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Organisms And Life Processes Flashcards

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1
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Plants are…organisms

A

Multicellular

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What are plant cell walls made of?

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Cellulose

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How do animals get their energy?

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They eat other organisms

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What carbohydrate is stored in animal cells?

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Glycogen

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What are vertebrates?

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Animals that have a backbone

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What are invertebrates?

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Animals that do not have a backbone

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Fungi…other organisms

A

Feed off

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Fungi are…

A

Saprophytes or parasites

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9
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Some fungi are…others are…

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Multicellular…unicellular

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What are multicellular fungi made of?

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Mycelium

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What is mycelium?

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A tangled network of hyphae

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What is saprophytic nutrition?

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Where fungi secrete enzymes which digest their food outside the cells. They then absorb the digested product.

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How do protoctists get their food?

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Photosynthesis or by feeding off other organisms

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14
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Most protoctists are…

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Unicellular

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15
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Some protoctists are…

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Multicellular

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Give two examples of protoctists

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Algae and protozoa

17
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Bacteria are tiny…organisms

A

Single celled

18
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What are the three common bacteria shapes?

A

Spheres, rods and spirals

19
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What is the wall of bacteria made of?

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Polysaccharides and proteins

20
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Bacteria dont have a…

A

Nucleus

21
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Where is the genetic material in bacteria?

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In a circular loop in the cytoplasm

22
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What are plasmids?

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Small extra circles of DNA

23
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Some bacteria contain…and so can…

A

Chlorophyll…photosynthesise

24
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Most bacteria…

A

Feed on dead or other living organisms

25
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Prokaryotes are…

A

Single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus

26
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Viruses are…

A

Parasites

27
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Viruses have…

A

A core of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat

28
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Examples of viruses are…

A

Flu, HIV and AIDS

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