Protista and Fungi (Grade 11 NSC Matric Life Sciences): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Kingdom Protista cell type
Kingdom Protista cell type
Eukaryotic
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton
Small algae floating on/near water surface
Zooplankton
Zooplankton
Small animals floating on/near water surface
Sessile organisms
Sessile organisms
Permanently attached, can't move on their own
Three protist groups
Three protist groups
Plant-like, animal-like, algae
Chitin in fungi
Chitin in fungi
Tough substance in fungal cell walls (not cellulose)
Hyphae
Hyphae
Thread-like filaments of multicellular fungi
Mycelium
Mycelium
Network of fungal hyphae
Fungi nutritional mode
Fungi nutritional mode
All heterotrophic (lack chlorophyll)
Saprophytic fungi
Saprophytic fungi
Live off dead organic matter, act as decomposers