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Biodiversity of Micro-Organisms
Biodiversity of Micro-Organisms
Biodiversity of Micro-Organisms
Biodiversity
Viruses
Bacteria
Protista
Fungi
TERMINOLOGY
I. KINGDOM MONERA
II. KINGDOM PROTISTA
III. KINGDOM FUNGI
IV. KINGDOM ANIMALIA
V. KINGDOM PLANTAE
ACTIVITY 1
Give the correct biological term
The
nucleic acid core
maybe either DNA or
RNA.
A virus that attacks a bacteria is called bacteriophage.
Viruses do not have any other cell structures.
For example there is no vacuoles, Mitochondria
or nucleus.
Slime moulds,
diatoms, seaweed
brown and green
algae are examples of
protists.
BASIC STRUCTURE OF PROTISTA
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Plantae
D. Fungi
The kingdom that is made up of organisms that digest their
food before taking it in is…
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Animalia
D. Fungi
The kingdom that contains all the autotrophic organisms is…
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Plantae
D. Fungi
The kingdom that is made up of eukaryotic,
unicellular organism is…
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Plantae
D. Fungi
The micro-organism that is both living and non-living
is…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
All heterotrophic, eukaryotic organisms belong to the
Kingdom…
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Animalia
D. Fungi
The smallest living micro-organism is…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
Small pox is a disease that is caused by…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
The organism that is able to reproduce by converting the
host’s nuclei to its own…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
Unicellular, prokaryotic organism with cell walls
and flagella…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
Diatoms, Spirogyra and seaweed are examples
of…
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protista
The jelly-like material derived from seaweeds is
called…
A. Agar
B. Diatoms
C. Seaweeds
D. None of the above
The rod-like shape of the bacteria is…
A. Coccus
B. Spirilum
C. Bacillus
D. Vibro
The area of the cytoplasm in bacteria that contain
nuclear material.
A. Nucleoid
B. Nucleus
C. Nucleolus
D. Chromatin network
The outer coat of the virus is called…
A. Plasma lemma
B. Cell wall
C. Cell membrane
D. Protein coat
The root like hyphae of the bread mould is
A. Rhizoids
B. Stolon
C. Sporangiophore
D. Mycelium
Collective name given to the tangled mass of thread-
like structures in the bread mould is…
A. Rhizoids
B. Stolon
C. Sporangiophore
D. Mycelium
The upright hyphae of the bread mould is…
A. Rhizoids
B. Stolon
C. Sporangiophore
D. Mycelium
Since the bread mould does not have true root, stems and
leaves it is called a…
A. Rhizoids
B. Thallus
C. Sporangiophore
D. Mycelium
The horizontal hyphae, found on the surface of the bread
in the bread mould is…
A. Rhizoids
B. Stolon
C. Sporangiophore
D. Mycelium