Diversity of Life Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is Eubacteria’s domain?
Bacteria
What is Bacteria?
Single celled prokaryotes, no cell membrane or organelles
How do the bacteria reproduce?
Asexual Reproduction, Binary Fission, Fragmentation, budding, spores
Where do archaebacteria live?
Everywhere
What were the first life forms on earth?
bacteria
What is the environmental niche for archaebacteria?
Nutrient Cycling
What are ecological uses for bacteria? Give an example.
Fermentation (yogurt, cheese), Biotechnology (Making antibiotics)
What is the domain for Archebacteria�?
Archaea
What are some economic uses for archaebacteria?
Sewage treatment, organic solvent, biotechnology
Where are protista located?
anywhere in water
how do protista reproduce?
sexual and asexual
What are protista’s trophic?
heterotrophicand autotrophic
do protista move?
they don’t move
what is mycology?
the study of fungi
is fungi more closely related to animals or plants?
animals
what are fungi’s walls made of?
chitin
what trophic are fungi?
heterotrophic
how to fungi reproduce?
sexual and asexual
why do fungi stay low to the game?
because they lack transport systems
what is fungi’s environmental niche?
nutrient cycling, decomposition
economic uses of fungi?
food, antibiotics, detergents, pesticides
are fungi used in religion?
psychotropic
negative impacts of fungi?
plant and animal pathogens
what is botany?
the study of plants