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36 Cards in this Set
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Where is cholesterol found? |
In the cells of humans and animals |
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What happens when a virus destroys cells in your body? |
Your body's defense mechanisms begin to fight back |
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What kind of fungus obtains its food from dead or decaying plants and animals? |
Saprophytic |
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What do we call hair like projections that are used for locomotion and obtaining food? |
Cilia |
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How many stages of life does a slime mold have? |
2 |
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Why can red algae live in deep water? |
Because they can absorb energy from blue light |
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Can and anaerobes live without oxygen? |
Yes |
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In what state is a virus without a host? |
Inactive |
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Name 3 types of bacteria |
Coccus, bacillus, spirillum |
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What is the part of the mushroom you can see called? |
The fruiting body |
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What do we call the spore containing sacks that form at the tips of certain hyphae? |
Asci |
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In what kind of cells is cellulose found? |
Plant cells |
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What is a bacteriophage? |
It is a geometrically shaped virus that attacks bacteria |
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A parasetic fungi can also become what? |
Pathogenic fungi |
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What does yeast breakdown in order to obtain food? |
Carbohydrates |
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What are the tiniest living organisms? |
Bacteria |
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Why can't fungi manufacture their own food? |
Because they do not contain chlorophyll |
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What 3 things do we know about protists? |
They are not plants, they are not animals, and they do not have tissues |
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How does our body fight viruses? |
By using prevention, phagocytosis and antibodies |
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Name 3 things all cells contain |
Cell membrane, cytoplasm, a cell nucleus |
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What kind of fungi are highly contagious because they produce spores that are easily spread? |
Pathogenic |
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What kind of bacteria are beneficial to man, animals, and plants? |
Heterotrophic bacteria |
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What will a bacterium produce if living conditions are unfavorable? |
Endospore |
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What is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and alga? |
The lichen |
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How do most bacteria reproduce? |
By cell division |
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What kind of fungi look like shelves on trees? |
Bracket |
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Name 3 statements that are included in the cell theory |
1. All cells come from other cells, 2. The cell is the basic unit of living things. 3. The cell is the basic unit of function of living organisms |
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What do we call the study of fungi? |
Mycology |
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How does most yeast reproduce? |
By budding |
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What do we call the body of a brown alga? |
Thallus |
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What does aerobes need in order to live? |
An oxygen environment |
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What do we call when we get an injection of a weakened form of virus? |
Vaccination |
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What we call the route like structure of the Brown alga? |
Holdfast |
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What do we call the stemlike structure of the brown alga? |
Stipe |
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How would you look at a virus? |
They can only be seen with an electron microscope |
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What do we call the leaflike structure of the brown alga? |
Blade |