Classification and Viruses

An important difference between viruses and living cells is that viruses:

• contain more nuclei than cells
• need an energy source but cells do not
• cannot reproduce outside of cells
• cannot mutate but cells can

the process of grouping items based on their similarities

• classification
• dichotomous key
• scientific name
• taxonomy

the level of classification made up of the largest group of organisms

• species
• family
• class
• kingdom

the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms

• taxonomy
• classification
• scientific name
• dichotomous key

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
• Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• dichotomous key
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature
• classification

A city has an outbreak of a disease that affects an unusually large portion of its population at the same time. Which term BEST describes the outbreak?

• pandemic
• plague
• epidemic
• infection

A/an ________ is an injection of a weakened form of a pathogen to help the individual gain immunity from a disease.

• Virus

• Vacuum

• Vaccine

• Antibiotic

What is the function of nucleic acids?

• store energy (long-term)

• store energy (short-term)

• build skin, hair, nails, muscles

• store genetic information