final Flashcards
omnivore– heterotroph or autotrophs? producer consumer or decomposed?
heterotroph, consumer
a scientist observes a process then comes up with an idea that he or she thinks explains that process. what is this called?
hypothesis
classification groups
kingdom phylum class order family genus species
multicellular decomposer made up of eukaryotic cells. what kingdom?
fungi
organism is single-called consumer made of prokaryotic cells. what Kingdom?
monera
aerobic vs. anaerobic
with oxygen
without oxygen
most bacteria use what for locomotion?
flagellum
main mode of reproduction in bacteria?
binary fission
conjugation in bacteria?
trading copied DNA from dead bacteria
even though conjugation among bacteria does not result in offspring. it can significantly affect the population of bacteria growth. why?
it gives bacteria new characteristics
4 criteria for life
DNA
reproduction
sense/respond to environment
metabolism
technical names for the three common bacterial shapes
coccus
bacillius
spirrilum
contractile vacuole function?
food vacuole function?
regulates how much water comes in of out
holds food
two pathogenic organisms from kingdom Protista
plasmodium -> malaria
amoeba -> amoeba dysentery
