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Chapter 20.2 Prokaryotes Flashcards

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What is a prokaryote?

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smallest and most abundant microorganisms that are unicellular and lack a nucleus

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Where is prokaryote DNA located?

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in the cytoplasm

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Where is eukaryote DNA located?

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in a membrane-bound nuclear envelope

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Domain Bacteria

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(Kingdom Eubacteria)

  • the larger of the two domains
  • surrounded by a cell wall that protects from injury and determines its shape
  • cell walls contain peptidoglycan
  • some bacteria (ie. E. coli) have a second membrane outside the peptidoglycan wall that makes the cell especially resistant to damage
  • live in wide range of environments
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What is peptidoglycan?

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a polymer of sugars and amino acids

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Domain Archaea

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(Kingdom Archaebacteria)

  • cell walls lack peptidoglycan
  • membranes contain different lipids
  • archaea and eukaryotes are more closely related to each other than bacteria
  • live in harsh/extreme environments
  • methanogens
  • halophiles
  • thermoacidphiles
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What are methanogens?

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bacteria that can live in swamps, lake sediment, animals’ guts and produce methane gas (greenhouse gas)

    - live in places with little or no oxygen
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What are halophiles?

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bacteria that live in very salty habitats like the Dead Sea, seawater-evaporating ponds for salt production

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What are thermoacidphiles?

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bacteria that live in acid, hot conditions, like hot springs, deep-sea volcanic vents

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How do prokaryotes vary in their structure and function?

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prokaryotes vary in their size and shape, in the way they move, and in the way they obtain and release energy

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Describe the size of prokaryotes.

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range in size from 1 to 5 micrometers (smaller than most eukaryotic cells)

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What are the three different shapes of prokaryotes?

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  1. bacilli: rod-shaped
  2. cocci: spherical
  3. spirilla: spriral and corkscrew-shaped
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Describe the movement of prokaryotes.

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some do not move at all, some are propelled by a flagella, some glide slowly along a layer of slimelike material they secrete

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Describe the nutrition and metabolism of prokaryotes.

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store chemical energy in the form of fuel molecules (sugars), this energy is released during cellular respiration, fermentation, or both

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What is a photoautotroph?

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organism that carries out photosynthesis in a manner similar to that of plants

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What is a chemoautotroph?

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organism that makes food from chemical reactions such as ammonia

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What is a decomposer?

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organism that takes in organic molecules and then breaks them down

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What is a photoheterotroph?

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organism that uses light energy in addition to processing organic molecules

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What is binary fission?

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a type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells

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What is an endospore?

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a thick internal wall that encloses the DNA and a portion of the cytoplasm

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What is conjugation?

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a process in which paramecia and some prokaryotes exchange genetic info

hollow bridge forms between two bacterial cells, and genetic material, usually in the form of a plasmid

2 bacteria joined by pili and a small piece of DNA (plasmid) moves from one bacterium to the other

AKA LATERAL GENE TRANSFER: increases genetic diversity

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How do decomposers help the ecosystem recycle nutrients when a tree dies?

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They feed and digest dead tissue, breaking it down into its raw materials which are released back into the environment.

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What would happen to plants and animals if decomposers did not recycle nutrients?

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Plants would drain the soil of minerals and die, and animals that depend on plants as food would starve.

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Why do all organisms need nitrogen?

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to make proteins and other molecules

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Why is the process of nitrogen fixation important?

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the process converts nitrogen gas into ammonia which can then be converted to nitrates that plants use or can be attached to amino acids that all organisms use

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What kind of relationship do many plants have with nitrogen-fixing bacteria?

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symbiotic relationship

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Where does conjugation happen?

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in harsh environments, plasmids may contain genes to survive in new environments or to resist antibiotics

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What are the 6 important things about prokaryotes?

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  1. decomposers
  2. producers
  3. nitrogen fixers
  4. human uses
  5. human body
  6. diseases
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How are prokaryotes classified?

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prokaryotes are classified as Bacteria or Archaea (two of the three domains of life)

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DECOMPOSERS: importance of prokaryotes (3)

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  • assist in breaking down dead organisms
  • supply raw materials (recycles) and help to maintain equilibrium in the environment
  • sewage treatment, purify water
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PRODUCERS: importance of prokaryotes (2)

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  • photosynthesizers: produce oxygen in the open ocean

- basis of many food chains: depended on for food and biomass production

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NITROGEN FIXERS: importance of prokaryotes (2)

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  • nitrogen fixation

- some plants have symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing prokaryotes

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HUMAN USES: importance of prokaryotes

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  • food production
  • mining
  • synthesizing drugs and chemicals
  • remove wastes
  • etc.
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HUMAN BODY: importance of prokaryotes

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  • 9/10 cells are bacterial
  • each cm squared of skin has 100,000 bacteria
  • helps digestion
  • helps immunity
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DISEASES: importance of prokaryotes

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  • some bacteria are disease causing
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What are the most abundant photosynthetic organisms in the world?

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cyanobacterium “Prochlorococcus”
- may account for more than half of the primary
production in the open ocean

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What roles do prokaryotes play in the living world?

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Prokaryotes are essential in maintaining every aspect of the ecological balance of the living world. In addition, some species have specific uses in human industry.

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What do plasmids carry?

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genes that enable bacteria to survive in new environments or to resist antibiotics that might otherwise prove fatal

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What are mutations?

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random changes in DNA that occur in all organisms

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How are mutations inherited in prokaryotes?

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by daughter cells produced by binary fission

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Mode of Metabolism: OBLIGATE AEROBE

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “requiring oxygen”

how energy is released: cellular respiration (must have ready supply of oxygen to release fuel energy)

habitat: oxygen-rich environments (ie. near water, in animal lungs)
example: mycobacterium tuerculosis (sometimes in human lungs)

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Mode of Metabolism: OBLIGATE ANAEROBE

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “requiring a lack of oxygen”

how energy is released: fermentation; die in presence of oxygen

habitat: oxygen-deficient environments (ie. deep soil, airtight containers, intestines)
example: clostridium botulinum (found in improperly sterilized food: food poisoning)

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Mode of Metabolism: FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “surviving without oxygen when necessary”

how energy is released: can use either cellular respiration or fermentation as necessary

habitat: oxygen-rich or oxygen-deficient environments
example: E. coli (aerobically in sewage and human large intestines)

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Mode of Nutrition: HETEROTROPH

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “other feeder”

how energy is released: take in organic molecules from environment or other organisms to use as both energy and carbon supply

habitat: wide range of environments
example: clostridium

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Mode of Nutrition: PHOTOHETEROTROPH

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “light and other feeder”

how energy is released: like basic heterotrophs, but also use light energy

habitat: where light is plentiful
example: rhodobacter, chloroflexus

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Mode of Nutrition: PHOTOAUTOTROPH

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “light self-feeder”

how energy is released: use light energy to convert carbon dioxide into carbon compounds

habitat: where light is plentiful
example: anabaena

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Mode of Nutrition: CHEMOAUTOTROPH

  • meaning
  • how energy is released
  • habitat
  • example
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meaning: “chemical self-feeder”

how energy is released: use energy released by chemical reactions involving ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, etc.

habitat: in chemically harsh and/or dark environments (ie. deep in the ocean, thick mud, digestive tracts of animals, boiling hot springs)
example: nitrobacter

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