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The nature and variety of living organisms mind map

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The nature and variety of living organisms

Variety of organisms

  • Characteristics of living thingsNutrition, respirationExcretion, responseMovement, controlReproduction, growth
  • PlantsMulticellularChloroplasts, cellulose wallStarch or sucrose
  • AnimalsMulticellularNo cell wallNervous co-ordinationGlycogen
  • FungiHyphae and myceliumChitin wallSaprotrophic nutritionMucor, yeast
  • ProtoctistsSingle-celledAmoeba, ChlorellaPlasmodium causes malaria
  • BacteriaProkaryotic, no nucleusCircular chromosome, plasmidsLactobacillus, Pneumococcus
  • VirusesNot livingProtein coat, DNA or RNAReproduce inside cellsTMV, influenza, HIV