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22. The cell walls of plants, fungi, bacteria and archaeans are composed of different polymers yet serve the same function (support and protection). What does this signify about their evolution? (2)
23. Binary fission in bacteria produces a(an)
a. identical copy (clone) of the original cell
b. new combinations of genes in the ‘offspring’
24. The process of a bacterium taking up DNA from its environment is called
25. The process of ‘bacterial sex’ (DNA transferred from one bacterium to another via a pilus) is called
26. The process of genes being transferred between bacteria via a virus is called
27. Why might sexual reproduction in bacteria be important? (2)
28. An organism that produces its own food using energy obtained from the sun is called a
a. photoautotroph
b. heterotroph
c. mixotroph
d. chemoautotroph
29. An organism that must eat other organisms to obtain food/energy is called a
a. photoautotroph
b. heterotroph
c. mixotroph
d. chemoautotroph
30. A protist that can photosynthesize and/or consume another organism is called a
a. photoautotroph
b. heterotroph
c. mixotroph
d. chemoautotroph
31. A prokaryote that can use oxygen if it is present, but can also live in the absence of oxygen is called a(an)
a. facultative anaerobe
b. obligate aerobe
c. obligate anaerobe
32. What is a biofilm? Give an example.
33. Why was Kingdom Protista abandoned (or disbanded) in the early 1990’s?