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Microorganisms in the environment - Coggle Diagram
Microorganisms in the environment
Microorganisms
Key words
Microorganism
A living organisim so small it can only be seen with a mircroscrope
Bacteria
Organisms made of a single very small cell, with a cell wall but no nucleus
Fungi
Organisms such as mushroom, toadstool, and yeast. They get their energy but declaying organic material
Algae
Small, plant-like organisms that grow in or near water
Protozoa
Very small, single-celled, animal-like organisms
Sterile
Completely clean, free from bateria and other organisms
Colony
A group of bateria or fungi, such as the ones growing on the surface of agar jelly
What is a mircroorganism?
A mircroorganism is a living organism so small it can only been seen witha mircoscrope
Give four examples of a mircroorganism
Bateria, fungi, algae, and protozoa
Why is a virus not a microoorganism?
It is TOO small to be seen with a mircoorganism
It is not fully alive
Single-celled
Bacteria
What are bacteria?
They are single-celled organisms that have cells much smaller than animal cells or plant cells
Single-celled
Fungi
Singular of fungi: Fungus
Two examples of a fungi
Toadstool and mushroom
Threads
Give an example of one fungi that is a single-celled fungus
Yeast
Growing microorganisms
What is a colony?
A group of organisms growing on algae jelly
What does the word sterile mean?
When all the living organisms of something had been killed
What are protozoa
They are single-celled microorganisms with cells like animal cells
What are algae?
Single-celled microorganisms with cells like palnt cells
Food chain and webs
Key words
Food chain
A diagram which shows how energy is transfered from one organism to another, in the form of food
Food web
A diagram showing many interconnected food chain
Herbivore
An organism that gets its energy by eating plants
Carnivore
Consumers that eat other animals
Producer
The first organism in a food chain
Prey
An animal that is killed and eaten by a predator
Predator
An animal that catches, kills and eats other animals