Taxonomy & Microbiology Review

A person with AIDS is susceptible to all kinds of infectious diseases because HIV ____.

• destroys pathogens

• weakens the immune system

• causes an increase of antigens

• causes antibody production

A bacterial disease becomes difficult to cure when the bacteria ______.

• die off

• make interferons

• develop resistance to antibodies

• produce antibodies

Organisms whose cells contain membrane bound organelles are

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

• plants

• bacteria

Binomial nomenclature is the naming of an organism using which 2 levels of classification?

• kingdom and phylum

• kingdom and division

• genus and kingdom

• genus and species

What is the function of a flagellum?

• reproduction

• movement

• food

• digestion

A virus that invades a bacteria is known as a?

• HIV

• bacteriaphage

• flu

• host

Looking at the scientific name, Homo sapien, which part is the genus name?

• sapien

• Homo

• Homo sapien

• H

Which of the following represents the correct order of classification from broadest group to most specific group?

• species, genus, phylum, class

• phylum, class, genus, species

• genus, species, phylum, class

• phylum, genus, class, species

Which group is the broadest classification level?

• genus

• species

• kingdom

• phylum

Why is a virus not classified into a kingdom?

• most biologists do not consider them living things

• they are primitive cells

• they can reproduce using binary fission

• they can cause disease in plants and animals