single-celled organisms

Question 1

prokaryote

Answer 1

• no nuclear membrane
• DNA in cytoplasm
• rigid cell wall
• ribosomes
• food reserves
• 1-2μm

Question 2

eukaryotic microorganisms

Answer 2

• fungi (incl. mushrooms + yeast)
• protists (eukaryotes that aren’t plants, animals or fungi → incl. algae + protozoa)

Question 3

yeast

Answer 3

• unicellular heterotrophic fungus
• cell wall made of chitin
• multiply by dividing or budding off a daughter cell

Question 4

protozoa

Answer 4

• animal-like protists
• heterotrophic
• mostly unicellular organisms

Question 5

groups of protozoa

Answer 5

• mastigophorans → move via flagella
• sarcodines → usually amoeboid
• apicomplexans → parasitic + immobile
• ciliates → move via cilia