MICROORGANISMSMICROORGANISMS

The Good,the Bad,

and the Ecological

BACTERIA….THE GOODBACTERIA….THE GOOD

Maintain equilibrium in the living world as:

ProducersDecomposersNitrogen Fixers

BACTERIA….THE GOODBACTERIA….THE GOOD

Many Human Uses:Food productionCleaning up oil spillsHuman digestion

•Protection from infection•Vitamin production

BACTERIA….THE BADBACTERIA….THE BAD

Disrupt equilibrium by:Causing disease

Many resources (time and money) needed to control/eliminate them.

BACTERIA….THE BACTERIA….THE ECOLOGICALECOLOGICAL

DecomposersNitrogen FixersFood chainsSymbiotic relationships

Other living things could not live without them.

FUNGI….THE GOODFUNGI….THE GOOD

Maintain equilibrium in the living world as:Decomposers

Human Uses:Food Production

FUNGI….THE BADFUNGI….THE BAD

Disrupt equilibrium by:Causing disease

Many resources (time and money) needed to control/eliminate them.

FUNGI….THE ECOLOGICALFUNGI….THE ECOLOGICALDecomposersFood chainsSymbiotic relationships

Other living things could not live without them.

PROTISTA….THE GOODPROTISTA….THE GOOD

Maintain equilibrium in the living world as:Producers DecomposersO2 Producers, and in Symbiotic relationships

PROTISTA….THE GOODPROTISTA….THE GOOD

Human Uses:Food production

Other products:plastics, waxes, paint, deodorant, lubricants

PROTISTA….THE BADPROTISTA….THE BAD

Disrupt equilibrium by:Causing diseaseAlgal blooms

Many resources (time and money) needed to control/eliminate them.

PROTISTA….THE PROTISTA….THE ECOLOGICALECOLOGICAL

Base of many food chains

Many are decomposersSymbiotic relationships

On the Back of Foldable:On the Back of Foldable:Divide into three sections, one for each KingdomDivide into three sections, one for each Kingdom

Bacteria- 1. Draw the three shapes of bacteria 2. Draw and Label E. coli 3 . List 3 diseases caused by Bacteria Protista- 1. List and Describe the 3 kinds of protists. 2. Draw and Label a Paramecium. 3. List 3 diseases caused by Protista. Fungi- 1. Draw and Label a Mushroom (pg 528) 2. Compare and Contrast a decomposer, a

saprobe, and a parasite 3. List 3 diseases caused by fungi.