Biology Test Nov. 18 Flashcards
Eukaryotes
- single or multi celled
- one or more nuclei
- membrane bound organelle
6 kingdoms of Life
- Protista
- Eubacteria
- fungi
- plant
- animal
- Archaebacteria
Archaea found?
Extreme environments
Oldest organisms on earth?
Archaebacteria
What bacteria help digest food and is in the gut
e.coli
What is the function for most bacteria and how is it helpful to them
Decomposing other living things to obtain energy
Food products containing helpful bacteria
Cheese and yogurt
3 basic shapes for bacteria
Cocci- circular
Bacilli- rod shaped
Spirilla- spiral
Two structures that help bacteria move
Pili and Flagella
What covers the outside of all prokaryotes
Cell wall
Function of pili
Stick to surfaces
What structures,IF PRESENT, let bacteria be motile?
Flagella
Describe chromosome (DNA) of bacteria and tell its location
Single loop in cytoplasm
What is the purpose of ribosomes
To produce protein
What do ameba’s have and what are they
- Eukaryotes
- Protista kingdom
- have food vacuoles
- endoplasm
- ectoplasm
- contractile vacuole
- nucleus
- pseudopodia