COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

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1. In your textbook, read Section 14.1 on pages 326­329 and Section 14.4 on pages 336­338. Compare and contrast viruses and monerans by answering these questions:
a. What are viruses?


b. What are monerans?

c. What characteristic do all viruses share?

d. What characteristic do all monerans share?

e. Does a virus have organized structural parts?

f. Do monerans have organized structural parts?

g. Does a virus reproduce or replicate?

h. Do monerans reproduce or replicate?

i. Describe the hereditary material in a virus.


j. Describe the hereditary material in a moneran.


k. Is a virus alive?

l. Is a moneran alive?

In your textbook, read Section 15.2 on pages 355­357. Then complete the following chart to compare and contrast sacrodinians and zooflagellates.

Organism	Sacrodinians	Zooflagellates
Locomotion
Structures for Movement
Adaptations

3. In your textbook, read Section 15.5 on pages 365­368 and "Characteristics of Fungi" on pages 374­377. Then complete the following chart to compare and contrast protists and fungi.

Organism	Protist	Fungi
Types
Size
Beneficial functions
Harmful funtions

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