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Classification, Bacteria, & Viruses

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Based on their names, Felis concolor and Felis leo do NOT belong to the same...

a)

species

b)

genus

c)

order

d)

group

2.

What did traditional classification take into account when putting organisms in categories?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Similar appearance

d)

Types of cells

3.

Why is it that some organisms look similar but do not share a recent common ancestor?

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

Shared DNA

d)

organism who don't share recent common ancestors don't look alike

4.

What does cladistics analysis show about organisms?

a)

They are all alike

b)

All organisms have a recent common ancestor

c)

The order in which we can watch organisms evolve

d)

The order in which derived characters evolved

5.

Similar genes are evidence of...

a)

convergent evolution

b)

common ancestory

c)

cladistics

d)

evolution

6.

What is the main idea behind the model of a molecular clock?

a)

drastic mutations happen quickly

b)

neutral mutations happen at a steady rate

c)

To show how evolutionary time passes

d)

To show how evolution happened

7.

Some scientists propose that the kingdom Protista should be broken up into several kingdoms. Why?

a)

Protists are very diverse organisms

b)

They do not fit into other kingdoms

c)

They have characteristics of both plants and animals

d)

all of the these answer choices

8.

What is thought to be true about the 3 domains of living things?

a)

They diverged from a common ancestor before eukaryotes

b)

They converged from a common ancestor before eukaryotes

c)

They came from eukaryotes and became prokaryotes

d)

There should be more domains

9.

Which 3 of the following are ways archaebacteria differ from bacteria? (select 3)

a)

Archeae are autotrophs

b)

Archeae have similar genes to eukaryotes

c)

They have different membrane lipids

d)

Do not have peptidoglycan in their cell walls

10.

Select the 3 ways bacteria are identified.

a)

Cell shape

b)

How energy is obtained

c)

Movement

d)

Infections they cause

11.

Where can you find photoautrophs?

a)

Anywhere there is sunlight

b)

In extreme places like volcanoes

c)

In aquatic environments only

d)

Anywhere there is no sunlight

12.

How do chemoautrophs obtain energy?

a)

From sunlight

b)

From chemicals

c)

From other organisms

d)

From plants

13.

Which 3 are roles of bacteria in the environment? (Select all that apply)

a)

Recycle nutrients

b)

Fix nitrogen

c)

Make glucose compounds

d)

Carry out photosynthesis

14.

What is the function of a viral capsid?

a)

Bind to surface of host cell

b)

Allow it to enter the cell

c)

Protect against other viruses

d)

Protect against bacteria

15.

Where are instructions for making new copies of a virus found in the virus? Select all that apply

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

protein capsid

16.

What happens at the end of the lytic infectious cycle?

a)

The cell makes more viruses

b)

Lysis, bursting of the cell

c)

lysogenesis, spread of the virus

d)

The virus continue replicating themselves

17.

What is a prophage made of?

a)

Viral DNA

b)

Viral RNA

c)

Viral Protein

d)

Infectious virus

18.

How is the lysogenic cycle different from the lytic cycle?

a)

Lysogenic does not lyse the cell right away

b)

Lytic does not lyse the cell right away

19.

How do bacteria cause disease?

a)

by agitating the cell

b)

releasing toxins

c)

releasing biochemical warfare

d)

by injecting DNA into the host

20.

Select the bacterial diseases. Select all that apply.

a)

Tooth decay

b)

Lyme disease

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

botulism

21.

Select all the viral diseases. Select all that apply.

a)

AIDS

b)

Measles

c)

Polio

d)

Common Cold

22.

True or False: Viral diseases can be prevented by vaccines?

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which of the following is a T4 phage virus (bacteriophage)?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Which is most closely related?

a)

Hagfish and lizard

b)

Perch and salamander

c)

Pigeon and chimp

d)

Perch and lizard

26.

List the classification levels from largest to smallest.

a)

None of these answer choices

b)

D, K, F, P, C, O, G, S

c)

D, K, C, P, F, O, G, S

d)

D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S

27.

Homo sapien is an example of...

a)

classification

b)

binomial nomenclature

c)

phylogeny

d)

epithet

28.

Homo sapien is comprised of which 2 classification levels? Select all that apply

a)

Order

b)

Family

c)

Genus

d)

Species

29.

Can you interpret a dichotomous key?

a)

Yes!

b)

No.

30.

Shingles is an example of...

a)

a lysogenic virus

b)

a lytic virus

31.

Binomial nomenclature is often...

a)

a latin explanation of important traits

b)

an unimportant part of biology

c)

not universal

d)

not an explanation of where it lives

32.

If you wanted to develop antiviral drugs what would you study about a virus?

a)

Protein capsid used by the virus

b)

mechanism of how the virus infects the host

c)

DNA sequence of the virus

d)

The host cell which it infects

33.

What does HIV do to a person's body when there are no symptoms for a period of time?

a)

Damages the integumentary system

b)

Damages the nervous system

c)

Damages the respiratory system

d)

Damages the immune system

34.

Which cycle is this depicting? Why? (Select 2)

a)

lytic

b)

lysogenic

c)

Host cell is immediately killed

d)

Host cell replicates for a period of time

35.

Which cycle is being depicted? Why? (Select 2)

a)

Lytic

b)

Lysogenic

c)

The host cell is immediately killed

d)

The host cell replicates for a period of time

36.

If an organism has a chloroplast can you figure out which kingdom it belongs to?

a)

Yes Plantae

b)

No, Protista or Plantae

c)

No, Animalia or Plantae

d)

Yes, Fungi

37.

Before DNA animals were classified by...

a)

Types of cells

b)

RNA

c)

geographical distribution

d)

visible characteristics

38.

If an organism is unicellular, has chloroplast, and eukaryotic, could you tell which kingdom it belongs to?

a)

Yes, Fungi

b)

Yes, Plantae

c)

Yes, Animalia

d)

Yes, Protista

39.

If you have a unicellular prokaryotic organism with a cell wall that does not have pepitdoglycan, could you tell which kingdom it belongs to?

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

40.

When separating organisms into domains, which is more important presence/absence of a nucleus or mode of nutrition?

a)

presence/absence of nucleus

b)

mode of nutrition

41.

Which levels in classification indicate the closest relationship?

a)

family and genus

b)

order and family

c)

genus and species

d)

family and species

42.

Which is not an example of a decomposer?

a)

bacteria

b)

worms

c)

fungi

d)

tree

43.

Which is not an example of a pathogen?

a)

Protist

b)

Bacteria

c)

Virus

d)

tick

44.

Chicken pox is quick to show symptoms and years later victims of chicken pox can get shingles, a reinfection of the chicken pox, what kind of cycles is this an example of?

a)

Chicken pox: lysogenic

Shingles: lytic

b)

Chicken pox: lytic

Shingles: Lysogenic

c)

Chicken pox: parasitic

Shingles: reemergence parasitic

d)

Chicken pox: parasitic

Shingles: bacterial

45.

Canis lupus and Canis latrans both belong to the same...

a)

species

b)

genus

c)

family

d)

group

46.

Cladograms show...

a)

The order of importance of each trait

b)

The order in which traits evolved

c)

The fitness level of each trait

d)

The traits of organisms analyzed

47.

Two organisms in the same ____________ are the most related

a)

Kingdom

b)

Class

c)

Order

d)

Genus

48.

Bacteria are ________________ which means they have no nucleus and protists have a nucleus and therefore are ______________even though they are both unicellular.

a)

prokaryotes, eukaryotes

b)

eukaryotes, prokaryotes

c)

parasites, pathogens

d)

pathogen, aquatic

49.

What is the name for Bird X?

a)

Certhidae

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

50.

What is the name for Bird Y?

a)

Certhidae

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza