variety of life (1)

Cards (16)

  • M = movement
  • 1st R = respiration
  • S = sensitivity - respond to surroundings
  • C = control - control internal conditions
  • G = growth
  • 2nd R = reproduction
  • E = excretion
  • N = nutrition
  • Eukaryote organisms = single and multi-cellular organisms - animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, have a nucleus and cell membrane
  • Prokaryote organisms = single celled - bacteria, small, no nucleus - genetic material in cyoplasm
  • pathogen = micro-organism that causes disease - fungi, bacteria, protoctists, virus
  • fungi pathogen = athletes foot
  • bacteria pathogen = lactobacillum
  • protoctist pathogen = amoeba
  • virus pathogen = tobacco mosaic disease
  • viruses are not living - reproduce by injecting DNA in a cell, hijacking it and replicating protein coat and DNA then bursting out