Biology for Kids
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Fungi are groups of creatures belonging to their own kingdoms. In other words, it is not an animal, a plant, or a bacterium. Unlike bacteria with simple prokaryotic cells, fungi have complex eukaryotic cells such as animals and plants.
Fungi are found throughout the earth including land, water, air, and even animals and plants. Their size varies widely, from small microscopes to the largest creatures on the planet, up to several square miles. Over 100,000 fungal species
Fungi have been classified as plants. However, they differ from plants in two important respects: 1) fungal cell walls are composed of chitin instead of cellulose (plants); 2) fungi do not make their own food through photosynthesis like plants Hmm
Food - Many fungi are used as foods such as mushrooms and truffles. Yeast is a fungus used for baking bread and fermenting beverages.
Decomposition - fungi play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter. This decomposition is necessary for many life cycles, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen cycles. By decomposing organic matter, fungi release carbon, nitrogen and oxygen into soil and the atmosphere.
Medicine - Some fungi are used to kill bacteria that can cause human infections and diseases. They produce antibiotics such as penicillin and cephalosporin.
Scientists often classify fungi into four categories: club fungus, mold, cyst, and imperfect fungus. Some of the more common fungi you see or use everyday are listed below
Mushrooms - mushrooms are part of the club fungus group. Mushrooms are fruiting bodies of fungi. While others are very toxic, some mushrooms are delicious and can be used as food. Do not eat the mushrooms found in the forest!
Mildew-mold is made of filaments called hypha. Mold is often formed on old fruits, bread, cheese. As hypha grows and releases more mold spores from its tip, they sometimes look very furry.
Science >> Children's biology organism constantly creates new cells. They make and grow new cells and replace old dead cells. The process of making new cells is called cell division. Cell division has occurred all the time. About 2 trillion cells are divided each day in a normal human body. Mitosis is used when it is desired to replicate cells into their own exact copies. Everything in the cell is duplicated. These two new cells have the same DNA, function and genetic code. The original cell is called the mother cell and the two new cells are called daughter cells. The complete process or cycle of mitosis is described in more detail below.
Cell biology (also known as cytology, from Greek, kytos, "container") is a field of biology that studies the structure and function of cells, the basic unit of life. Cell biology includes the physiological properties of cells and their environment, metabolic processes, signaling pathways, life cycles, chemical composition and interactions. Since it contains prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, it is done at the microscopic and molecular levels. Understanding how cellular components and cells work will be the foundation of all biological sciences and also important for research in biomedical fields such as cancer and other diseases. Cell biology research is closely related to genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology and cytochemistry
A more appropriate study of the chemical process of life or organism. Biochemical studies include cancer and stem cell biology, infectious diseases, as well as membrane biology and structural biology, as well as molecular biology, genetics, mechanical biochemistry, genomics, evolution and system biology. Research on carbon compounds such as fuels, plastics, food additives, medicines. In contrast to inorganic chemistry, inorganic chemistry focuses on non-biological and non-carbon materials and organic chemistry involves studies of carbon and in vivo chemicals. An example is the leaf photosynthesis process because the chemical composition of living plants has changed.