Different Types Of Organisms Flashcards
Plants energy
By carrying out photosynthesis
Capturing the suns energy in their chloroplasts using chlorophyll
Plant composition
Multicellular
Plants carbohydrates
Stored as starch
Animals composition
Multicellular
Have a nervous system
Animals energy
By eating other organisms
Animals carbohydrates
Stored as glycogen
Fungi composition
Multicellular or unicellular
Made of mycelium
Mycelium
Tangled together hyphae threads
Fungi types
Saprophytes
Parasites
Fungi energy
Feed of other organisms
Plant cell wall
Cellulose
Fungal cell wall
Chitin
Fungi’s way of eating
Secrete enzymes which digest the food outside of the cell
Bacteria composition
Unicellular
No nucleus
Genetic material forms a loop in the cytoplasm
Have plasmids (extra DNA circles)
Bacteria cell wall
Complex wall of polysaccharides and proteins
Bacteria energy
Some can photosynthesise
Most feed on dead or living organisms
Bacteria shapes
Spheres
Rods
Spirals
Protocists composition
Some multicellular some unicellular
Range of sizes
Protocists energy
Some photosynthesise
Others feed on other organisms
Types of protocists
Algae
Protozoa
Protocists problems
Some cause diseases
Virus types
Parasites
Virus reproduction
Must reproduce inside the living cells of a host
Virus composition
A core of genetic material surrounded by protein (RNA Or DNA)
Virus problems
All cause diseases
