Kingdoms and Biodiversity
The two types of criteria needed to classify living things must be these:
Objective and discriminatory.
Living things that can only be seen with a microscope are called ...
Microorganism.
All of these belong to the Moneran Kingdom
Bacteria.
Name the two most important types of living things in the Protist Kingdom.
Protozoa and algae.
The cell wall of fungi is made up of:
Chitin.
The science of how we classify living things is called ...
Taxonomy.
The three kingdoms that microorganisms belong to are...
Monera, protist, and fungus.
What two types of nutrition do bacteria have?
Autotrophic and heterotrophic.
Describe some characteristics of a protozoa (at least 3).
They are unicellular, hetertrophic, are made up of eukaryotic animal cells, and are very small.
According to their nutrition, fungi can be classified in these three groups:
Saprophytic, parasitic and symbiotic.
Define biodiversity.
The totality of living things that inhabit the Earth.
Name some of the ways microorganisms can be beneficial. (Name at least 3)
By performing photosynthesis, decomposing organic matter, providing antibiotics, helping plants to obtain nutrients, and helping to create certain foods.
Heterotrophic bacteria can be classified as ...
Parasitic, symbiotic and saprophytic.
Describe the different features of algae (at least 3).
Algae are eukaryotic, photosynthetic, can be unicellular or multicellular and are aquatic.
Unicellular fungi perform a specific process to get their energy.
What is the name of this process?
Fermentation.
These are the names of the 5 different kingdoms
Moneran, Protist, Fungus, Plant, and Animal.
How are harmful microorganisms called?
Pathogens.
Give us three reasons why bacteria are beneficial to us.
They recycle matter, help create medicines, help produce certain types of food, and are important for biological research.
This type of algae is fixed to the bottom of a body of water.
Benthic algae.
Multicellular fungi can group together to form a mass known as ...
Mycelium.
Name the 7 different taxonomic categories.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species.
Name two ways that viruses are unique compared to other microorganisms.
They are not considered living things, they are smaller than cells, and they have a simpler structure than cells.
Name two different ways of reproduction that bacteria use.
What is bipartition and sexual processes, such as conjugation.
Give us two reasons why algae are beneficial to us.
We use algae for food, in the pharmaceutical industry, and the agricultural industry. Algae is also an important source of oxygen.
Name at least 5 parts of a mushroom:
Mycelium, stem, gills, cap, ring, spores and scales.