3.1.1. to 3.1.6 Diversity of Organisms
1. Amoeba belongs to the kingdom____________________.
2. Of which kingdom are seaweeds members?
3. Some bacteria possess small circular loops of DNA which carry additional genetic
information. What are they called?
4. Motile bacteria possess_______________________.
5. Name the structure that some bacteria can produce when exposed to adverse
conditions.
6. What word is used to describe a disease - causing bacterium?
7. Some bacteria are autotrophic. Of these some are photosynthetic and others
are_____________________________.
8. Bacteria reproduce by a method called________________ ___________________
9. Some bacteria produce chemicals which kill or prevent the growth of other microbes.
What are these chemicals called?
10. Rhizopus is a fungus that feeds on dead organic matter and is therefore a
_________________________.
11. The fungus that causes athlete's foot is a p_____________?
12. The body of a fungus is made up of thread-like structures
called__________________?
13. Name an organism that reproduces by budding.
14. What term is used to describe the techniques used to exclude unwanted microbes
from an area?
15. Nutrient media used for culturing microbes must be _________________ before use.
16. Freshwater Amoeba contains a ______________vacuole.
17. Amoeba move by means of ________________________.
18. Amoeba reproduces by means of ____________ _________________
19. The outer cytoplasm of amoeba is called ____________________.
20. Name the kingdom to which bacteria belong.
----------Key---------1. Protista
Protists
Protoctista
Protoctists
2. Plant
Plantae
3. Plasmids
4. Flagella
Flagellum
5. Endospore
Endospores
6. Pathogenic
Pathogen
7. Chemosynthetic
8. Binary fission
9. Antibiotics
Antibiotic
10. Saprophyte
11. Parasite
arasite
12. hyphae
hypha
hyphas
13. Yeast
Saccharomyces
14. Asepsis
Aseptic technique
aseptic
aseptic techniques
15. Sterile
sterilised
16. Contractile
17. Pseudopodia
Pseudopodium
pseudopods
pseudopod
18. Binary fission
19. Ectoplasm
20. Monera
Prokaryotae
Prokaryot
Prokaryotes