Biodiversity/Classification
What is the form of classification used by scientists?
Taxonomy
How do bacteria reproduce?
Bipartition
What are the three types of fungi?
Decomposers, parasites, and symbiotic fungi
What are the five kingdoms?
Animalia/animals, plantae/plants, fungi, monera, and protoctista
Which kingdom do protozoa and algae belong to?
Protoctista Kingdom
What are the two criteria used for classification?
Objective and discriminatory
True or False: Cell walls in bacteria have the same composition as cell walls in plants
False: Cell walls in bacteria have a different composition than cell walls in plants
True or False: Fungi are plants
False: fungi are neither plants nor animals
What are the two types of nutrition?
Heterotrophic and autotrophic
True or False: Protozoa are autotrophs and algae are heterotrophs
False: Protozoa are heterotrophs and algae are autotrophs
How many different types of living things are there?
More than 10 million
What is the most well-known bacteria to scientists?
E. coli
Which fungi transform dead plants and animals into inorganic material?
Decomposers
What is the structure of viruses (what are viruses made up of)?
A capsid and genetic material (some also have an envelope similar to a cell membrane)
Where do green algae get their color from?
Chlorophyll
What is the system of formal names used by scientists?
Binomial nomenclature
What are the processes that E. coli helps us with?
Digestion of food and defence against infection
Which fungi can cause diseases in humans?
Parasites
What is the characteristic function that viruses share with living things?
Ability to reproduce
Which process do algae use to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What is the ecosystem (on land) with the most biodiversity?
Yasuni National Park
What area of the body do people have 50 different types of bacteria?
Belly button
What substance do fungi produce in order to stop their competitors from reproducing?
Antibiotics
Why are viruses not included in any of the five kingdoms?
They only share one of the characteristic functions of living things
Which type of protozoa are usually transmitted by insects?
Trypanosoma