Characteristics of organisms
The general name of a living thing
organism
What a virus is made of
Protein and genetic material (DNA or RNA)
Part of a bacterium that makes protein
Ribosome
The main cell structure difference between bacteria and protists is__________
Protists have a nucleus and bacteria don't
True or False: most fungi are single-celled.
False
Chemicals of life
DNA, carbohydrates, fats, proteins
Are viruses alive?
No
Part of a bacterium that helps it move on its own
Flagellum or cilium
Where most protists live
In water
Hair-like strands of cells that make up most types of fungi
Hyphae
Something that was never alive
Nonliving
Two types of cycles of viral replication
Lysogenic and lytic
What bacteria need to survive:
Water, food (energy), warm temperatures
A type of protist that gets energy from the sun
Algae
Massed clumps of hyphae are called _________.
mycellium
Six characteristics of living things
Made of cells, reproduces, uses energy, made of similar chemicals, grows and develops, responds to stimuli
A disease caused by a virus is ________________
Teacher will tell you if you're right!
How bacteria usually reproduce
Binary fission
The word for an animal-like protist
Protozoan
Most fungi get energy by ____________.
Releasing digestive fluids onto other organisms, waiting until the dissolve, and then absorbing the fluid.
Four needs of living things:
Energy, water, space, stable internal conditions
Type of human cell that destroys viruses
White blood cell
Temperature range that bacteria need to survive and reproduce
Between 10C and 50C
Two ways phytoplankton help all other organisms on Earth:
1. Provide oxygen
2. Feed all other organisms in the ocean
Yeast cells reproduce by a process called ________.
budding