1. The Nature And Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards
MRS CGREN
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity to surroundings
Control internal conditions
Growth
Reproduce
Excretion
Nutrition
Are plants multicellular or unicellular
Multicellular
Chloroplasts
In plant cells - carry’s out photosynthesis for nutrition
Plant cell wall
Cellulose
Plants: eukaryote or prokaryotic?
Eukaryote
Plants carbohydrate storage
Starch or sucrose
Plant example
Maize/flowers/beans
Animal cell: multicellular or unicellular?
Multicellular
Animal cell: eukaryote or prokaryotic
Eukaryote
Animal cells coordination
Nervous coordination - able to move from one place to another
Animal cells nutrition
Feeding
Animal cell carbohydrate store
Glycogen
Animal cell examples
Skin cells/mammals/humans/housefly
Fungi cell unicellular or multicellular
Unicellular - yeast
Multicellular - mushrooms
Fungi: eukaryote or prokaryotic
Eukaryote
Does fungi carry out photosynthesis
No
Mycelium network
Thread-like structures called hyphae that contains a lot of nuclei
Fungi cell wall
Chitin
Fungi nutrition
Saprotrophic - release digestive enzymes on food + absorb products of digestion
Fungi carbohydrate store
Glycogen
Fungi examples
Yeast/mushrooms/mucor
Fungi cell diagram
Cell wall and cell membrane
Protoctista nutrition
Various forms of nutrition that are animal and plant like
Protoctista: eukaryote or prokaryotic
Eukaryote