bio test 2/5 keywords

peptidoglycan

kingdom eubacteria have cell wall made of ____.

capsule

kingdom eubacteria sometimes are enclosed by a ____.

flagellum

kingdom eubacteria sometime have a hair-like ____ for locomotion.

protozoans

protists that are animal-like

hyphae, mycelium

fungi are made up of thread-like ____, which may interweave to form a _____.

saprophytic nutrition

fungi that feed on dead organisms or non-living organic matter.

autotrophs

make food on their own like plant have photosynthesis

monocotyledonous plants

flowering plants that only have one cotyledon e.g. lily

dicotyledonous

flowering plants that have two cotyledons e.g. hibiscus flower

rhizoids

non-vascular plants have ____ for anchorage and for the absorption of water and minerals.

heterotrophs

obtain food from other organisms

external fertilization

eggs are fertilized outside the body

poikilotherms

their body temperature varies with external temperature

homoiotherms

they can maintain a stable body temperature

pinnae

mammals have this on their ears

diurnal

animals that are active during the day

nocturnal

animals that are active at night

xerophytes

plants adapted to survive in dry environments by reducing water loss

mesophytes

normal plants

hydrophytes

plants adapted to grow in water or wet soil

species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

level of organization in ecological studies

cycling of materials, interactions between organisms, energy flow

basic features of an ecosystem

temperature, light, rainfall and humidity, wind speed and water current, oxygen level, salinity, nature of substratum

7 common abiotic factors

predation, competition, commensalism, mutualism, parasitism

5 relationships among organisms

uneaten materials, undigested and egested materials

reasons why energy is lost between trophic level

excretory products, as heat during respiration

reasons why energy is lost within trophic level

feeding, decomposition, respiration, combustion, photosynthesis

carbon cycle process

leguminous plants

nitrogen fixing bacteria are present in ?