PLANTS, ANIMALS AND FUNGI Flashcards

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PLANTS, ANIMALS AND FUNGI ARE (…) ORGANISMS

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EUKARYOTIC

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WHAT IS A PLANT DESCRIPTION

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1) THEY ARE MULTICELLULAR
2) THEY HAVE CHLOROPLASTS (THEY CAN PHOTOSYNTHESIS)
3) THEIR CELLS HAVE CELL WALLS (MADE OF CELLULOSE)
4) THEY STORE CARBOHYDRATES AS SUCROSE OR STARCH

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ANIMALS DESCRIPTION

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1) THEY ARE MULTICELLULAR
2) DONT HAVE CHLOROPLAST CANT PHOTOSYNTHESISE
3) THEIR CELLS DONT HAVE A CELL WALL
4) HAVE SOME KIND OF NERVOUS COORDINATION (CAN RESPMOND RAPIDLY TO CHANGES ENVIRONMENT)
6) THEY OFTER STORE CARBOHYDRATES IN A FORM OF GLYCOGEN

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FUNGI DESCRIPTION

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1) SOME ARE SINGLE-CELLED
2) OTHERS HAVE A MYCELIUM BODY
3) THEY CANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4) THEIR CELLS HAVE CELL WALLS MADE OF CHITIN
5) MOST FEED UP SAPROTROPHIC NUTRITION
6) THEY CAN STORE CARBOHYDRATES AS GLYCOGEN

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WHAT IS A MYCELIUM BODY

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IT IS MADE UP OF HYPHAE (THREAD-LIKE STRUCTURES)

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WHAT DOES THE HYPHAE CONTAIN

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LOTS OF NUCLEI

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WHAT IS SAPROTROPHIC NUTRITION

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THEY SACRETE EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES INTO THE AREA OUTSIDE THEIR BODY TO DISSOLVE THEIR FOOD, SO THEY CAN THAN ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS

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