Viruses
Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine each year?
Viruses can mutate from year to year.
During what process do cell use oxygen to release stored energy?
Cellular respiration
Animal-like protists are described as __________.
An organism that can move and is heterotroph.
Characteristics of Fungi
Eukaryotes
What causes the common disease, Malaria, that is in many countries?
Protists
Bacteriophages are viruses that attack and destroy __________.
bacteria
Who first discovered bacteria?
Anton von Leewenhoek
__________ autotrophic, protists that can be unicellular or multicellular and use pigments to capture the sun’s energy.
Algae
Spores are produced in reproductive structures that are called ______.
Fruiting bodies
Plant and animal materials can decay and put nutrients back into the soil. The bacteria and fungi that break down the plant and animal materials are classified as
Decomposers
What is a virus particle made up of?
Protein coat
Genetic material
Inner core
Bacteria are
Prokaryotes
Amoebas are single-celled organisms that need to obtain food in order to _________.
get the energy they need to carry out life functions.
Many fungi will grow in response to light or
Phototropism
What is the relationship between mushrooms and a log, when the mushrooms grow on a rotten log?
Where does the virus multiply?
Inside the cell
What are the components of a bacteria cell?
Ribosomes
Cell wall
Cytoplasm
flagellum
Long whiplike structure that helps move a cell.
Flagellum
The tendency for a fungal organism to grow away from gravity is known as ________.
Geotropism
Bacteria can be described as ________________.
heterotrophic, prokaryote
The process is described as using a virus particle to deliver needed information to a host cell.
Gene Therapy
Bacteria is helpful to people by _____________.
Food production
Oxygen production
Environmental recycling
Medicine production
What is the difference between autotroph and heterotroph?
Heterotrophs consume to get their energy while autotrophs make their own energy.
The first antibiotic, Penicillin, is was developed by __________.
Alexander Fleming
Fungi are eukaryotes and heterotrophs that absorb food. What part of the fungus absorbs food for the organism?
Hyphae