Cell Wall

FUNGI BACTERIA VIRUSES

CELL MEMBRANE

CELL WALL

CELL NUCLEUS

• Fungi are made of long thin threads

• When lots grow together – it looks fluffy

• Fungi are decomposers, the decompose living things and take up the nutrients

• Fungi do not make their own food like plants

• Bacteria do not have a nucleus

• Bacteria are living things as they exhibit : movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, respiration, excretion, nutrition

• Bacteria reproduce by multiplying themselves

• Viruses look the least like animal and plant cells

• They invade host cells to reproduce

• Viruses are not cells and don’t carry out most life processes. They do not feed, respire or excrete.

• Why should you avoid touching microbes?• List two things that make viruses different from plants, animals and other

microbes.• How do bacteria reproduce?

• Some bacteria are MRSA. A third of your class could be carrying them. They are harmless on your skin or in your nose. But they can kill hospital

patients if they get into their wounds. • Why is it so hard to keep MRSA out of hospitals?• List some common symptoms caused by viruses.• Why is it a problem when an infected person has no symptoms?

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