil from rock
Large plants become dominant in certain ecosystems (succession)
Roots penetrate soil to bedrock, opening soil for water, air, and animals.
Soil-dwelling animals mix soil by burrowing.
Earthworms ingest soil particles and deposit them as worm casts.
They also aerate soil.
Soil-dwelling ants construct colonies and loosen and aerate soil.
Microorganisms are responsible for decomposition of humus.
Soil bacteria also make nitrogen available to plants.

30
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What is the Cohesion-tension model

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A continuous water column moves passively upward due to transpiration of water through leaf stomata
Waxy cuticle prevents water loss when stomata are closed.
Water enters through root to xylem passively by osmosis and is pulled upward due to tension in xylem.

31
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What is the Pressure-Flow Model of Phloem Transport?

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Sieve tubes within phloem form a continuous pathway for organic nutrient transport.
Sucrose is actively transported into phloem at the leaves.
Water follows by osmosis, creating positive pressure.

32
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examples of Stimuli

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Stimuli include light, gravity, carbon dioxide levels, pathogen infection, drought, and touch.

33
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Short term stimuli

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Stomata open and close in response to light levels.

34
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Long term stimuli

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The response to gravity causes downward growth of the root and the upward growth of the stem.

35
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signal transduction

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Response of plants to environmental stimuli can be carried out by this which involves receptors, transduction pathway and a cellular response

36
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what environment do protist live in

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They live in any environment that contains water

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protist means

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typically is used in reference to a eukaryote that is not a true animal, plant, or fungus or in reference to a eukaryote that lacks a muticellular stage

38
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prostist share characteristics with which other domain and how?

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Eukaryotes that share some Archaea characteristics (e.g. biochemistry & genetics)
Lacks the peptidoglycons in cell walls of bacteria
Otherwise varies in modes of Eukarya reproduction, locomotion, & morphology
Endocytosis; 1o endosymbiosis with prokaryotes
2o endosymbiosis: heterotroph engulfing red or green algae

39
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Evolution and diversity of protists

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Complexity and diversity of protists makes them difficult to classify.
Many classification schemes proposed
None has broad support
Cannot be classified as plants, animals, or fungi
Not monophyletic
Do not all belong to the same evolutionary lineage

40
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size of protist

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Vary in size from microscopic algae and protozoans to kelp more than 200 m in length
Brown algal protists some forms may reach a length of 60 metres (197 feet) or more.
A common range in body length, however, is 5 μm
Some parasitic forms (e.g., the malarial organisms) and a few free-living algal protists may have a diameter, or length, of only 1 μm

41
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Although many protists are unicellular, they are

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highly complex.
Amoeboids and ciliates possess unique organelles, such as contractile vacuoles.
Some protists are colonial or filamentous.

42
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nutrition of protist

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Some are photosynthetic
Many are heterotrophic
Some ingest food by endocytosis
Some are parasitic
Some are mixotrophic
Combine autotrophic and heterotrophic nutritional modes
43
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protist life cycles

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Asexual reproduction is common.
Sexual reproduction may occur when conditions are unfavorable.
Formation of spores allows protists to survive hostile environments.
A cyst is a dormant cell with a resistant outer covering which can survive until favorable conditions return.
In parasites, a cyst may serve as a means of transfer to a new host.

44
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why are protist are an enormous ecological importance.

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Source of food
Source of commercial products - Marine protists are source of useful substances like algin, agar, carragean and antiseptics
Primary producer of aquatic ecosystem - Many protists are primary producers, they play a basic role in food cahins, providing food and oxygen.
Source of medicines - Sodium laminaria sulphate, Fucoidin, Heparin are algal products used as blood coagulants. Lyngbya produces an anti-cancer compound.
Pathogens - May cause many disease in man and also in fruits and vegetables it causes late blight potatoes and causes disease in some fishes.
Malaria! –Plasmodium species

45
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protist that use Photoautotrophic forms

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Produce oxygen
Function as producers in both freshwater and saltwater ecosystems
Major component of plankton
Organisms that are suspended in the water
Serve as food for heterotrophic protists and animals
Whales, the largest animal in the sea, feed on plankton, one of the smallest

46
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protist are classified into six supergroups

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Archaeplastida
Chromalveolata
Excavata
Amoebozoa 
Opisthokonta 
Rhizaria
47
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Supergroup Archaeplastida

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Includes land plants and other photosynthetic organisms that have plastids derived from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria
Green algae refers to many phyla of protists that carry out photosynthesis. (approximately 17,000 species)
Inhabit a variety of environments including oceans, freshwater, snowbanks, tree bark, and turtles’ backs
Many are symbionts with fungi, plants, or animals
Morphology varies
The majority are unicellular, but many are filamentous or colonial.
They may be orange, red, or red-colored.
Subdivided into chlorophytes and charophytes (remember this is for dividing Green algae)
Land plants are thought to be derived from charophytes.

48
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Chlorophytes: Chlamydomonas belong to which supergroup

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Archaeplastida

49
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what are chlorophytes: volvox

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Volvox (a colonial chlorophyte)
A colony is a loose association of independent cells.
A Volvox colony:
A hollow sphere
Thousands of cells arranged in a single layer surrounding a watery interior
Flagella beat in a coordinated fashion
Some cells are specialized for reproduction

50
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Chlamydomonas

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A minute (

51
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Green algae

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refers to many phyla of protists that carry out photosynthesis. (approximately 17,000 species)
Inhabit a variety of environments including oceans, freshwater, snowbanks, tree bark, and turtles’ backs
Many are symbionts with fungi, plants, or animals
Morphology varies
The majority are unicellular, but many are filamentous or colonial.
They may be orange, red, or red-colored.
Subdivided into chlorophytes and charophytes (remember this is for dividing Green algae)
Land plants are thought to be derived from charophytes.

52
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Ulva

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Ulva (a multicellular chlorophyte)
Multicellular green alga
Commonly called sea lettuce
Body is two cells thick and can be as much as a meter long
Sexual cycle involves alternation of generations 
Similar to higher plants, except
Both generations look exactly alike.
The gametes all look the same.
53
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red algae

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Multicellular seaweeds (About 5,000 species)
Possess red and blue accessory pigments, which transfer energy from absorbed light to the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll during photosynthesis
Live mostly in warmer seawater, some at depths greater than 70 m

54
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Economic Importance

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Agar – capsules for drugs, dental impressions, cosmetics, culture medium, electrophoresis, food prep
Carrageenan – an emulsifying agent used in the production of chocolate and cosmetics
The reddish-black wrappings around sushi rolls consist of processed Porphyra blades.

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Supergroup Chromalveolata

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Chromalveolata include two large supergroups: stameophiles and alveolates.
Stamenophiles include brown algae, diatoms, golden brown algae, and water molds.

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Brown algae

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About 1,500 species
Most live in colder ocean waters along rocky coasts
Multicellular
Morphology:
Some are small forms with simple filaments.
Others are large multicellular forms that may exceed 200 m in length.
Accessory pigments provide brown color.
Excess food is stored as a carbohydrate called laminarin.

57
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Supergroup Chromalveolata: Stamenophiles

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Multicellular forms of green, red, and brown algae called seaweeds
Laminaria (a kelp) and Fucus (rockweed) are common intertidal seaweeds.
Nereocystis and Macrocystis often form forest-like thickets in deeper waters.
Sargassum forms floating masses where other organisms find shelter.
Harvested for food and fertilizer
Macrocystis is the source of algin, a thickener for foods such as ice cream, sherbet, and cream cheese

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Diatoms

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are the most numerous unicellular algae in the oceans.
Reproduce sexually and asexually
Ornate silica shell
Remains of diatoms are used as
A filtering agent
Soundproofing material
A polishing abrasive
59
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Golden brown algae

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Have yellow-brown carotenoid accessory pigments
Unicellular or colonial
Usually have two flagella with tubular hairs
About 1,000 species
Many, such as Ochromonas, are mixotrophs
Can photosynthesize and phagocytose
Contribute to freshwater and marine phytoplankton

60
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Water molds

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(Nearly 700 species described)
Most live in the water; form furry growths when they parasitize fishes or insects and decompose remains
Some live on land and aprasize insects and plants
Most are saprotrophic