Living Organisms 2

Question 1

Hypha

Answer 1

Single thread of fungal mycelium.

Question 2

Mycelium

Answer 2

A mass of hyphae that form the body of a fungus.

Question 3

Pathogen

Answer 3

A single-celled organism that causes disease in another living organism.

Question 4

Plasmid

Answer 4

Small circle of genetic material found in some bacteria.

Question 5

Saprotrophic nutrition

Answer 5

The digestion of food material outside the body.

Question 6

Protoctists

Answer 6

Unicellular organisms.

Question 7

Eukaryotic organisms

Answer 7

Mostly unicellular.

Question 8

Infective particles made of a protein coat surrounding nucleic acid. No true cell structure. Only reproduce inside a cell organism.

Answer 8

A virus

Question 9

Eukaryotic organism, feeds off living or dead organisms, circular chromosome, additional genetic material in plasmids.

Answer 9

Bacteria

Question 10

Decomposer

Answer 10

Organisms that feed off other living or dead organisms.

Question 11

Name two decomposers.

Answer 11

Fungi, bacteria

Question 12

Basic structure of a virus.

Answer 12

A protein coat surrounding a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)