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Name three groups of protists

plant like, animal like and fungi like

100
What are three shapes of bacteria?
Rods, Spirals, Spheres
100
How do fungi eat?
The decompose materials and absorb the nutrients
100

What type of fungus is a mushroom?

club fungus

100

what type of bacteria is an autotroph?

cyanobacteria

200

Name a harmful protist (parasitic or pathogenic)

Plasmodium (causes Malaria), Giardia (causes GI problems), or Trypanosome (African sleeping illness), Brain eating amoeba!

200
What are used to treat bacterial infections?
Antibiotics
200

How do yeast reproduce?

Budding

200
How do bacteria, fungi, and protists help recycle nutrients?
They decompose materials and break down nutrients, and they are reabsorbed by plants.
200

What type of fungus is bread mold?

thread like fungus

300
What are saprophytes?
An organism that decomposes dead organisms or waste matter
300

Bacterial reproduce asexually in this process.

binary fission

300

What are the three types of Fungi

thread like, club, sac like

300
What are hyphae?
Thin, tubelike, threads produced by a fungus
300

How can diatoms be used?

Their glassy skeleton can be used as filtration and abrasive agent

400

Name the structures that help single cell protists move

flagellum (euglena), cilia (paramecium and stentor), pseudopods (ameoba)

400
Name a way bacteria can harm humans

E coli causes food poisoning, Staphylococcus causes skin infection, other bacteria can cause respiratory diseases etc.

400

What is Mycorrhizae and why are they important?

It is fungi mycelium intermingled with plant roots to boost nutrient and water absorption. Helps plants to grow better and fight diseases!

400
This is used to make pennicillin, an antibiotic.
What is a fungus
400

How can algae be used?

food source, thickening agent (agar/jello, ice cream, etc) and cosmetics; and fuel!

500
Explain how protists have a huge impact on the environment

They make up a large portion of the phytoplankton and zooplankton in the ocean. These are the food base for marine animals! The phytoplankton makes up 50-80% of the atmospheric oxygen

500

Explain how bacteria can be helpful to us

they are used in making dairy products(cheese, yogurt, etc) and deli meats ( sausages and pepperoni, etc); they are used in the pharmaceutical industry to make medicine, they are used in farming to decompose organic materials

500

What is lichen and why are they important?

Lichens are fungi/algae combo. They live on rocks and break them down. They are pioneer species!

500

What type of protists are diatoms, green algae and dinoflagellates?

They are plant-like protists

500

Fungi cell walls are made of this special compound

chitin