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Characteristics Flashcards

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Plantae

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  • multicellular and eukaryotic
  • autotrophic
  • have chloroplasts, cell wall, etc.
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Animalia

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  • multicellular and eukaryotic
  • heterotrophic
  • ribosomes, nucleus, mitochondria, etc
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fungi

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  • multicellular and eukaryotic
  • saprophytic
  • lipid body, cell wall, produce spores, etc
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protista

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  • multi/unicellular and eukaryotic
  • heterotrophic and autotrophic
  • contractile vacuole, flagellum, cilia, etc
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bacteria

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  • prokaryotic and unicellular
  • mainly heterotrophic, can be parasitic, autotrophic, or parasitic.
  • cocci, bacilli and spirilla
  • diplo, strepto, and staphylo
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archaea

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  • prokaryotic and unicellular
  • either saprophytic or autotrophic
  • special lipids, fatty substances, enzymes, etc
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viruses

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  • abiotic
  • no processes -> are parasites
  • DNA/RNA strands, caspids, envelopes, and tails.
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methanogens (archaebacteria)

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  • produce methane
  • found in non-oxygenated areas (swamps)
  • use CO2, nitrogen gas, or hydrogen sulphide as energy (autotrophic)
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halophiles (archaebacteria)

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  • salt-loving (grow best in salt pools)
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Thermoacidophiles (archaebacteria)

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  • heat-loving (volcanoes)

- use sulfur as energy source

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Eubacteria (bacteria)

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  • cell wall compositions vary (thick/thin)
  • can reproduce asexually w/ binary fission and sexually with conjunction.
  • saprophytic
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Protozoa (protista)

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  • animal-like
  • heterotrophic
  • mainly single-celled
  • lack cell walls
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fallegates (protozoa)

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  • zoomastigma
  • have many flagella
  • parasitic or symbiotic
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Sacrodines (protozoa)

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  • sacrodina
  • pseudopodia engulfs prey + helps move
  • no cell walls
  • free living, parasitic, or symbiotic
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ciliates (protozoa)

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  • ciliphora
  • use cili to move and feed
  • 2 nuclei (macro and micro)
  • vacuole intestine food and contractile vacuole regulating water balance
  • free living, parasitic, or symbiotic
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sporozoans (protozoa)

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  • sporozoa
  • form spores (sporozoites)
  • parasitic
  • cause of Malaria (enlarged spleen, fever, chills, and people die from low iron or anemia)
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Algae (protista)

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  • plant-like
  • chlorophyll-containing, no leaves or roots
  • autotrophic
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Green algae (algae)

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  • chlorophytes
  • most plant-like (colour, cellulose, and store food using starch)
  • autotrophic
  • multi/unicellular
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brown algae (algae)

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  • phaeophytes
  • mostly multicellular
  • alginic cell wall
  • in cold water
  • made underwater kelp forests
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red algae (algae)

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  • rhodophytes
  • multicellular
  • coralline cell walls letting them grow at deep levels
  • in warm water
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diatoms (algae)

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  • chrysophytes
  • unicellular
  • give oxygen to atmosphere
  • silica made cell walls
  • each is smaller than before until sexual reproduction
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dinoflagellates (algae)

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  • pyyrophytes
  • unicellular
  • bioluminescent
  • some autotrophic and parasitic
  • cause red algae blooms which poison fish
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euglenoids (algae)

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  • euglonophytes
  • unicellular freshwater organisms
  • have 2 flagellates (one bigger than other)
  • heterotrophic (can be mixotrophic)
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Moulds (protista)

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  • form spores like fungi
  • glide and ingest food like animals
  • have cell walls like plants
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plasmodial slime moulds (moulds)

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- *myxomycetes*
slug-like and creep over decaying matter
- have many nuclei
- engulf food into cytoplasm
- contain sporangia allowing nuclear division and survival
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cellular slime moulds (moulds)

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  • acrasiomycetes
  • one nucleus and single ameboid
  • ingest yeast and bacteria
  • spores fuse to continue life cycle
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water slime moulds (moulds)

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  • oomycetes
  • water moulds, white rises, and downy mildews
  • saprophytic or parasitic
  • differ from fungi protists b/c of their spores and sexual life cycle
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chritridiomycota (fungi)

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  • flagellated spores

- some saprophytic or parasitic

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basidiomycota (fungi)

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  • spores in clubs

- can damage crops i.e. lawn mushrooms

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ascomycota (fungi)

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  • spores in saci
  • saprophytic or parasitic
  • largest group
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zygomycota (fungi)

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  • zygospores/pin fungi
  • saprophytic or parasitic
  • make zygotes
  • sexually reproduce in bad conditions
  • i.e. bread molecules

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