Archaea
True or False: Archaea and bacteria used to be classified together, but now scientists think that archaea may have more in common with eukaryotes than bacteria
true
What is one way that bacteria can be beneficial?
help us digest food and make vitamins
help make foods like yogurt
help decompose things
What is one disease that can be caused by a virus?
Are antibiotics used to treat diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, or both?
bacteria
very acidic, salty, dark, hot, cold, or sulfuric
DOUBLE POINTS: Are bacteria consumers, producers, or decomposers?
Can be any!
In order to replicate, a virus needs a:
What is a host (cell)
What are the 2 names of the amoeba sisters?
What are Pinky & Petunia
True or False: Archaea live ONLY in extreme environments
False - live everywhere
What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?
What are round, spiral, rod
Why aren't viruses considered living?
they don't perform life functions (use energy, maintain homeostasis, respond to stimuli, can't reproduce on its own)
What are the 3 domains?
What type of organism are archaea?
prokaryotes
how do bacteria reproduce?
What is binary fission?
A virus is made up of what 2 things?
What is genetic material (DNA or RNA) and protein
Because some archaea and bacteria thrive in extremely harsh environments, they are known as:
What is extremophiles?
What is one difference between archaea and bacteria?
different cell wall structure
different cell membrane
DNA has multiple points of origin
What are at least 2 places that bacteria can get new DNA from?
environment
viruses
other bacteria
What is the process called where viruses enter the cell, takes over, and then bursts when it's full of new viruses?
What is the lytic cycle
A smaller loop of DNA that some bacteria have that can be transferred to another bacteria:
what is a plasmid