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Enlighten me!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Taxonomy is a science of classifying organisms meanwhile, phylogeny is an evolutionary relationship of organisms.


a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following is not included in the three domain system?

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Peptidoglycan

c)

Archaea

d)

Eukarya

3.

Archaea bacteria can live in extreme conditions due to ester-containing linkages.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Polyphasic taxonomy consists of phenotypic and genotypic classification.

a)

True

b)

False

5.
  • Which of the following is not true about polyphasic taxonomy?


a)

To determine the genus and species of a newly discovered prokaryote

b)

Integrates several accepted ideas for the classification of bacteria.

c)

Involves phenotypic & genotypic approaches for bacterial classification

d)

Phenotypic approach is sufficient to infer evolutionary relationship

6.

Which of the following is not a phenotypic trait?

a)

Colony morphology

b)

Cell shape and cell wall

c)

G+C rich content

d)

Biochemical characteristics

7.

Genotypic classification aims to compare the observable and genetic similarity between organisms or whole genomes.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

If two organism differ in their G+C content by more than 10%, their genome have quite different base sequencing.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
  • Which of the following is not true for DNA-DNA hybridization?


a)

It measures the percentage of each nucleotide present

b)

It measures the information on nucleotide sequence

c)

DNA homology measures the order of nucleotides and genome composition

d)

If no hybridization occurs, the organisms are unrelated

10.

Small subunit rRNA is ideal for sequencing because..


a)

The structure changes very slowly with time

b)

They can tolerate large mutations

c)

They are the subject of horizontal gene transfer

d)

They are critical organelle that can only be found in certain organisms