Variety of Living Organisms

Question 1

Mnemonic for characteristics of living organisms

Answer 1

MRS C GREN
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Control, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition

Question 2

Eukaryotes

Answer 2

Organisms that have nuclei

Question 3

Prokaryotes

Answer 3

Organisms that don’t have nuclei

Question 4

What are the 4 eukaryotic kingdoms?

Answer 4

Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protist

Question 5

What is the one prokaryotic kingdom?

Answer 5

Bacteria

Question 6

Saprotrophic

Answer 6

Uses enzymes to digest food outside body then absorbs nutrients

Question 7

Properties of plants

Answer 7

Multicellular, contain chloroplasts, carry out photosynthesis, have cellulose cell walls, store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose

Question 8

Properties of animals

Answer 8

Multicellular, do not have chloroplasts, no photosynthesis, no cell walls, store carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 9

Properties of fungi

Answer 9

No photosynthesis, made of multiple thread-like structures called hyphae, which make up a mycelium, cell walls made of chitin, saprotrophic, store carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 10

Properties of protists

Answer 10

Very diverse, some perform photosynthesis, some are multicellular

Question 11

Properties of bacteria

Answer 11

Unicellular, have cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, and plasmids, have a circular ring of DNA called a nucleoid

Question 12

Levels of organisation in an organism

Answer 12

Organism, Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell, Organelle

Question 13

Mnemonic for classification

Answer 13

King Philip Can Only Find Green Socks
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species