Kingdoms

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  • Flowering plants

    Roses, daffodils
  • Legumes
    Plants with seed pods (peas, beans)
  • Animals
    - They are multicellular
    - They cannot photosynthesise
  • Plants
    - They are multicellular
    - They contain chloroplasts
    - Cell walls are made from cellulose
    - Carbohydrate is stored as starch
  • Viruses
    - They are an example of microorganisms which cause disease
    - They are not cells
    - They are not living
    - They do not feed, respire or excrete
    - They have genetic material (DNA or RNA) and can reproduce inside living things
    - They are smaller then bacteria
    - They can only reproduce inside of living things
  • Types of viruses:

    - HIV
    - Influenza
    - Tobacco Mosaic virus
  • HIV
    Causes the disease AIDS
  • Influenza
    Causes flu
  • Tobacco Mosaic Virus
    Causes discolouring of leaves preventing the formation of chloroplasts, which then reduces photosynthesise
  • A virus has an outer ____

    Coat of protein and contains nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
  • Which is smaller viruses or bacteria?
    Viruses
  • Parasitic
    Living at the expense of another
  • All viruses are ___
    Parasitic
  • Viruses can come in lots of ___

    Different shapes and sizes
  • What are bacteria?

    - They are unicellular
    - Some can photosynthesis
    - They can reproduce very quickly
    - A single cell divides into 2 cells
    - Most of them feed of other living things or dead organisms
  • Types of bacteria:

    - Lactobacillus
    - Pneumococcus
  • Lactobacillus
    A rod shaped bacteria that is used to make yoghurt
  • Pneumococcus
    A spherical bacteria that acts as a pathogen, it causes pneumonia
  • Pathogen
    Any microorganism that causes disease
  • Shapes of bacteria:

    - Cocci
    - Bacillus
    - Spirilla
  • Cocci
    Spherical
  • Bacillus
    Rod shaped
  • Spirilla
    Spiral shaped
  • What is in a bacteria cell:

    - Cytoplasm
    - Cell wall
    - Plasmid DNA
    - Bacterial DNA (chromosomal DNA)
    - Flagellum (not always present)
  • Yoghurt method

    - You need 10ml of milk and a teaspoon of natural yoghurt
    - Put them in a pot
    - Place cling film over the top
    - Leave for 24 hours
  • Prokaryotes
    Has no nucleus
  • Eukarytic
    Has a nucleus
  • Fungi
    - They don't photosynthesise they have to absorb nutrients
    - Some fungi survive as unicellular and some are multicellular
    - Fungi cell walls are made from chitin
    - They store there carbohydrates as glycogen
    - They feed by saprotrophic nutrition
    - They secrete enzymes onto food and then absorb the digested food
  • Types of fungi:

    - Yeast
    - Mucor
  • Mucor
    This is multicellular and has a mycelium and hyphae
  • Hyphae
    Threads
  • Mycelium
    Body
  • The yeast experiment

    Temp: 30*C
    How much it rose: 11mm

    Temp: 40*C
    How much it rose: 25mm

    Temp: 60*C
    How much it rose: 12mm

    Temp: 80*C
    How much it rose: 5mm
  • Whats in a yeast cell?

    - Cytoplasm
    - Ribosome
    - Mitochondrion
    - Nucleus
    - Cell wall
    - Cell membrane
  • Protoctists
    - Microscopic
    - They are unicellular
    - Some are similar to animal cells
    - Some are similar to plant cells
    - This is why people call them the dustbin kingdom
  • Types of protoctist:

    - Amoeba
    - Chlorella
    - Plasmodium
  • Amoeba
    Lives in ponds and are similar to animal cells
  • Chlorella
    Like plant cells they have chloroplast
  • Plasmodium
    Causes malaria, this makes it a pathogen
  • Most protoctists are ___

    Unicellular but some are multicellular and are in some form algae like seaweed