Microbes KS3 Y8

Microbes KS3 Y8

Small organism which is found in viruses and diseases
1. Fungi
2. Algae
3. Bacteria
4. Viruses
5. Protozoa
Bacteria
1. Made of one cell
2. Gain nutrition by feeding on dead material and decomposers
3. Reproduce by binary fission
4. Has a cell wall or cytoplasm
5. No nucleus
Algae
1. Gain nutrition by photosynthesis
2. Has a cell wall
Protozoa
1. Belongs to the protista kingdom
2. Amoeba has a nucleus
  1. Amoebas are composed of just one cell
  2. They are protozoans with no fixed shape
3. Amoeba has no cell wall
Fungi
1. Doesn't belong to the plant kingdom
  1. Yeast differs as it only has 1 cell but moulds have a lot of cells
    1. Yeast reproduce by budding
2. A network of mould hyphae are called mycelium
Viruses
1. Not considered as living microbes
  1. Don't complete seven life processes
  2. Reproduce by hijacking other cells

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