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DE BIO MIDTERM 2ND SEMESTER

Total questions: 129

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A spiral shape bacteria is called -

a)

strephto

b)

spirillus

c)

diplo

d)

coccus

2.

Bacteria that can withstand extreme temperature and acidic conditions are belong to the kingdom

a)

Decomposers

b)

Coccus

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

staphylo

3.

are bacteria that break down dead organic matter and recycle them as nutrient in the soil for other organisms like plants to use.

a)

decomposers

b)

composers

c)

eubacteria

d)

diplo

4.

Bacteria that are found everywhere belong to the kingdom -

a)

coccus

b)

viruses

c)

diplo

d)

eubacteria

5.

is a viral replication cycle in which the virus nucleic acid is added to host cell's chromosome in which the host cell is not killed yet until the next cycle.

a)

lysogenic cycle

b)

lytic cycle

c)

water cycle

6.

When bacteria are arranged in clusters they are called -

a)

staphylo

b)

strepheto

c)

viruses

7.

When bacteria are arranged in pairs they are called -

a)

diplo

b)

strephto

c)

coccus

8.

When bacteria are arranged in chains they are called -

a)

decomposers

b)

strephto

c)

coccus

9.

are disease causing, nonliving particles composed of an inner core of nucleic acids surrounded by a capsid that replicate inside living cells called host.

a)

viruses

b)

diseases

c)

coccuses

10.

A rod shape bacteria is called -

a)

diplo

b)

coccus

c)

bacillus

11.

A sphere (round) shape bacteria is called -

a)

coccus

b)

bacillus

c)

triallus

12.

is a viral replication cycle in which a virus takes over a host cell's genetic material and uses the host's cell's structure and energy to replicate until the host cell burst, killing it.

a)

lysogenic cycle

b)

lytic cycle

13.

organisms that make their own food

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

c)

cyanobacteria

14.

organisms that must consume other organisms obtain energy

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

c)

chemosynthetic autotroph

15.

organisms that use sunlight and carbon dioxide make simple sugars (food)

a)

photosynthesis autotroph

b)

chemosynthetic autotroph

c)

heterotroph

16.

is a type of bacteria that survives by using photosynthesis

a)

heterotroph

b)

cynobacteria

c)

autotroph

17.

are organisms that obtain energy from the breakdown of inorganic compounds containing sulfur and nitrogen

a)

photosynthetic autotroph

b)

chemosynthetic autotroph

18.

How are bacteria important to the food chain?

(a)  

19.

List three diseases caused by Bacteria?

a)

gonorrhea

b)

syphilis

c)

lyme disease

d)

Covid-19

e)

Flu

20.

List 3 diseases caused by Viruses

a)

HIV/AIDS

b)

COVID

c)

Flu

d)

lyme disease

e)

gonorrhea

21.

What foods are made by bacteria?

a)

Yogurt

b)

Cheese

c)

Wine

d)

Meat

e)

Beer

22.

is an organism that secretes digestive enzymes and absorbs the resulting nutrients back across the plasma membrane

a)

yeast

b)

saprotroph

c)

ascus

d)

fungi

23.

is spore producing and spore disseminating structure found in sac and club fungi

a)

Fruiting body

b)

molds

c)

hyphae

24.

is an organism that is a symbiotic relationship between certain fungi and algae, in which the fungi possibly provide inorganic food or water and the algae provide organic food.

a)

lichens

b)

fungi

c)

ascus

25.

asexual reproductive or resting cell capable of developing into a new organism w/out fusion w/ another cell, in contrast to a gamete.

a)

lichens

b)

spore

c)

yeast

26.

are unicellular fungus that has a single nucleus and reproduces asexually or sexually. Ex: is used to make bread rise and make beer

a)

yeast

b)

fungi

c)

spore

27.

is a mutualistic relationship between fungal hyphae and roots of vascular plants

a)

mycorrhizae

b)

ascus

c)

molds

28.

are saprotrophic decomposers; the body is made up of filaments called hyphae that form a mass called a mycelium

a)

fungi

b)

molds

c)

yeast

29.

is a filament of a vegetative body of fungus

a)

hyphae

b)

mycelium

c)

chitin

30.

are tangles mass of hyphal filaments composing the vegetative body of fungus.

a)

mycelium

b)

ascus

c)

molds

31.

is a clublike structure in which nuclear fusion, meiosis, and basidiospore production occur during sexual reproduction of club fungi

a)

basidium

b)

ascus

c)

molds

32.

is a fingerlike sac in which nuclear fusion, meiosis, and ascospore production of sac fungi.

a)

ascus

b)

chitin

c)

basidium

33.

is a strong but flexible nitrogenous polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell wall of fungi

a)

ascus

b)

chitin

c)

molds

34.

are spores reproduced by sac and club fungi during asexual reproduction.

a)

conidiospore

b)

molds

c)

chitin

35.

is made by various fungi whose body consist of a mass of hyphae that grow on and receive nourishment from organic matter such as food and clothing

a)

molds

b)

yeast

c)

chitin

36.

fungi that reproduces by spores in the sporangia

a)

club fungi

b)

sporangium fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

imperfect fungi

37.

have a club shaped part that produces spores Ex: mushrooms

a)

club fungi

b)

sporangium fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

imperfect fungi

38.

produces by spores in sac-like structures

a)

club fungi

b)

sporangium fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

imperfect fungi

39.

sporangium/mold, club and sac fungi that can only reproduce asexually

a)

club fungi

b)

sporangium fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

imperfect fungi

40.

List 3 types of fungal diseases

(a)  

41.

are short hairlike projections from the plasma membrane found in some animal like protest.

a)

cilia

b)

diatoms

c)

flagella

42.

are golden brown alga with a cell wall in two parts, or valves; is a significant part of phytoplankton

a)

diatoms

b)

flagella

c)

phytoplankton

43.

is to ingest extracellular particles by engulfing them, as do amoeboid cells

a)

phagocytosis

b)

zooplankton

c)

flagella

44.

is a long slender extension used for locomotion by some bacteria, protozoans; and sperm

a)

flagella

b)

phytoplankton

c)

diatoms

45.

is part of the plankton community containing protozoans and other types of microscopic animals

a)

zooplankton

b)

phytoplankton

c)

pseudopod

46.

are cytoplasmic extension of amoeboid protists, used for locomotion and engulfing food

a)

pseudopod

b)

zooplankton

c)

flagella

47.

is a free-living mass of cytoplasm that moves by pseudopods on forest floor or in a field, feeding on decaying plant material by phagocytosis

a)

phytoplankton

b)

plasmodial slimemold

c)

dinoflagellate

48.

is a parasitic sporozoans that lack mobility and form spores

a)

cilia

b)

apicomplexans

c)

dinoflagellate

49.

are photosynthetic unicellular protist with two flagella. Ex: causes Red Tide

a)

dionflagellate

b)

phytoplankton

c)

pseudopod

50.

are part of the plankton containing organisms that photosynthesize, releasing oxygen to the atmosphere and serving as food producers in aquatic ecosystems.

a)

phytoplankton

b)

zooplankton

c)

tigerplankton

51.

Animal like protist are classified on how they move. List and describe what they use for movement: Flagella

a)

tail as rudder

b)

hairs used as oars

c)

false feet amoeboid movement

d)

wiggles its way through

52.

Animal like protist are classified on how they move. List and describe what they use for movement: Cilia

a)

tail as rudder

b)

hairs used as oars

c)

false feet amoeboid movement

d)

wiggles its way through

53.

Animal like protist are classified on how they move. List and describe what they use for movement: Pseudopod

a)

tail as rudder

b)

hairs used as oars

c)

false feet amoeboid movement

d)

wiggles its way through

54.

Animal like protist are classified on how they move. List and describe what they use for movement: Wiggle

a)

tail as rudder

b)

hairs used as oars

c)

false feet amoeboid movement

d)

wiggles its way through

55.

Why are algae important to the marine food chain?

(a)  

56.

Explain why red tides occur and what causes them.

(a)  

57.

Name three diseases caused by parasitic protist.

(a)  

58.

is made up of multicellular brown algae

a)

Rhodophyta

b)

pheaophyta

c)

euglenophyta

59.

is made up of unicellular algae that has 2 flagella and cause red tide

a)

Chlorophyta

b)

Dinoflagellata

c)

Rhodophyta

60.

is made up of multicellular red algae

a)

Euglenophyta

b)

Pheaophyta

c)

Rhodophyta

61.

are unicellular photosynthetic algae that have shells made of silica

a)

Bacillariophyta

b)

Euglenophyta

c)

Chlorophyta

62.

is made up of multicellular green algae

a)

Chlorophyta

b)

Pheaophyta

c)

Rhodophyta

63.

are both plantlike and animal-like protist

a)

Euglenophyta

b)

Pheaophyta

c)

Chlorophyta

64.

Many disease-causing viruses have both lytic and ___________ cycles.

a)

white blood cells

b)

lysogenic

c)

AIDS

65.

For example, when HIVS infect ___________, the viruses enter a lysogenic cycle.

a)

white blood cells

b)

Lytic

c)

proviruses

66.

Their genetic material becomes incorporated into the (3)_________ of the white blood cells, forming (4)__________.

a)

DNA; proviruses

b)

proviruses; DNA

c)

DNA; AIDS

67.

When this happens, the white blood cells still function normally, and the person may not appear ill. Eventually the proviruses enter a _________ cycle, killing the white blood cells.

a)

AIDS

b)

lytic

c)

proviruses

68.

As a result, the person loses the ability to fight diseases and develops ______.

a)

AIDS

b)

DNA

c)

HIV

69.

rod shaped prokaryotes

a)

bacilli

b)

vaccine

c)

prophage

70.

single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus

a)

prokaryotes

b)

prophage

c)

bacilli

71.

core of DNA or RNA surround by protein coat

a)

a typical virus is composed of

b)

vaccine

c)

bacilli

72.

a preparation of weakened or killed pathogens that helps our immune system fight the virus

a)

vaccine

b)

AIDS

c)

prokaryotes

73.

the viral DNA that is embedded in the host's DNA

a)

prophage

b)

bacilli

c)

vaccine

74.

single stranded RNA molecules that have no surrounding capsids. Infect plants

a)

viroid

b)

prions

c)

lytic

75.

any living thing or particle that can cause infectious disease

a)

pathogen

b)

virus

c)

viroid

76.

can contain RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat but is not living

a)

virus

b)

viroid

c)

prions

77.

infects the host cell, replicates and then kills the cells by bursting the cell plasma membrane

a)

lytic

b)

virus

c)

prions

78.

infects the host cell, integrates into host chromosome but does not reproduce or kills the cell

a)

virus

b)

lysogenic

c)

lytic

79.

a long twisted "ribbon" (spiral)

a)

bacillius

b)

spirillum

c)

bacteriophage

d)

coccus

80.

a single sphere (round)

a)

bacillius

b)

spirillum

c)

bacteriophage

d)

coccus

81.

A rounded rectangle (rod shape)

a)

bacillius

b)

spirillum

c)

bacteriophage

d)

coccus

82.

viruses that attack bacteria

a)

bacillius

b)

spirillum

c)

bacteriophage

d)

coccus

83.

are bryophytes like mosses and liverworts, that have no vascular tissue

a)

non-vascular plant

b)

fruit

c)

vascular tissue

84.

are flowering plant structure consisting of one or more ripened ovaries that usually contains seeds.

a)

fruit

b)

phloem

c)

vegetables

85.

is vascular tissue that conducts organic solutes (food) in plants

a)

phloem

b)

fruit

c)

pistol

86.

is a type of woody seed plant in which the seeds are not enclosed in fruit and are usually borne in cones such as those of conifers

a)

gymnosperms

b)

dioecious

c)

conifers

87.

is transport tissue in plants consisting of xylem and phloem

a)

dioecious

b)

vascular tissue

c)

non-vascular plant

88.

is having inisexual flowers or cones, with the male flower or cones confined to certain land plants and the female flowers or cones of the same species confined to other different plants

a)

dioecious

b)

pistol

c)

conifers

89.

are members of a group of cone-bearing gymnosperm land plants that includes pine, cedar, and spruce trees

a)

conifers

b)

stamen

c)

monocots

90.

is the female part of a flower which contains the ovary.

a)

pistol

b)

stamen

c)

monocot

91.

is the male part of the flowering plant that contains pollen

a)

stamen

b)

pistol

c)

conifers

92.

have only one cotyledon (seed leaf) in their seeds.

a)

monocots

b)

dicots

c)

stomocots

93.

have two cotyledons in their seeds

a)

dictos

b)

monocots

c)

cones

94.

are flowering land plant; the seeds are borne within a fruit

a)

angiosperms

b)

cones

c)

cuticle

95.

are reproductive structure in conifers comprised of scales bearing sporangia, seed cones bear megasporangia

a)

angiosperms

b)

cones

c)

cuticle

96.

is a waxy layer covering the epidermis of plants that protects the plant against water loss and disease-causing organisms

a)

angiosperms

b)

cones

c)

cuticle

97.

Funguslike protists get nutrients by _________

a)

photosynthesis

b)

living as an animal parasite

c)

absorbing them from dead or decaying matter

d)

none of the above

98.

Protists that break down organic material include the

a)

funguslike protists

b)

animal-like protists

c)

plantlike protists

d)

none of the above

99.

The work of funguslike protists and other decomposers is important in improving the quality of

a)

salt water

b)

fresh water

c)

topsoil

d)

potato crops

100.

All fungi -

a)

make their food

b)

absorb their food

c)

produce mushrooms

d)

have chlorophyll

101.

Fungi do NOT-

a)

carry on photosynthesis

b)

grow on their food source

c)

digest food outside their bodies

d)

absorb food through their cell walls

102.

Fungi resemble plants in that they both always

a)

have stems

b)

grow from the ground

c)

are multicellular

d)

have cell walls

103.

A mushroom is a fungal

a)

fruiting body

b)

lichen

c)

mycorrhiza

d)

yeast

104.

The tangled mass that makes up the body of a fungus is the

a)

hypha

b)

rhizoid

c)

mycelium

d)

stolon

105.

Dark fuzz that grows on bread is an example of

a)

toadstool

b)

spore

c)

yeast

d)

mold

106.

Which statement about penicillium is correct?

a)

it produces mushrooms

b)

it causes bread to rise

c)

is it the source of an antibiotic

d)

it causes athlete's foot

107.

Most fungi reproduce-

a)

asexually only

b)

sexually only

c)

both sexually and asexually

d)

by budding

108.

An important role of fungi in an ecosystem is

a)

photosynthesis

b)

breaking down dead organisms

c)

making alcohol

d)

killing bacteria

109.

Fungi that absorb food from decaying organic matter are

a)

parasites

b)

saprobes

c)

mutualists

d)

autotrophs

110.

Fungi feed on

a)

only living organisms

b)

only dead organisms

c)

both living and dead organisms

d)

only other fungi

111.

Which of the following statements about fungi is true?

a)

They bind trace elements and hold them

b)

They return trace elements to the soil

c)

They do not affect trace elements

d)

They deplete the soil of trace elements

112.

The human disease ringworm is caused by

a)

worms

b)

a fungus

c)

bacteria

d)

yeasts

113.

an algal bloom is

a)

the clouding of water by sewage

b)

an enormous mass of algae

c)

a symbiotic relationship between algae and coral

d)

none of the above

114.

What characteristic of plants is shared by green algae?

a)

cell wall composition

b)

photosynthesis pigments

c)

multicellularity

d)

all of the above

115.

Many algae switch back and forth between diploid and haploid stages during their life cycle in a process known as

a)

alternation of generations

b)

fusion of opposite mating types

c)

sexual reproduction

d)

asexual reproduction

116.

Palm trees have parallel veins, long leaves, vascular tissue, and flowers with groups of three petals. Based on this information, palm trees can best be classified as:

a)

gymnosperms

b)

non-vascular

c)

dicot

d)

monocot

117.

which is of the following is not an adaption/modification that enabled plants to move from aquatic to terrestrial environments as they evolved?

a)

stomata

b)

cuticle

c)

roots and hairs

d)

thykaliod membrane

118.

Which structures did not evolve after plants emerged onto land?

a)

cell wall

b)

stomata

c)

waxy cuticle

d)

seeds

e)

vascular transport

119.

Mutualistic relationships between angiosperms and biotic pollinators foster which of the following types of evolution?

a)

co-evolution

b)

speciation

c)

divergent evolution

d)

convergent evolution

120.

The _______ generation is dominant in the bryophyte life cycle, and the ________ generation is dominant in seedless vascular plants.

a)

gametophyte; sporophyte

b)

sporophyte; sporophyte

c)

sporophyte; gametophyte

d)

gametophyte; gametophyte

121.

Which of the following structures would be found in a tracheophyte, but not in a bryophyte?

a)

cell wall

b)

xylem

c)

plasmids

d)

chloroplast

122.

Which of the following is a quality that distinguishes angiosperms from other plants?

a)

angiosperms produce spores

b)

angiosperms are able survive in aquatic environments

c)

angiosperms have true flowers

d)

angiosperms are able to reproduce vegatatively

123.

Which of the following is not a difference between monocots and dicots?

a)

Monocot embryos have one cotyledon where dicot embryos' have two cotyledons

b)

monocot veins are parallel whereas dicto veins are branched

c)

Dicots have a true flower whereas monocots do not

d)

Dicots can have secondary growth whereas monocots cannot

124.

Which of the following traits are specific to angiosperms?

a)

Endosperm

b)

fruit production

c)

flowers

d)

all of these

125.

In plants, leaves contain specialized pores for gas exchange. Each pore is formed by a pair of cells that control its closing and opening. What are these cells called?

a)

cuticle cells

b)

stoma cells

c)

epidermal cells

d)

guard cells

126.

seedless, non vascular

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Bryophytes

c)

Gymnosperms

d)

Pteridophytes

127.

seed, vascular

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Bryophytes

c)

Gymnosperms

d)

Pteridophytes

128.

seedless, vascular

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Bryophytes

c)

Gymnosperms

d)

Pteridophytes

129.

flowering plants seed enclosed in a carpel

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Bryophytes

c)

Gymnosperms

d)

Pteridophytes