Cell Structures
This structure protects a virus but is not found in bacteria or protists.
What is a capsid?
An organism with no nucleus, a cell wall, and ribosomes belongs to this kingdom.
What is Bacteria?
These require a host cell to reproduce.
What are viruses?
These organisms break down dead matter and recycle nutrients.
What are decomposers (bacteria and fungi)?
Scientists classify organisms to help do this.
What is organize and understand living things?
Bacteria use this whip-like structure to move through liquid.
What is a flagellum?
This kingdom includes organisms that can act like plants or animals
What is Protista?
This process allows bacteria to make identical copies of themselves.
What is binary fission?
Fungi get energy by doing this rather than photosynthesis.
What is absorbing nutrients from other organisms?
Studying microorganisms helps us understand this about God’s creation.
What is God’s design, order, and purpose in creation?
This structure allows amoeba-like organisms to move and capture food.
What is a pseudopod?
An organism with chitin cell walls and spores belongs to this kingdom.
What is Fungi?
This bacterial structure helps it survive extreme conditions.
What is an endospore?
Some protists can survive changing environments because they do this.
What is producing AND consuming food (mixotrophy)?
This is why protists are difficult to classify.
What is that protists share traits with plants, animals, and fungi?
This structure is found in all living cells but NOT in viruses, and makes proteins
What are ribosomes?
This “kingdom” is debated because its members are not made of cells.
What are viruses?
This evidence best supports the idea that viruses are not living.
What is that viruses are not made of cells and cannot reproduce on their own?
This role shows how microorganisms help maintain balance in ecosystems.
What is decomposition or nutrient recycling?
Understanding microbes and how they spread helps humans make better choices about this.
What is health, hygiene, and disease prevention?
Fungi have long, thread-like structures that help them absorb nutrients.
What are hyphae?
An organism with a nucleus that moves using cilia and lives in water fits here.
What is Protista?
This process allows bacteria to share genetic material directly.
What is conjugation?
An organism cannot photosynthesize, breaks down dead material, and absorbs nutrients through its cell walls. Which kingdom does it belong to, and what is its role in the ecosystem?
What is Fungi acting as a decomposer?
This idea explains why viruses can be inactive for years and then return.
What is viral latency?