Plant or AnimalNeither

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Plant or AnimalNeither!

• Types of Microorganisms

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Protista Kingdom

• Protists belong to a kingdom of their own.

b. What are the three types of protists?
i. Animal-like
ii. Plant-like
iii. Fungus-like
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c. What are some characteristics of animal-like
protists?

• Can move from place to place to find food

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d. What are some characteristics of plant-like
protists?

• Can make their own food

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e. What are characteristics of fungus-like
protists?

• Have cell walls and eat other organims (like
  plants and animals)

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f. Example of animal-like protist

• Paramecium

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g. Example of a plant-like protist

• Euglena

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h. Example of a fungus like protist

• Slime mold

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II. Monera Kingdom

• a. What is an example of an organism that
  belongs to this kingdom?

BACTERIA
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b. What is the disadvantage to having bacteria
inside humans?

• They can cause sickness in humans.
• Example salmonella from uncooked meats

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c. What is an advantage of bacteria for humans?

• Can help break down food inside humans
• They can help make food like yogurt and bread!
• YUMMY!

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d. What are the three shapes of bacteria?

• Spheres
• Rods
• spirals

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III. Viruses (not a true kingdom of living
things)

• a. What is unusual about the way viruses live?

They have to come in contact with something
living to come alive.
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b. How do viruses infect their host organisms?

• They have to take over the hosts cells.

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c. Can you cure a viral infection with medicine?

• NO!

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D. What is an example of a virus.

• Common cold
• Flu virus
• West Nile

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DRAW A SKETCH OF A VIRUS