eukaryotic organisms Flashcards
are plants unicellular?
no - multicellular
what are plant cell walls made from
cellulose
how do plants store carbohydrates
starch or sucrose
are animals unicellular?
no - multicellular
do animal cells contain chloroplasts
no - they can not carry out photosynthesis
what are animal cell walls made from
nothing - they dont have any
how to animals store carbohydrates
glycogen
can fungi carry out photosynthesis
no
how is a fungi body organised
into a mycelium made from thread-like structures called hyphae
what do hyphae contain
many nuclei
what are fungi cell walls made from
chitin
how do fungi feed
saprotrophic nutrition
how does saprotrophic nutrition work
extracellular secretion of digestive enzymes onto food
how do fungi store carbohydrates
glycogen
are protoctists unicellular
yes
can they be pathogenic
yes - plasmodium
characteristics of amoeba
like an animal cell
characteristics of chlorella
like a plant cell
what are viruses
small particles that aren’t living which reproduce inside living cells
how would you describe a virus structure
no cellular structures, protein coat containing one type of nucleic acid
what are the types of nucleic acid that could be in a virus
DNA or RNA
