What is a Coral Reef? A. An ecosystem formed by millions of coral organisms called polyps i. A system of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction.
Kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls.
Cells. Robert Hooke -1665 In his book, entitled Micrographia, Hooke was the first to use the term cell From the Latin “cella” meaning “small chamber”
Facts Cells are the fundamental units of life. All living organisms are composed of and depend on cells to function normally. Scientists estimate.
In General Usually unicellular Reproduction: Some asexual, some sexual, some both Kingdom for life that doesn’t fit in animals, plant or fungi kingdom.
Animal-Like Protista. Introduction Protists are eukaryotes and include unicellular (e.g., amoeba) and multicellular forms (e.g., algae) The word protista.
Ch 20-PROTISTA. The Kingdom Protista Defined more by differences than similarities Not actual plants,animals or fungi Many _________________________-
Directions Print these slides as “handouts” 6 per page. You can fold the power point slides in half and cut them out to make flashcards. I hope this helps.
BIO 121 – Molecular Cell Biology Lecture Section I A.Fundamental Cell Theory and Taxonomy B. The Age of Genomic Taxonomy C. Introduction to Multicellularity.
Lucie Bartoníčková ZIB seminar – 12 th January 2009 1 Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda,
Taxonomy. I. General Information A.Definition: the study of classification. B.Why group things? 1.Makes it easier to find information on an organism.
Variety among living species is called biodiversity There are between 1.4 and 1.8 million species described by scientists and many more have not been discovered.