Aristotle's classification system was:

Divisions of a phylum in the Linnaean system of classification are:

Carolus Linnaeus did his work in the:

The step below (smaller than) a family in the modern classification system is:

Which of the following kingdoms has heterotrophic members ONLY?

Small organisms that lack organized nuclei are placed by most modern classifications into the kingdom:

Which of the following kingdoms contains multicellular organisms with tissues and organs?

The mold growing on a piece of bread belongs in kingdom:

To classify an organism is to:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of archaea?

Refer to the three images above. A doctor treated several patients who were sick from food poisoning. They had all eaten lunch at the Greasy Spoon restaurant. A state health inspector was immediately sent to inspect the restaurant and found Staphylococcus aureus in a sample of chicken salad. Which image did the inspector see under his microscope? Only one choice is correct.

Refer to the three images above. None of the ill patients from the previous question had eaten the chicken salad. However, the health inspector found Bacillus cereus in the potato salad of the restaurant. All the people who had food poisoning had eaten the potato salad. Which image did the food inspector see under his microscope? Only one choice is correct.

Refer to the three images above. Rhodospirillum rubrum was one of the three bacterial species that a student prepared to view under his microscope. Which image did he see when viewing this bacteria? Only one choice is correct.

Gram staining

Antibiotics control bacteria by __________

Which bacterial structure protects a bacterium from drying out?

A bacterium can transfer a plasmid to another bacterium during

Autotrophic bacteria that photosynthesize belong to the group known as

Which cellular structures do viruses lack?

The cell walls of most fungi are composed of:

Athlete's foot fungus belongs in the phylum:

Yeasts belong to which phylum?

The most common form of reproduction in yeasts is:

The stalk of the muschroom is the:

Rusts and smuts belong in which phylum?

Basidiomycotes that can cause severe damage to crops are:

A relationship between two organisms that are living together is called?

Lichens that look like small crinkly leaves are called what?

Lichens that have stalks and branches and often look like little shrubs are called:

Which of the following animals has an endoskeleton?

Which of the following animals has an exoskeleton?

What type of body plan does a house cat have?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an animal?

Most animals are what?

Which of the following is a significant difference between sponges and other animals?

Sponges are hermaphroditic, which means that sponges:

The phylum Cnidaria is named for the cnidocytes found in these organisms. Cnidocytes are specialized _____ cells.

Cnidarians exist in one of two forms, as either a ____ or ____

Animals with radial symmetry can be divided into left and right halves by a line through their center.

In which order would you find a mosquito.

In which order would you find a butterfly?

In which order would you find a wasp?

Which group has chewing mouthparts as adults?

Which insects have scales, powdery wings?

Which group contains social insects?

Which group has exactly 4 pairs of legs?

Which group has respiration only by gills?

Purchasing praying mantis eggs to be placed in a garden is an example of which method of insect control?

The strong silk case that moth larvae spin is called a:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that is shared by all chordates?

What physical feature do ALL fish have?

Which of the following are cartilaginous fishes?

Which of the following features do hagfish and lampreys lack?

To which group do sharks and rays belong?

Which of the following correctly traces the flow of blood through a fishes body?

The males of some fish species engage in mating season rituals in which two males harmlessly gauge each other's strength by vigorously fanning water toward each other with their tails . Which sense or sensory organ are they relying on in these instances?

Which structure(s) do fish use to help regulate the flow of water over their gills?

Which of the following is true of the salt-pump cells found in fish gills?

While bony fishes maintain neutral buoyancy with their swim bladders, cartilaginous fishes maintain their vertical position in the water column by means of:

The tympanic membrane in the frog:

Identify part number 9

Which of these is NOT an amphibian?

Identify part # 12.

Toads differ from frogs in that they:

Estivation is a time of:

Respiration in amphibians may occur by all of the following EXCEPT:

Identify part # 3.

Identify part # 5

The skin of a frog is richly supplied with:

In the modern classification system, each group on one level can be divided into several groups on the next lowest level.

Each level of the currently used classification hierarchy can be divided into smaller units by using prefixes like "sub" or "infra".

An earthworm belongs in the kingdom Eubacteria.

A tomato plant belongs in the kingdom Protista.

Both the genus and species names should be italicized or underlined, but only the genus name should be capitalized.

God created the organisms and told them to reproduce after their kind; therefore, many creationists believe that this establishes the ability to reproduce as the primary criterion for a natural classification system.

You discover a unicellular organism in a pool in an abandoned salt mine. The organism has cell walls, but the walls do not contain peptidoglycan. The new organism is likely a species of bacteria.

Gram staining is used to determine whether a bacteria causes disease.

A bacterium’s capsule serves mainly as a means of movement.

The most common form of bacterial reproduction is binary fission.

All bacteria are heterotrophic.

Pneumonia and food poisoning are both caused by bacteria that are a normal part of the human microbiota.

The lytic cycle of viral reproduction causes rapid infection and destruction of host cells.

A virus may reproduce through either the lytic cycle or the lysogenic cycle, but not both.

Cold sores are an example of a disease caused by a bacteria.

HIV/AIDS is a retrovirus that can force its host cell to transcribe the viral RNA into the host cell’s DNA.

Viruses are sometimes used as pest control agents.

Protozoans and chromists were formerly classified in a single kingdom—Protista—that is not part of modern taxonomy.

Generally speaking, protozoans are autotrophs, while chromists are heterotrophs.

Most protozoans are motile, that is, they are capable of movement.

Protozoans can move by means of cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia.

The protozoan shown here will move using its cilia

Protozoans such as paramecia use contractile vacuoles to expel waste products into their environment.

Protozoans lack the specialized structures needed to respond to changes in their environment.

Many protozoans such as paramecia can reproduce asexually through binary fission.

Though protozoans are an important part of aquatic food chains, many are pathogenic in humans.

Kingdom Chromista includes all the photosynthetic protists except algae.

Because they are generally autotrophs, most chromists lack the specialized structures found in protozoans.

Unlike protozoans, chromists can reproduce only asexually.

Because protists are relatively simple organisms, their classification has remained largely unchanged since their discovery.

Chromists play a relatively small role in marine ecosystems.

Animals with radial symmetry can be divided into left and right halves by a line through their center.

All animals are heterotrophic.

Animals have cell walls made of starch.

All animals have some kind of circulation to provide nutrients to all their cells.

Most animals reproduce sexually, but some can reproduce asexually.

The walls of a sponge's body are supported by the fluid pressure within the sponge's pores.

Sponges feed by trapping food particles carried by water currents through the sponge's pores.

Sponges are hermaphroditic, meaning that they have both male and female reproductive structures.

Cnidarians have no nerve tissue.

Many cnidarians have a life history that includes both polyp and medusa forms.

Cnidarians capture their prey with specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes.

Cnidarians that practice sexual reproduction are generally either male or female rather then hermaphroditic.

Reef-building corals live in a symbiotic relationship with algae.

A fluke is a parasitic roundworm.

The Ascaris female is longer than the male and has a hook shape on one end of her body.

An open circulatory system is characteristic of the annelids and the mollusks.

Only segmented worms have a closed circulatory systems.

Flatworms and segmented worms are generally hermaphroditic but cross-fertilize with other individuals.

Many parasitic worms have complex life cycles involving two or more hosts.

Earthworms play an important part in the environment by recycling dead organic matter into nutrient-rich castings.

Insects account for less than half of all animal species.

Insects are the only flying invertebrates.

Typically, millipedes have more legs than centipedes do.

Scorpions, barnacles, and ticks are all in the same Arthropod class.

Crayfish are capable of regenerating lost parts.

The shedding of an exoskeleton is called molting.

In nonaquatic chordates, such as terrrestrial mammals, the embryonic pharyngeal pouches develop into structures of the lower face, neck, and upper chest.

Cartilaginous fishes are so named because they have skeletons made of cartilage.

All jawless fishes, such as hagfish, are parasitic.

A fish detects vibrations in the water through the lateral line.

After being oxygenated in the gills, a fish's blood returns to the heart to be pumped to the rest of the body.

A fish's scales reduce drag, allowing the fish to move more easily through water.

Fish must move constantly to have oxygenated water over their gills

Saltwater fish remove excess walt from their blood through specialized cells located in their gills.

The swim bladders of bony fish are filled with oil to maintain neutral buoyancy.

many bony fishes chew their food with a second set of jaws known as post-buccal jaws.

a few species of fish practice parthenogenesis, the production of young from unfertilized eggs.

Fish include species that are herbivores as well as those that are carnivores.

Finning of sharks is considered a sustainable practice because the finned sharks are returned to the water and soon regrow their fins.