1.
A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence. HYPOTHESIS
2.
A broad explanation of facts made on the basis of substantial evidence. THEORY
3.
Science based on deductive reasoning.
4.
Science based on observations and inductive reasoning.
HYPOTHESIS-BASED
DISCOVERY-BASED
5.
Evolutionary history of an organism.
6.
Unicellular organisms with no membrane-enclosed organelles.
PHYLOGENY
PROKARYOTES
7.
Organisms with a true nucleus.
8.
Group of organisms that includes pathogenic prokaryotes.
9.
Group of organisms that includes extremophiles.
10.
Highly resistant bacterial cells that can be dormant for years.
11.
Polymer in the cell walls of bacteria.
12.
Organisms that create organic molecules from carbon dioxide.
EUKARYOTES
BACTERIA
ARCHAEA
ENDOSPORES
PEPTIDOGLYCAN
AUTOTROPHS
13.
Organisms that create organic molecules from digested foods.
14.
Organisms that don’t use oxygen, but are not poisoned by it.
CHEMOTROPHS
AEROTOLERANT ANAEROBES
15.
Organisms that don’t require oxygen, but will use it when available. FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES
16.
The most diverse eukaryotic kingdom. PROTISTS
17.
Protist supergroup named for their excavated feeding groove. EXCAVATA
18.
Kinetoplastid that causes sleeping sickness. Vectored by the tsetse fly. TRYPANOSOMA
19.
Protist supergroup named for sacs under their membrane. ALVEOLATA
20.
Organisms possessing both a macro- and micro-nucleus.
21.
Apicomplexan that causes malaria. Vectored by the mosquito.
22.
Organisms that cause red tides.
23.
Protist supergroup named for their additional hairy flagellum.
CILIATES
PLASMODIUM
DINOFLAGELLATES
STRAMENOPILA
24.
Algae with walls made of silica. Are often fossilized. DIATOMS
25.
Organism responsible for the Irish Potato Blight and Sudden Oak Death. OOMYCETES
26.
Protist supergroup named for their threadlike pseudopodia. RHIZERIA
27.
Protist supergroup including gymnamoebes, entamoebes, and slime molds.
AMOEBOZOA
28.
Supergroup including fungi, animals, and similar protists.
29.
An interwoven mass of hyphae.
OPISTHOKONTA
MYCELIUM
30.
Symbiotic association between fungi and green algae or cyanobacteria. LICHEN
31.
Symbiotic association between fungi and plant roots.
32.
Includes bread molds.
MYCORRHIZAE
ZYGOMYCOTA
33.
Includes sac fungi and yeasts. Organisms may possess asexual conidia. ASCOMYCOTA
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Also known as “club fungus”. BASIDIOMYCOTA
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Polymer in the cell walls of fungi.
36.
Fusion of the cytoplasm during sexual reproduction in fungi.
CHITIN
PLASMOGAMY
37.
Fusion of the nuclei during sexual reproduction in fungi. KARYOGAMY

1.
Plant generation that forms spores.
2.
Plant generation that forms gametes.
3.
Algal ancestor of plants.
4.
Waxy covering that helps prevent plants from drying out.
5.
Scientific name for “liverworts”.
6.
Scientific name for “hornworts”.
7.
Female gametangia that produce and enclose eggs.
8.
Male gametangia that produce sperm.
9.
Refers to plants in which there is one type of spore.
10.
Refers to plants in which there is a megaspore and microspore.
11.
Structure composed of an embryo, food supply, and coat.
12.
Seedless, avascular plants.
SPOROPHYTE
GAMETOPHYTE
CHAROPHYCEAN
CUTICLE
HEPATOPHYTA
ANTHOCEROPHYTA
ARCHEGONIA
ANTHERIDIA
HOMOSPOROUS
HETEROSPOROUS
SEED
FERNS
13.
Vascular plants with naked seeds.
14.
Vascular plants with seeds covered by ovaries.
15.
Phylum including evergreens.
16.
Largest, most diverse plant phylum.
17.
Flowers in which the stamens and pistils are on one flower.
18.
Flowers in which the stamens and pistils are on separate flowers.
19.
Protistal ancestor of animals.
GYMNOSPERMS
ANGIOSPERMS
CONIFEROPHYTA
ANTHOPHYTA
PERFECT FLOWER
IMPERFECT FLOWER
CHOANOFLAGELLATE
20.
Animal division regarding the presence of true tissues.
21.
Animal division regarding symmetry.
22.
Animal division regarding the fate of the blastopore.
23.
Animal division regarding the presence of an exoskeleton.
PARAZOA v. EUMETAZOA
RADIATA v. BILATERIA
PROTOSTOMA v. DEUTEROSTOMA
LOPHOTROCHOZOA v. ECDYSOZOA
24.
Refers to animals with a coelom completely surrounded by mesoderm. COELOMATES
25.
Refers to animals with a coelom partially surrounded by mesoderm. PSEUDOCOELOMATES
26.
Refers to animals lacking a body cavity.
27.
Asymmetrical animals with no true tissues.
28.
Diploblastic animals with radial symmetry.
29.
Scientific name for “flatworms”.
30.
Microscopic freshwater organisms that undergo parthenogenesis.
31.
Animal phylum including gastropoda, bivalvia, and cephalopoda.
32.
Animal phylum including earthworms, polychaetes, and leeches.
33.
Animal phylum with a chitin cuticle. Cause trichinosis.
34.
Largest, most successful animal phylum. Have an open circulatory system.
35.
Animal phylum named for their spiny skin.
ACOELOMATES
PORIFERA
CNIDARIA
PLATYHELMINTHES
ROTIFERA
MOLLUSCA
ANNELIDA
NEMATODA
ARTHROPODA
ECHINODERMATA