Biology Classification, Viruses & Bacteria Review

Question 1

An evolutionary diagram that shows how organisms are related based on derived characters is a

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cladogram

Question 2

How many kingdoms are used in modern classification? (typically)

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6

Question 3

Prokaryotes reproduce asexually by

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binary fission

Question 4

Which type of infection may go unnoticed by the host cell until it enters a lytic phase?

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lysogenic infection

Question 5

If a bacterium is rod-shaped, what is it named?

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Bacillus/Bacilli

Question 6

What is the largest (in numbers) group of organisms on Earth?

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Bacteria

Question 7

What kingdom consists of eukaryotic heterotrophs that absorb their food?

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Fungi

Question 8

How do bacteria exchange genetic material through their pili?

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conjugation

Question 9

Antibiotics are used to kill living microbes like bacteria.

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True

Question 10

What kingdom is prokaryotic and has peptidoglycan in the cell wall?

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Bacteria/Eubacteria

Question 11

Prokaryotes have a nucleus.

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False

Question 12

Which taxon includes many species that are similar to one another?

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genus

Question 13

What kingdom has animal-like, plant-like and fungus-like members?

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Protists

Question 14

What defines a prokaryote?

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No nucleus but has ribosomes

Question 15

An organism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen is known as an

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Obligate anaerobe

Question 16

Why is sterilization a good method of controlling bacteria?

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They don't survive in high temperatures for long periods.

Question 17

We study viruses because they infect living things.

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True

Question 18

Which two taxa make up the 2-part naming system of binomial nomenclature?

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genus and species

Question 19

Eukaryotes have a nucleus.

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True

Question 20

Which naming process is more accurate?

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Scientific names

Question 21

Which of the following is not one of the six kingdoms?

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Moneran

Question 22

What kingdom is prokaryotic, lacks peptidoglycan, and is found in extreme conditions?

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Archaea

Question 23

What is the science of classification?

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Taxonomy

Question 24

What kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular and autotrophs?

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Plantae

Question 25

If a bacterium is shaped like spirals, what is it named?

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Spirillium

Question 26

This type of virus uses an enzyme to make a DNA copy of its RNA after infecting a cell.

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Retrovirus

Question 27

What pathogen is only made of nucleic acids and infects plants?

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viroid

Question 28

What is the earliest known group of living organisms on Earth?

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Prokaryotes/Bacteria

Question 29

Which scientist came up with the system of classification and binomial nomenclature?

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Linnaeus

Question 30

What is a dichotomous key used for?

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To identify an unknown organism

Question 31

What evidence is used now that Linnaeus did not use in classification?

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DNA evidence and the fossil record

Question 32

What will you miss most about Biology during spring break?

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The freezing cold classroom, The notes, The unit tests, The vocab quizzes

Question 33

A group of organisms that can reproduce and make fertile offspring is a

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species

Question 34

An organism that can survive with or without oxygen is a(n)

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Facultative aerobe

Question 35

Viruses are living things.

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False

Question 36

What is the broadest taxon that includes the most diverse set of organisms?

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kingdom

Question 37

What is different about bacteria and archaeabacteria?

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Archaea live in extreme environments.

Question 38

What are two main structural features of viruses?

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genetic material and protein capsid

Question 39

When bacteria are used to help clean up oil spills that is called

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bioremediation

Question 40

What is a virus that specifically infects bacteria?

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bacteriophage

Question 41

How many domains are used for classification?

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3

Question 42

Organisms that use inorganic chemicals as their energy source.

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Chemoautotroph

Question 43

What pathogen is a protein infectious agent?

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prion

Question 44

If a bacterium is spherical, what is it named?

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Coccus

Question 45

What are the 3 domains?

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

Question 46

What kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular and heterotrophs?

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Animalia

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT caused by a virus?

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Staph aureus

Question 48

This enzyme is used to make a DNA copy of a retrovirus's RNA

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Reverse transcriptase

Question 49

The small projections on bacteria (more numerous than flagella) used in conjugation are

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pili

Question 50

Which of the following is(are) ways that bacteria are beneficial to us?

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all of the above

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