 | Term | Definition |
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a waxy covering on aaerial parts that reduces desiccation |
cuticle |
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vascular tissue specialized for water transport |
xylem |
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vascular tissue specialized for sugar transport |
phylem |
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mosses, liverworts, hormworts; gametophyte; nonvascular; flagelated spem; spores |
bryophytes |
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gametes are produced here in bryophytes |
gametangia |
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male gametangium |
antheridium |
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female gametangium |
archegonium |
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term for vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
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clob mosses, spike mosses, quillworts; sporophyte; vascular; flagellated sperm; spores |
lycophyta |
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ferns, horsetails, whisk ferns; sporophyte; vascular; flagellated sperm; spores |
pterophyta |
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conifers; sporophyte; vascular; wind-dispersed pollen; seeds |
coniferophyta / gymnosperms |
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flowering plants; sporophyte; vascular; wind-dispersed pollen; seeds |
anthophyta / angiosperms |
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male spores made by the two plant divisions that produce seeds |
microspores |
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male spores made by the two plant divisions that produce seeds |
macrospores |
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the female reproductive structure of a flower |
pistil |
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male reproductive structure of plant |
stamen |
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animals that develop closely functioning cells organized into tissues |
eumetazoa |
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animals that do not organize cells into tissues/organs |
parazoa |
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term for top side |
dorsal |
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term for bottom side |
ventral |
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term for head |
anterior end |
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term for tail |
posterior end |
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radial cleavage; archenteron fold forms the anus; coelom develops from outpouching of archenteron wall |
deuterostomes |
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spiral cleavage; archenteron fold forms the mouth; coelom develops from a splitting of the mesordermal tissue on each side of the archenteron |
protostomes |
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sponges; parazoa; no symmetry; amoebocytes carry out digestion |
porifera |
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jellyfish, corals; eumetazoa; 2 germ layers; radial symmetry; 1 gut opening |
cnidaria |
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flatworms; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry;1 gut opening; acoelomate |
platyhelminthes |
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roundworms; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral body symmetry; 2 gut openings; pesudocoelomate |
nematoda |
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rotifers; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings pesudo-coelomate |
rotifera |
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clams, snails, octopuses; eumatozoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protostome |
mollusca |
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segmented worms; eumatozoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protostome |
annelida |
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sea stars, sea urchins; eumetazoa, 3 germ layers; radial symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; deuterostome |
echinodermata |
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insects, spiders, crustaceans; eumetazoa, 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protosome |
arthropoda |
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vertebrates; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; deuterostome |
chordata |
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term for animals that lack a coelom |
acoelomate |
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term for animals with a cavity not completely lined by mesoderm-derived tissue |
psuedocoelomate |
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term for animals with a cavity developed from tissue derived from the mesoderm germ layer |
coelomate |
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