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Amoeba/Viruses

Amoeba

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what kingdom do amoeba belong to protista
characteristics of protista kingdom mostly in aquatic water, eukaryotic, unicellular
describe role of pseudopods in nutrition pseudopods enable amoeba to move and capture food, the cytoplasm moves into the pseudopod
define phagocytosis when a cell binds to a item and moves forward to engulf it
why a contractile vacuole is important controls water concentration through osmosis, bursting and releasing excess water
osmoregulation gathering of water, vacuole grows, moves to surface and bursts, releasing excess water
viruses -living or non-living? unknown, viruses are non-cellular but they possess genetic material e.g DNA
medical and economic importance, harmful effects of viruses causes human diseases e.g colds causes animal diseases e.g rabies in dogs
beneficial effects of viruses genetic engineering, viruses are used to transfer genes between organisms. Vaccines
define vaccine and how it works a small amount of the disease/similar to it is injected into a system, you body makes antibodies to fight it e.g covid
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