microorganisms

Question 1

define organisms

Answer 1

any living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

Question 2

define micro

Answer 2

extremely small

Question 3

define consumer/ hetetroph

Answer 3

make their own food

Question 4

define producers/ autotrophs

Answer 4

get their food/energy from the sun

Question 5

6 kingdoms of life

Answer 5

plants, animals, protists, fungi, archaebacteria, and eubacteria

Question 6

what type of cells have NO nucleus

Answer 6

prokaryotic cells

Question 7

what type of cells HAVE a nucleus

Answer 7

eukaryotic cells

Question 8

3 basic shapes of bacteria

Answer 8

spirals, rods, and spheres

Question 9

ways that eubacteria can be good

Answer 9

-they decompose dead stuff - they make: yogurt, cheese, buttermilk, vinegar, olives, pickles, and soy milk

Question 10

ways eubacteria can be bad

Answer 10

-it can cause leprosy -can cause cholera -can cause pnemonia

Question 11

ways we can stop or slow the growth of harmful when dealing with food

Answer 11

we can pasteurize the food

Question 12

where is bacteria found

Answer 12

everywhere

Question 13

what is in the animal like kingdom

Answer 13

amoebas and paramecium

Question 14

what is the control in a science experiment

Answer 14

something that is kept the same in an expirament

Question 15

what are variables

Answer 15

the differing amount or type that is changed by the scientist

Question 16

where do protists live

Answer 16

in moist environments

Question 17

sort fungi, protist, bacteria, and virus by size (smallest to largest)

Answer 17

viruses, bacteria, protist, and fungi

Question 18

what did louis pasteur do

Answer 18

pasteurization (how diseases are spread)

Question 19

what did Anton van Leeuwenhoek do

Answer 19

created the microscope

Question 20

what did Edward Jenner do

Answer 20

created vaccine for small pox

Question 21

what did Marie Curie do

Answer 21

studied radioactive

Question 22

what did Alexander Fleming do

Answer 22

created pennicillin

Question 23

what did Joseph Lister do

Answer 23

thought of the idea of washing your hands before doing surgery

Question 24

what did Jonah Salk do

Answer 24

created vaccine for polio

Question 25

diseases caused by protists

Answer 25

malaria, african sleeping sickness, and giardia

Question 26

ways protists can be good

Answer 26

• it produces oxygen - it produces food - it produces toothpaste -DECOMPOSERS

Question 27

how do fungi reproduce

Answer 27

spores

Question 28

ways fungi can be helpful

Answer 28

• DECOMPOSERS - we eat them - penicillin is made out of it - helps plants grow healthy

Question 29

ways fungi can be harmful

Answer 29

• death - white nose syndrome - poisonings - allergies - diseases

Question 30

what is a lichen

Answer 30

composite organism

Question 31

what type of kingdoms are involved with lichens

Answer 31

kingdom protista and kingdom monera

Question 32

how does a virus reproduce

Answer 32

it attaches itself to a host cell

Question 33

why are viruses not classified into one of the 6 kingdoms of life

Answer 33

Because they are not living, They require a host cell to function and cannot survive independently.

Question 34

ways protists can be bad

Answer 34

• african sleeping sickness - malaria - giardia - red tide

Question 35

where can you find archaebacteria

Answer 35

hot springs

Question 36

what is in the plant like kingdom

Answer 36

red algae, brown algae, green algae, euglenoids, and dinoflagellates

Question 37

what is in the fungi like kingdom

Answer 37

slime mold and downy midew