Macro pt 1
What type of macromolecules are enzymes?
Proteins
What are monomers?
Smaller units (Base units) that make up a polymer
Are all protists eukaryotic?
Yes
Bacteria form this under unfavorable conditions
Endospore
Fungi cell walls are made of?
Chitin
What is the function of nucleic acids?
They store hereditary information
What are the monomers of Carbohydrates? & give 1 example
Monosaccharides
Plant-like Protists can also be called________?
Algae - green algae are the ancestor for the plant kingdom
Cyanobacteria are autotrophs or heterotrophs?
autotrophs
A mass of hyphae is called?
Mycelium
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose are example of _____? (more detailed than what macromolecule they are)
Polysaccharides or Complex Carbohydrates
What are the monomers that make up nucleic acids? and give one example the macromolecules
Nucleotides, DNA or RNA
Animal like protists are called _____and give two examples
Protozoans - Ameoba, paramecium, zooflagellates, or giardia
What kingdom contains extremophiles? and give an example of a type of extremophile
Achaebacteria - methanogens, halophiles, thermophiles
A reproductive cell with a cell wall is called?
Spore
The function(s) of Carbohydrates include _________?
Short term energy, structure (chitin/cellulose)
What are the monomers for Proteins? and give one example of a function
Amino Acids - structure, transport, movement, protection, control the rate of chemical reactions
What are protist and bacteria are major producers of oxygen?
phytoplankton and cyanobacteria
How do bacteria reproduce?
asexually by binary fission
Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between what two organisms?
Algae and Fungi
L=A+F
The type of macromolecule that is used as the main component of plant cell walls is a _____ and what is it called?
Carbohydrate, Cellulose
What are the monomers for lipids?
Glycerol, fatty acids
Plant like protists have a cell wall made out of ____? And it lacks a waxy covering called ______?
cellulose, cuticle
What are two structures prokaryotes can have that help them to stick to other cells?
Capsule and Pili
What is a mycorrhizae?