Biology Formative Test

Biology comes from two Greek words. Bios meaning life and Logos maning?

• A Map

• A flag

• A study

• A boat

What is biology

• Is the study of outdoors

• Is the study of schools

• Is the study of living things

• is the study that happens in Labs

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?

• Niels Bohr

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta

• Order Araneae

• Order Amblygygi

• Order Scorpiones

A table of arachnid and insect characteristics is shown. Which characteristic could be used to distinguish between arachnids and insects?

• Jointed legs

• Presence of eyes

• Body segments

• Presence of antennae

A student discovers an arachnid without a segmented abdomen, and legs longer than its body. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion

• Daddy long legs

• Wind Scorpion

• Scorpion

Which viral cycle takes the longest to show symptoms?

• Lysogenic

• Lytic

What is the first step to both cycles?

• The virus attaches to a host

• the virus injects genetic material

• the host gets sick

• the cell is destroyed

When the viral DNA becomes active in the lysogenic cycle, which life cycle does it enter?

• lytic

• lysogenic

• cell cycle

• DNA replication