SCIENCE: CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS MARCH 1-10TH 2022

Algae

________- Eukaryotic organism that converts the suns energy into food through photosynthesis (Using the suns energy to make food,) but do not have roots, stems, or leaves.

Protist Producer

________- Mostly lives in the water.

Bioremediation

________- Changing harmful chemicals into harmless chemicals.

Monera

________- An older classification where Archaea and Bacteria were in the same Kingdom, before technology allowed us to divide it further into Archaea and Bacteria.

Autotroph

________- An organism that produces its own food (producer)

Host

________- An organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter.

Parasite

________- An organism that feeds on an organism from another species, and that usually harms the HOST.

Cyno blue

________, Melano= black, Chloro= green, Erythro= red, Leuko= white.

Flagellum

________- A slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, etc.

Conjugation

________- A process of genetic recombination that occurs between two organisms (such as bacteria) in addition to asexual reproduction.

Heterotroph

________- An organism that gets its food by eating other organisms or their byproducts (Consumer & Decomposers)

Protista

________- Kingdom of all eukaryotes that ARE NOT plants, animals, or fungi.

Nitrogen Fixation

________- The bacterial conversion of nitrogen in the air into a form of nitrogen that can be used by plants during photosynthesis.

Pathogenic Bacteria

________- Bacteria that cause disease.