Biology - Variety of living organisms Flashcards

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Animals

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Multicellular
Coordination and movement
No chloroplast
No cell wall
They store carbohydrates as glycogen
Mosquito
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Plants

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Multicellular
Chloroplast
Photosynthesis
Cell wall

Store carbohydrates as glycogen
Peas

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Fungi

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Some are multicellular
Some are single celled 
Cell wall made of chitin
Feed by saprotrophic nutrition
Do not photosynthesise

Store carbohydrates as glycogen
Some are pathogens

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Protoctist

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Single celled
Some have chloroplasts
Similar to plant cells
Causes malaria

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Bacteria

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Single celled
Some can photosynthesise
Circular chromosome of DNA
No nucleus
Most bacteria feed off other organisms

Causes pneumonia

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Virus

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Small particles - smaller than bacteria
Can only reproduce inside living cells
All are pathogens
All are protoctists
No cellular structure

Causes HIV

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