What are the shapes of bacteria?
rods, circles, spirals
Has a membrane-bound nucleus.
Protista- eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
Eukaryotic
How do bacteria exchange genetic information?
Genetic recombination
Organisms that break down dead remains of other organisms
Decomposers
Is Binary fission asexual or sexual reproduction?
Asexual
If a mistake is made during copying DNA it is called what?
Mutation
True or false- protozoa are distinguished by their method of movement?
True
Reproduction accomplished by a single organism?
Asexual
The time frame for binary fission?
20 minutes
Is it not animalia, monera, or fungi?
Protista
Name of method of movement for protozoa.
Flagellum, pseudopod, cilia
Living creatures too small to see with the naked eye
Microorganisms
What stops the process of binary fission?
lack of energy, eating each other
What are the first four categories of biological classification
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order
What animal is exposed to pathogens in the Chukchi Sea?
Polar Bears
Supplies energy to the cell
Mitochondria
What shape is this Lactobacillus bacteria?
Rods
What are 4 things to identify life?
contain DNA
can extract and convert energy from surroundings sense and respond to changes in their environment reproduce
Plasmodium is a sporozoa that causes the disease malaria. This disease is carried from mosquitos to humans by getting into what part of a human?
The bloodstream. Plasmodium reproduces in the red blood cells.