UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF A VIRUS.
¨ IDENTIFY 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.
¨ BECOME AWARE OF SOME COMMON VIRAL AND
BACTERIAL DISEASES AND HOW THEY ARE CONTROLLED.
¨ COMPARE 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.
¨ 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 SOME OF THE MAJOR PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA, PROTISTS AND FUNGI THROUGH LABORATORY
INVESTIGATIONS.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS NINETEEN THROUGH TWENTY-ONE