- List the 3 domains of life. Which kingdoms are contained within each domain?
- What is the difference between the terms prokaryote and eukaryote?
- How old is the earth? How do we know this?
- What were conditions like for the first organisms on earth?
- Give examples of locations where extremophiles might be found.
- List the 4 structures found in all cell.
- What are the 3 shapes of prokaryotes?
- What is the difference between the function of the cell membrane and the cell wall?
- What is the difference between Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial cell walls?
- What caused the black plague? How is it spread?
- List two causes for the antibiotic crisis we are currently experiencing.
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List a beneficial use of prokaryotes in
- food production
- bioremediation
- our bodies
- What is the endosymbiotic theory? What is its significance?
- What 2 organelles are listed that contributed to the origin of the eukaryotic cell?
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Most (or all) protists are (choose one for each):
- prokaryotes/eukaryotes
- unicellular/multicellular
- aquatic/terrestrial
- non-motile/motile
- Under what conditions would an asexual organism switch to sexual reproduction?
- The emerging classification system for Domain Eukarya groups organisms into _____________________, containing _______________________________________.
- What organism causes malaria? How is it transmitted?
- What organism causes sleeping sicknesses? How is it transmitted?
- List 3 beneficial uses of protists.
- DNA has shown that the closest kingdom to fungi is ____________________.
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Fungi are (choose one for each):
- prokaryotes/eukaryotes
- photosynthetic/decomposers
- non-motile/motile
- The main way that fungi reproduce is through the production of ___________________. Are these produced sexually, asexually or both?
- How do fungi digest their food?
- List 2 examples of fungi that are harmful to plants.
- List 2 ways that fungi are harmful to humans.
- In mycorrhizae, what does the plant provide to the fungus? What does the fungus provide to the plant?
- In lichens, what does the algae or cyanobacteria provide to the fungus? What does the fungus provide to the algae or cyanobacteria?
- List two ways in which fungi are beneficial to humans.
- Be familiar with the vocabulary in the chapter. You can use the last slide in the PPT as a guide. You do not need to define all the words to receive full credit for this study guide. You must answer 1-29 to receive credit.