What are cyanobacteria?

History of Life Through Time

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/historyoflife.php

 

  1. What are the 3 domains of life?

 

Click on the link for Bacteria in the diagram.

 

  1. What do bacteria do, and why are        they important?

 

  1. What is the age of the oldest        fossil bacteria?

 

At the bottom of the Bacteria Page, click on Fossil Record   and follow the links.

 

  1. What are cyanobacteria?

 

  1. Name two layered structures that        cyanobacteria form.

 

  1. Explain how cyanobacteria        produce these layered structures.

 

Use the Back button to return to the “History of Life   Through Time” page. Click on the link for Eukaryota in the diagram.

 

  1. Which four groups of organisms        are included in the Eukaryota?