Chapter 6: Bacteria and Viruses: Review Guide
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. The more classification levels that two organisms share,
6. Which classification level is broader than the phylum level?
7. Which factor is considered today when classifying an organism, but was not considered when Linnaeus classified organisms?
8. Organisms that share an evolutionary history share
9. Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?
10. Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?
11. What characteristics do all plants share?
12. Which kingdom includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
13. What is found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells?
14. What is a characteristic of archaebacteria?
15. What process results in genetically different bacteria?
16. The process of breaking down food to release its energy is called
17. Endospores form during
18. What important role do bacteria called decomposers play?
19. Viruses are considered to be nonliving because they
20. Why are viruses like parasites?
21. A virus needs energy to
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. Biologists use ______to organize living things into groups.
26. Biologists find ______useful because this scientific system gives them information about an organism based on its classification.
27. Each genus of organisms contains one or more ______.
28. An owl and a bat share the same kingdom and phylum; an owl and a robin share the same kingdom, phylum, and class. The owl and ______have more characteristics in common.
29. Multicellular organisms are found in the protist, fungus, animal, and ______kingdoms.
30. Bacteria are called ______because their genetic material is not contained in nuclei.
31. Bacterial cells contain structures called ______, which are chemical factories where proteins are produced.
32. When bacteria reproduce by ______, one cell divides to form two identical cells.
33. Some bacteria cause diseases by producing poisons known as ______.
34. The ability to ______is the only characteristic that viruses share with living organisms.
35. A virus's ______contains the instructions for making new viruses.
36. The shape of the ______in a virus's coat allows the virus to attach to certain cells.
37. 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
38. What classification groups do all organisms in the table have in common?
39. Based on their kingdoms, what characteristics do the organisms in the table share?
40. In what two ways are the organisms in the table similar to organisms in the plant kingdom?
41. Which of the organisms in the table is least similar to the others? Explain.