•  Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

•  Chapter 1-13

•  Lesson 1-4

•  Instructions:

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•   Prokaryotes -    bacteria and archaea

•   Eukaryotes - animals, plants, protists, fungi

•   virus, viroids, Prions - are acellular and   are not considered living organisms

•    Bacteria are single-celled prokaryotes whose cell walls are composed of peptidoglycan (though some bacteria lack cell walls). They reproduce asexually. Most are beneficial, but some cause disease.

•    Archaea are prokaryotes whose cell walls lack peptidoglycan and instead are composed of other polymers. They reproduce asexually. None are known to cause disease.

PROKARYOTES – Bacteria are single-celled

•                                         whose cell walls are composed of peptidoglycan (though some bacteria lack cell walls). They reproduce asexually. Most are beneficial, but some cause disease.

Archaea are prokaryotes

•                             whose cell walls lack peptidoglycan and instead are composed of other polymers. They reproduce asexually. None are known to cause disease.

•   Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus composed of genetic material surrounded by a distinct membrane.

EXAMPLES OF EUKARYOTES

 •  Fungi are relatively large microscopic eukaryotes and include multicellular molds and single-celled yeasts. These organisms obtain their food from other organisms and have cell walls made of a polymer called chitin.

•  Protozoa are single-celled eukaryotes that are similar to animals in their nutritional needs and cellular structure. Most are capable of locomotion, and some cause disease.

•  Algae are plantlike eukaryotes that are photosynthetic; that is, they make their own food from carbon dioxide and water, using energy from sunlight. The algae include multicellular and unicellular organisms.

•  Parasitic worms are invertebrate worm like animals that cause several infectious diseases. They range in size from microscopic forms to adult tapeworms several meters in length.

 •    Viruses are acellular obligatory parasites and are not considered eukaryotes or prokaryotes. Microscopes are important diagnostic tools for observing microbes and acellular structures.

 •    Viruses- Acellular infectious agents, can infect bacteria or any other eukaryotic cells. Made up of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and protein coat only.

•    Viruses - cause a variety of human diseases ranging from the common cold to AIDS

•    Viruses - are miniscule, acellular, infectious agents that use the host's machinery for replication.

•    Viruses – Can not grow nor respond to the environment, and consist of genetic material, either DNA or RNA, packaged in a protein coat called a capsid.

•    They do not have any cytoplasmic membrane, cytosol, or organelles.

•                 Some viruses are enclosed within an envelope membrane. Because they are incapable of replicating outside a host cell, some would argue that these pathogens are not actually alive......... Document continue