The nature and variety of living organisms

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What are the 7 life processes?
Movement,respiration,sensitivity,growth,reproduction,excretion and nutrition
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Which groups are multicellular?
Animals, plants and some protoctists
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Which are single celled?
Protoctists, bacteria and viruses
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Name an example of a herbaceous legume
Peas or Beans
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Name an example of Fungi
Yeast or Mucor
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Name and example of protoctist
Amoeba
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What shapes can bacteria come in?
Spheres, rods and spirals
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Give three examples of viruses
HIV, influenza and tobacco mosaic
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What are plant cell walls made out of?
Cellulose
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What do plants contain which allow them to photosynthesise?
chloroplasts
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Which group doesn't have a cell wall and why?
Animals - to allow them to move
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What do plants store carbohydrates as?
Starch or sucrose
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What do animals and Fungi store carbohydrates as?
glycogen
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Describe the structure of a Fungi?
thread like hyphae under the ground called mycellium which contains multiple nuclei
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How do Fungi feed?
It covers dead matter with branches- saprotrophic nutrition
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What are Fungis cell walls made of?
Chitin
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What does Bacteria have instead of a nucleas?
a chromosome of DNA
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If bacteria doesn't photosynthesise what does it feed off?
other living or dead matter
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Give two examples of bacteria and its use
Lactobacillus bulgaricus - makes yoghurt and Pneumococcus - causes pneumonia
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What is a pathogen?
A Protoctists, Bacteria, virus or Fungi that can cause a disease
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Where and how do viruses reproduce?
Inside host cells by taking over genetic machinery and keep reproducing until it dies
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Which groups are multicellular?

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Name an example of a herbaceous legume

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