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Classification of Organisms

The document provides an overview of various biological kingdoms, including viruses, bacteria, protista, and fungi, highlighting their characteristics such as size, cell type, nutrition, reproduction, and structural features. It also compares different animal phyla, detailing their body symmetry, tissue layers, gut openings, and coelom types. Overall, it emphasizes the diversity and complexity of life forms and their classifications.

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Classification of Organisms

The document provides an overview of various biological kingdoms, including viruses, bacteria, protista, and fungi, highlighting their characteristics such as size, cell type, nutrition, reproduction, and structural features. It also compares different animal phyla, detailing their body symmetry, tissue layers, gut openings, and coelom types. Overall, it emphasizes the diversity and complexity of life forms and their classifications.

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INTERNAL #_x000D_

VIRUS

Kingdom Not in Kingdom:


Non-living & living characteristics

Characteristics:

Microscopic - only studied using a


Size microscope

Cell Type Acellular

Shape Variety of shapes

Heterotrophic (cannot make own food - no


Nutrition chlorophyll))

Pathogenic - causes diseases.


Diseases In humans HIV/AIDS, poliomyeelitis,
chickenpox, herpes, influenza

Obligate internal parasites (cannot multiply


without infecting another living organism or
host.

Can infect bacteria, protista, plants and


Reproduction aniimals. Called bacteriophages when infect
bacteria.

Become dormant when they cannot find a


host

Structural Characteristics:
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Cell Wall No

Has Envelope

Cell Membrane No

Cytoplasm No

Organelles No membrane enclosed organelles

Core of DNA or RNA (enclosed by protein


RNA / DNA coat called CAPSID)

Nuclear Membrane

Plasmid

Movement

Decomposers
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BACTERIA
PROTISTA

Kingdom Monera Kingdom Protista

Phytoplankton. Zooplankton, Algae


(seeweeds)

Larger than viruses - can be seen using a light Usually microscopic but can be several
microscope metres ie seeweeds

Simple Unicellular or Multicellular


Unicellular
Eukaryotic

Cossus (round), Bacillus (Rod-shaped), Spirillum


(Spiral-shaped). Vibrio (Comma shaped)

Autotrophic or Heterotrophic (more details page


Autotrophic or Heterotrophic
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Some are pathogenic - causes


diseases such as malaria

Multipy very quickly under favourable conditions


Cell division called Binary fission

Form endospores when conditions are


unfavourable eg. Lack of food, extreme heat, lack
of moisture
Asexually and Sexually
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Yes - made of polysaccharides

Some have slime capsule to protect them from


drying out

Yes

Yes
Surrounded by cell membrane

No membrane enclosed organelles

DNA in the form of an irregular loop - called


nucleoid. Has RNA

No membrane around the Nuclear Material -


Yes - Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic

Yes, small circular double stranded DNA found in


the cytoplasm
Some Sessile, others use Flagella or
Yes, whip like flagellum to help move in liquid move using false feet called
pseudopodia

No Tissue Differentiation

Found mainly in water

Bacteria and Fungi are the main decomposers


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FUNGI

Kingdom Fungi

Moulds, Yeasts, Mildews, Rusts, Toadstools,


mushroons

Some unicellular (yeasts), others


Multicellular (mushrooms)

Heterotrophic (cannot make own food - no


chlorophyll))
Fungl living off dead matter called
saprotrophic.

Causes diseases such as thrush, ringworm,


athletes foot

Fungi both Sexually and Asexually


Asexual in unicellular fungi such as yeasts is
by budding
Asexual in multicellular fungi is by spores
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Yes - contains Chitin

Yes - Eukaryotic

Bacteria and Fungi are the main


decomposers
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Port Ferry Cinderella Plays in Hell and Anne and puts lid On Arthurs Podcast
eats Mints with
Porifera Cnidaria Platyhelminthes Annelida Arthropoda

Characteristic Sponges Jelly Fish, Blue Flatworm, Polychaete worm, Spider, Millepede,
bottle, Sea Planarian, Tape Earthworm, Crab, Insect
Anemone Worm Leeches

Body Symmetry Asymmetrical Radial Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral

Cephalisation None None Yes Yes Yes

Tissue layers No True Tissue Diploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic

Gut openings No Gut One One Two Two

Coelom Acoemolate Acoemolate Acoemolate Coemolate Coemolate


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While recording
data
Chordata

Shark fish, frogs,


snake, bird,
mammal

Bilateral

Yes

Triploblastic

Two

Coemolate

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