Review: Ch 6 and 7
1. What is taxonomy?
2. Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
3. What is binomial nomenclature?
4. An organism's scientific name consists of
5. Which is the broadest classification level?
6. The more classification levels that two organisms share,
a. / the closer together on Earth they live.b. / the easier it is to tell them apart.
c. / the more characteristics they have in common.
d. / the more distantly related they are.
7. Which classification level is broader than the phylum level?
8. Organisms that share an evolutionary history share
a. / a common ancestor.b. / a living place.
c. / a taxonomic key
d. / a way of moving.
9. Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?
10. Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?
11. Which characteristics do all plants share?
12. Which kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
13. Which shape describes some bacterial cells?
14. Which is found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells?
15. What is a characteristic of archaebacteria?
16. What process results in genetically different bacteria?
17. The process of breaking down food to release its energy is called
18. What important role do bacteria called decomposers play?
19. Which of the following is NOT a role of bacteria that live in human bodies?
a. / digesting foodb. / preventing disease-causing bacteria from entering body systems
c. / making vitamins
d. / preventing diabetes
20. Viruses are considered to be nonliving because they
21. Why are viruses like parasites?
22. Which phrase describes the size of virus particles?
23. The genetic material of a virus is found in its
24. A virus's proteins are important because they
25. Like animals, animal-like protists are
26. Which structures allow sarcodines to move?
27. How are funguslike protists similar to fungi?
28. What characteristic do algae share?
29. What animal-like characteristic do euglenoids have?
30. Which of the following is an example of symbiotic mutualism?
a. / two paramecia exchanging genetic materialb. / the zooflagellate Giardia reproducing in a human
c. / the sporozoan Plasmodium feeding on a human cell
d. / a zooflagellate digesting food in a termite's intestine
31. The spores that funguslike protists produce
32. What characteristic do the cells of colonial algae and multicellular organisms share?
33. Which statement does NOT describe eutrophication in a pond or lake?
a. / a process of gradual changeb. / a buildup of nutrients
c. / an increase in the amount of oxygen
d. / an increase in the amount of surface algae
34. What characteristic do fungi share?
35. The structures that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi are called
36. The appearance of a multicellular fungus depends on how
37. What do fungi have in common with plants?
38. What do fungi have in common with animals?
39. Where would fungi NOT thrive?
a. / forest floorb. / wet bathroom tiles
c. / damp tree bark
d. / polar ice cap
40. A fungus that is a parasite might feed on
41. The chemicals that ooze from the hyphae of a fungus into a food source
42. Where would you look to find some fungus spores?
43. Fungi reproduce sexually when
44. What type of reproduction produces fungi that differ from a parent?
45. Fungi are classified into groups depending on
46. Fungi that decompose dead organisms
47. A fungus-plant root association is an example of
48.Why are yeast cells use as a food source in breadmaking and winemaking?
49. What bacteria-killing fungus did Fleming isolate in his 1928 experiment?
Table of Classification Labels
Classification Level / Aardwolf / Grey Wolf / Coyote / Lion / BlueWhaleKingdom / Animalia / Animalia / Animalia / Animalia / Animalia
Phylum / Chordata / Chordata / Chordata / Chordata / Chordata
Class / Mammalia / Mammalia / Mammalia / Mammalia / Mammalia
Order / Carnivora / Carnivora / Carnivora / Carnivora / Cetacea
Family / Hyaenidae / Canidae / Canidae / Felidae / Balenopteridae
Genus / Proteles / Canis / Canis / Panthera / Balaenoptera
Species / Proteles cristatus / Canis lupus / Canis latrans / Panther leo / Balaenoptera musculus
50. What classification groups do all organisms in the table have in common?
51. Based on their kingdoms, what characteristics do the organisms in the table share?
52. In what two ways are the organisms in the table similar to organisms in the plant kingdom?
53. Which of the organisms in the table is (are) most similar to a dog (Canis familiaris)? Explain.
54. Based on the information in the table, which two organisms would you say have the most similar evolutionary history? Explain.