QUARTER REVIEW BIODIVERSITY

All protists can make their own food, move and act on decaying bodies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following organisms is classified as a prokaryote?

• Yeast

• Methanogen

• Algae

• Sponge

Which of the following is a rod-shaped bacteria?

• Leptospira interrogans

• Lactobacillus casei

• Staphylococcus aureus

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

Archaebacteria are grouped according to the places where they can be found.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Bacteria can be grouped in terms of the color of their cell.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This bacterium attacks the respiratory system of humans, particularly the lungs.

• Propionibacterium acnes

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Leptospira interrogans

• Escherichia coli

A salt-loving Archaean.

• Halophiles

• Methanogens

• Acidophiles

• Thermophiles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is/are TRUE about fungi?

I. Fungi obtain nourishment from the material on which they grow.

II. Fungi are classified according to their sizes and shapes.

III. Fungi have many uses, but some also cause diseases in humans and plants.

• I and II

• I and III

• II and III

Water taken from underground sources may be contaminated by disease-causing species such as 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢. If drinking water in a community is contaminated with this amoeba, it may result in an epidemic of amoebic dysentery. When viewed under the microscope, how would you describe this protist?

• The cell of the protist has no permanent structure for movement, and it moves by changing its shape.

• There is a long tail at one end of the rod-shaped cell.

• The protist contains a cluster of spherical shapes.

• The shape of the cell is circular with small hair-like projections around its body.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Protists may be classified according to their mode of obtaining energy. Protists that make their own food, the phototrophs, are grouped together. Which of the following are classified as phototrophs or photosynthetic protists?

• amoeba

• algae

• diatom

• water mold

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6