| Term | Definition |
|---|
| plant like protists | photosynthetic algae; all contain chlorophyll a |
| animal like protists | heterotrophic protists (protozoa) |
| fungus like protists | absorptive protists that resemble fungi |
| chlorophytes | green algae that are the common ancestor of land plants |
| bryophytes | first land plants; two important adaptations- waxy cuticle (stop water loss), gametangia |
| gametangia | protective structures to aid survival of gametes on land |
| mosses | important bryophyte, dominant life cycle generation is a haploid gametophyte |
| seedless vascular plants | came after bryophytes, and had two further changes |
| gymnosperm | came after seedless vascular plants and had three evolutionary adaptations |
| conifers | plants whose reproductive structure is a cone |
| angiosperm | flowering plant that came after gymnosperms divided into monocots and dicots |
| polyp | is cylinder shaped and lives attached to some surface (sea anemones) |
| medusa | is flat and roams the waters looking for food (jellyfish) |
| flukes | parasitic flatworms that alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction life cycles |
| planarians | free living carnivores that live in water |
| tapeworms | parasitic flatworms whose adult form lives in vertebrates, inlcuind us (humans) |
| rotifera | these are also members of the pseudoceolomate club; they have specialized orangs, a full digestive tract, and are very tiny |
| nematoda | roundwaorms; pseudoceolomate; can cause trichinosis |
| mollusca | protosme division; snails, slugs, octuposes, squids; ceolomates w/ full digestive system; |
| annelida | segmented worms |
| arthropoda | most heavily represented group on planet; has hard exoskelton made of chitin, specialized appendages; spiders, larva undergo metamorphasis |
| echinodermata | sea stars; ceolomate; deuterostrome; have water vascular system |
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