Variety of Living organisms Flashcards

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Plants are:

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Multicellular
They store carbs as starch or sucrose
E.g. Beans Peas Maize

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Protoctists are:

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Single celled
Chlorella more like plant
Amoeba more like animal
Plasmodium - Malaria

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Animals are:

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Multicellular
No Chloroplasts
Store Carbs as glycogen
E.g. Humans Mosquito

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Fungi are:

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NO PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Organised into a Mycelium
Thread-like structures called hyphae contain nuclei
Wall made of chitin
Saprotrophic
Store carbs as glycogen
Multi- Mushroom and mold
Uni- Yeast

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Bacteria are:

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Single celled
Wall, membrane, cytoplasm, plasmids
Circular chromosome of DNA
Some photosynthesise
Other eat dead or alive organisms

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Viruses are:

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Not living
VERY small
Parasitic
Only reproduce inside living cells
Infect every organism
No cellular structure
E.g. Influenza causes flu
Covid-19
Tobacco mosaic virus

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Lvl of organisation

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Organelle Cell Tissue Organ System

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