Viruses can only reproduce inside a host cell.

• True

• False

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A host can be...

• bacteria

• human

• bat

• all of the above

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What are the 8 characteristics of life?

• Made of at least 1 cell, ability to reproduce, have a metabolism, homeostasis, contain DNA, response to stimuli, grow and develop, shed skin.

• Made of at least 1 cell, ability to reproduce, have a metabolism, homeostasis, contain DNA, response to stimuli, grow and develop, evolve/change over time.

• Made of at least 1 cell, ability to reproduce, have a metabolism, homeostasis, ability to move, response to stimuli, grow and develop, evolve/change over time.

• Made of at least 1 cell, ability to reproduce, have a metabolism, homeostasis, ability to move, response to stimuli, grow and develop, ability to breathe.

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You have a virus that causes a fever and your body temperature goes up to 101 degrees F. Your body’s attempt to return to a normal temperature of 98.6 degrees F after the virus is gone is an example of which characteristic of life?

• Metabolism

• Autotrophy

• Homeostasis

• Evolution

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A heterotrophic eukaryotic organism with a cell wall that decomposes food for energy is in which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

• Fungus

A single celled prokaryote that lives in extremely hot thermal springs in Yellowstone National Park would be in which kingdom?

• Virus

• Protista

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

Plants make their own energy molecules (food) using photosynthesis. What do we call this type of organism?

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

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Unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus and other cellular organelles are known as...

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

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The two-name naming system used in modern classification of living organisms is called...

• cladogram

• binomial nomenclature

• genetics

• phylogeny

The most specific level of biological classification is...

• kingdom

• genus

• phylum

• species

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