Question | Answer |
Are Viruses made up of cells? | No, they are made up of a protein and nucleic acid. |
How are bacteria different from all other types of cells? | They have no nucleus. |
Do all protoctists photosynthesize? | No, some are animals. |
How do amoebas move? | pseudopods |
What is a red tide? | Dinoflagelates multiply and discolor the water. |
What is an example of a protoctist that resembles fungi? | slime molds |
Describe 3 ways protoctists move (flagella, cilia, and pseudopods) and give an example of a protoctist that uses each. | Dinoflagellates (flagella), paramecium (cilia), amoeba (pseudopods) |
How do fungi reproduce? (3 ways) | Spores, conjugation, and budding |
What are spores? | small reproductive cells |
How are fungi different from plants? | Don't have chlorophyll, reproduce differently |
What do diatoms form around them and what do we use them for? | Shells - used in toothpaste and car polish |
Why would wearing a gauze mask not eliminate your risk for getting influenza? | It spreads through droplets in the air that can attach to any cell. |
Where do protoctists live? | water |
What are hyphae? | Threadlike filaments that produce enzymes to break down organisms. |
Mumps | V |
Athlete's foot | F |
Dysentery | P |
Tetanus | B |
Malaria | P |
Chicken Pox | V |
Tuberculosis | B |
Hepatitis | V |
Viral nucleic acids often resemble the nucleic acids of their _____. | Host |
Bacteria reproduce _________ through binary fission and budding. | asexually |
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help plants make _____. | protein |
Lichens grow very very slowly (how slowly)! | one centimeter per year! |
In mycorrhizal relationships fungi transport essential nutrients to the roots of trees; the trees provide fungi with _____________. | moisture and sugar |
__________ need proper temperature, moisture and food to survive until they produce spores of their own. | Fungi |
A virus must __________________ a cell in order to produce new viruses. | enter and infect |
___________ may cause food poisoning but DO NOT cause AIDS or the flu. | Bacteria |
_____________ that are autotrophs contain chlorophyll, give off oxygen and get their energy from the sun. | Protists |
Fungi grow best in _____________ conditions. | warm and damp |