BIOLOGY 512- ACCELERATED

UNIT EIGHT: MICROBES: VIRUSES, BACTERIA, PROTISTS AND FUNGI

UNIT OBJECTIVES

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:

¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.

¨ DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF A VIRUS.

¨ UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT INFECTION PROCESSES OF VIRUSES.

¨ EXPLAIN WHY VIRUSES DON’T FIT CLEARLY INTO THE 5-KINGDOM SYSTEM.

¨ DESCRIBE THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA AND HOW THEY ARE IDENTIFIED.

¨ DESCRIBE NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION OF BACTERIA.

¨ EXPLAIN THE PLACE OF BACTERIA IN OUR WORLD.

¨ DESCRIBE SOME COMMON VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES AND HOW THEY ARE CONTROLLED.

¨ COMPARE AND DIFFERENTIATE MONERA AND PROTISTA.

¨ LIST THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROTISTS.

¨ DESCRIBE THE MAJOR TYPES OF PROTISTS.

¨ DISCUSS THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DIFFERENTIATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROTISTS.

¨ IDENTIFY THE COMMON PROTISTS.

¨ DISCUSS THE ROLE OF PROTISTS IN THE WORLD.

¨ DESCRIBE THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNGI.

¨ IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PARTS OF FUNGI.

¨ DISCUSS HOW FUNGI OBTAIN FOOD AND REPRODUCE.

¨ EXPLAIN SOME SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT FUNGI HAVE.

¨ DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FUNGI.

¨ LIST SOME OF THE COMMON FUNGUS DISEASES.

¨ OBSERVE AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MAJOR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA, PROTISTS AND FUNGI THROUGH LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS.

¨ BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN VIRUSES, BACTERIA, PROTISTS AND FUNGI.

TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS NINETEEN THROUGH TWENTY-ONE