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Section 7 Test Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Consider this microscopic image of bacteria.

Which Type of Bacteria is shown in the image?

a)

Bacillus

b)

Coccus

c)

Spirillum

d)

Cholera

2.

An Example of genetic recombination is shown in the diagram.

Which type of bacterial reproduction is depicted in the diagram.

a)

Binary Fission

b)

Transduction

c)

Conjugation

d)

Transformation

3.

Consider the diagram of the basic structure of a bacterium

Which of the labeled structures in the image allows bacteria to exchange genetic material and thus evolve to be better pathogens?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

Which protist exhibits both animal-like and plant-like characteristics?

a)

a protist that has pseudopods and swims by using cilia

b)

a protist that makes its own food and has glass-like cell walls

c)

a protist that is a heterotroph and has chlorophyll

d)

a protist that can move or be stationary

5.

A biologist is in the process of classifying a newly discovered fungus. The fungus is a decomposer and has saclike structures. The organism most likely belongs in the same group as which of the following?

a)

fungi that are rusts

b)

fungi that are associated with bread mold

c)

fungi that makes blue cheese

d)

fungi that are autotrophic decomposers

6.

Which best describes the difference between protists that have cilia and those that have flagella?

a)

Those that have cilia are animal-like protists, and those that have flagella are plant-like protists

b)

Those that have flagella are animal-like protists, and those that have cilia are plant-like protists.

c)

Those with cilia move using hair-like extensions, and those with flagella move using a single whip-like extension.

d)

Those that have cilia are heterotrophs, and those that have flagella are autotrophs.

7.

When protists and fungi are compared, which feature is unique to protists?

a)

spores

b)

hyphae

c)

flagella

d)

pseudopods

8.

An insect that uses camouflage to hide from a predator is using a defensive behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following helps to determine if an animal is nocturnal or diurnal?

a)

parenting

b)

seasonal cycles

c)

circadian rhythms

d)

migration

10.

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

Include finding food, marking territory, and courtship.

a)

Survival Behaviors

b)

Biological Clock

c)

Innate behavior

d)

learned behavior

11.

All animals share the following characteristic:

a)

Being a consumer

b)

Having cell walls

c)

Budding

d)

not having a cell nuclei

12.

A Jellyfish is an example of which of the following?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

c)

annelid

d)

none of the above

13.

An animal that does not have a backbone is a(n):

a)

Vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

c)

neural

d)

non-neural

14.

Which level of classification includes the most species?

a)

kingdom

b)

domain

c)

genus

d)

class

15.

The classification levels of a human are listed below from largest to smallest.

Eukarya

Animalia

Chordata

Mammalia

Primates

Hominidae

Homosapiens

a)

class and family

b)

order and class

c)

family and species

d)

species and kingdom

16.

Phytoplankton, shown on the left in the image below, are microscopic organisms that can be found in freshwater and salt water environments. They perform photosynthesis to get energy and act as an important food source for larger organisms, such as a whale.

Which characteristic describes the whale but not its food source, the phytoplankton?

a)

The whale is a prokaryote.

b)

The whale is unicellular.

c)

The whale is heterotrophic.

d)

The whale has cell walls.

17.

An organism has the following characteristics: cell wall, autotrophic, unicellular, and eukaryotic. What kingdom does it most likely belong in?

a)

Animalia

b)

Protista

c)

Plantae

d)

Eubacteria

18.

Which bacterial form can be curved like a spiral, thick and rigid, or thin and flexible?

a)

Spirillum

b)

Coccus

c)

Bacillus

d)

Aerobic

19.

Which type of bacteria can be found in pairs, chains, squares of four, cubes of eight, or grapelike clusters?

a)

Coccus

b)

Bacillus

c)

Spirillum

d)

Pili

20.

Consider this microscopic image of bacteria.

Based on its shape, what is most likely the form of this bacteria?

a)

coccus

b)

staphus

c)

bacillus

d)

spirillum

21.

Which form of bacteria is matched correctly to its description?

a)

spirillumhas a rod shape and exists in chains or alone

b)

coccuscan cause MRSA and has a round shape

c)

coccus—can cause acne and has a spiral shape

d)

bacillushas a spherical shape and can form clusters

22.

Which correctly describes a process that occurs in bacteria?

a)

In binary fission, the two new cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic.

b)

In conjugation, bacterial DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a replicating virus.

c)

In transduction, the cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic.

d)

In transformation, a special sex pilus is required to connect two bacterial cells.

23.

Which could best be used to explain why bacteria can infect a person very quickly?

a)

outer capsule

b)

binary fission

c)

protective covering

d)

genetic recombination

24.

Which scientist developed the idea that microorganisms can cause diseases?

a)

Paul Ehrlich

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Alexander Fleming