Chapter 1 - Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards

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Animals

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.Multicellular

.No cell wall

.have nervous co-ordination > move from one place to another

.store carbohydrates as glycogen

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Fungi

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.No photosynthesis

.single celled

.cell walls made of chitin

.feed by extra cellular secretion of digestive enzymes onto food > this is know as saprotophic nutrition

.store carbohydrates as glycogen

.example > Mucor

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Bacteria

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.single celled > microscopic

.contain cell wall , membrane , plasmids

.SOME bacteria carry out photosynthesis but most feed off other living or dead organisms

.example > lactobacillus

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Protoctists

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.single celled > microscopic

.some like animal cells
.some like plant cells

.Amoeba > features of animal cells
.chlorella > contain chloroplasts > features of pants cell

.Example > malaria

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Viruses

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.small particles > smaller than bacteria

.parasitic > reproduce only in living cells

.contain a protein coat

.examples > tobacco mosaic virus

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Plants

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.Multicellular

.contain chloroplasts > photosynthesis

.cellulose cell walls

.store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose

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