Variety Of Living Organisms Flashcards
1
Q
What are the names of the 5 kingdoms ?
A
1) animals
2) plants
3) fungi
4) prokaryotes (bacteria)
5) protoctists
2
Q
Animals e.g mosquitos
A
Multicellular
No cell wall
Store carbohydrate as glycogen
3
Q
Plants e.g maize, peas
A
Multicellular
Store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose
4
Q
Fungi e.g mushrooms, mucor
A
Cell wall made of chitin Saprotrophic nutrition (secrete enzymes onto food so that digestion happens outside fungal cells, they can absorbed the digested organic products)
5
Q
Bacteria e.g pneumococcus
A
Single called
No nucleus
Circular chromosome of DNA
Feed from other organisms
6
Q
Protoctists e.g amoeba, Chlorella
A
Single celled
7
Q
Viruses
A
Influenza
HIV - causes AIDS
8
Q
What is HIV A
A
A disease transmitted by body fluids
9
Q
What is AIDS?
A
Becomes active months or years after infection of HIV
10
Q
What is a pathogen ?
A
An infectious agent that caused disease or illness to its host
Viruses, bacteria, fungi, Protozoa
