Download Comparing Bacteria, Fungi, Protists, Viruses

Name ______________________________________________
Clark
Science Period ______
Date _____________
Comparing Bacteria, Fungi, Protista, and Viruses
Please complete the following table using textbook pages 210 – 241. There are six definitions, nine blank lines, and a column for viruses that need
to be completed.
LAB3
Bacteria
Definition:
Single-celled organisms
Genetic material inside their cells
is not contained inside a
_________________
Vary in size; Microbe - can be
seen with a regular microscope
Three basic shapes:
____________, ____________,
____________
Need food to survive – they can
make their own or consume other
organisms
Reproduction: sexual or asexual
Role: oxygen production, food
production (cheese, pickles), can
make you sick (botulism, food
poisoning), decomposers, health
(digestion, vitamins), medicine
(insulin)
Definition of pasteurization:
Fungus (fungi)
Definition:
Protists
Definition:
Single to multi-celled organisms
Celled organisms
Single to multi-celled organisms
Celled organisms
Vary in size; Not a microbe - can
be seen with the naked eye
Vary in size
Shapes vary
Shapes vary – include parasites.
Definition of parasite:
Absorb food from other
___________________
Need food to survive – they can
make their own or consume other
organisms
Reproduction: sexual or asexual
Reproduction: release
_______________ (sexual or
asexual)
Role: Food sources (yeast,
mushrooms), decomposers,
fighting disease (Penicillin),
Disease-causing (athlete’s foot),
“pioneer” organism (lichen)
Viruses
Definition:
Variety of Roles. Some can
cause diseases like (p. 594):
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________