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Variety of living organisms Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 kingdoms?

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Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protoctists
Bacteria

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The Animal Kingdom

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They are:
Eukaryotic Organisms
Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Complex Movement
Nervous Coordination
Glycogen Store

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3
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Eukaryotic Organisms

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Have a nucleus

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Multicellular

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Have many cells

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Heterotrophic

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Eat other organisms

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Complex Movement

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Ability to move from one place to another

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Nervous Coordination

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No cell wall

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Glycogen Store

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Store carbohydrate as glycogen

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The Plant Kingdom

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They are:
Eukaryotic Organisms
Multicellular
Chlorplasts
Photosynthesis
Cell Wall
Store Sugar

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10
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Chlorplasts

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Container for chorophyll

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Photosynthesis

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Making food from the sun

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Cell Wall

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Made of cellulose

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Store Sugar

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Store sugar as starch or sucrose

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The Fungi Kingdom

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They are:
Eukaryotic Organisms
Multicellular or Single Celled
Cell Wall
Mycelium of Hyphae
Saprophytic Nutrition
Glycogen Store

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Cell Wall

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Made of chitin

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Mycelium of Hyphae

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Have many nuclei

17
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Saprophytic Nutrition

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Using extracellular enzymes and release it on dead organisms, then extract the nutrients needed

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The Protoctist Kingdom

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They are:
Eukaryotic Organisms
Mostly Singled Celled
Some are Animal Like
Some are Plant Like

19
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The Bacteria Kingdom

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They are:
Prokaryotic Organisms
Single Celled
Cell Wall
Some have a Capsule or Slime Layer
Some have Flagella
Some have Plasmids
Main DNA
Some can do Photosynthesis
Some are Rod shaped
Some are Spherical shaped

20
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Prokaryotic Organisms

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Have no nucleus

21
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Single Celled

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Made of one cell

22
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Cell Wall

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Made of peptidoglycan

23
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Some have Flagella

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Little tails that help them move

24
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Some have Plasmids

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Single loops of DNA separate from the main DNA

25
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Main DNA

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One circular chromosome

26
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What is a pathogen?

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An organism that causes a disease.

27
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Virus

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They are:
Not living organisms
Do not have cells
Very small
Parasites
Pathogen
Infect all organisms

28
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Not living organisms

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Do not follow the characteristics of living organisms

29
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Do not have cells

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Made of genetic material, RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat

30
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Very small

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Smaller than bacteria

31
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Parasites

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Can only live and reproduce in a host

32
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Pathogen

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All natural viruses cause disease

33
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Infect all organisms

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Animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, and bacteria

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