microorganisms Flashcards

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define organisms

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any living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

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2
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define micro

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extremely small

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3
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define consumer/ hetetroph

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make their own food

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4
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define producers/ autotrophs

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get their food/energy from the sun

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5
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6 kingdoms of life

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

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6
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what type of cells have NO nucleus

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prokaryotic cells

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7
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what type of cells HAVE a nucleus

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eukaryotic cells

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8
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3 basic shapes of bacteria

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spirals, rods, and spheres

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9
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ways that eubacteria can be good

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

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10
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ways eubacteria can be bad

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

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11
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ways we can stop or slow the growth of harmful when dealing with food

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we can pasteurize the food

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12
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where is bacteria found

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everywhere

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13
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what is in the animal like kingdom

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amoebas and paramecium

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14
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what is the control in a science experiment

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something that is kept the same in an expirament

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15
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what are variables

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the differing amount or type that is changed by the scientist

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16
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where do protists live

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in moist environments

17
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sort fungi, protist, bacteria, and virus by size (smallest to largest)

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viruses, bacteria, protist, and fungi

18
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what did louis pasteur do

A

pasteurization (how diseases are spread)

19
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what did Anton van Leeuwenhoek do

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created the microscope

20
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what did Edward Jenner do

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created vaccine for small pox

21
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what did Marie Curie do

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studied radioactive

22
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what did Alexander Fleming do

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created pennicillin

23
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what did Joseph Lister do

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thought of the idea of washing your hands before doing surgery

24
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what did Jonah Salk do

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created vaccine for polio

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diseases caused by protists
malaria, african sleeping sickness, and giardia
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ways protists can be good
- it produces oxygen - it produces food - it produces toothpaste -DECOMPOSERS
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how do fungi reproduce
spores
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ways fungi can be helpful
- DECOMPOSERS - we eat them - penicillin is made out of it - helps plants grow healthy
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ways fungi can be harmful
- death - white nose syndrome - poisonings - allergies - diseases
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what is a lichen
composite organism
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what type of kingdoms are involved with lichens
kingdom protista and kingdom monera
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how does a virus reproduce
it attaches itself to a host cell
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why are viruses not classified into one of the 6 kingdoms of life
Because they are not living, They require a host cell to function and cannot survive independently.
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ways protists can be bad
- african sleeping sickness - malaria - giardia - red tide
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where can you find archaebacteria
hot springs
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what is in the plant like kingdom
red algae, brown algae, green algae, euglenoids, and dinoflagellates
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what is in the fungi like kingdom
slime mold and downy midew