Taxonomy, Viruses, & Bacteria

1. Do bacteria have a nucleus?

a) yes, always

b) no, never

c) Sometimes yes, sometimes no

1. Do bacteria have a nucleus?

b) no, never

2. What is the name for these rod-shaped bacteria?

2. Bacillus

3. A capsid is made of _____ and is found in _______a) DNA, bacteriab) protein, bacteriac) DNA, virusesd) protein, viruses

3. A capsid is made of _____ and is found in _______

d) protein, viruses

4. What is Edward Jenner famous for?

4. What is Edward Jenner famous for?

First vaccine - for smallpox, by using a cowpox injection

5. Name 3 emerging diseases.

• Emerging diseases include HIV, SARS, H1N1, bird flu, Ebola

6. Write this scientific name correctly.

CANIS LUPIS

• Canis lupis or Canis lupis

7. What is the function of pili?

a) Movement

b) Feeding

c) Attachment

d) All of the above

7. What is the function of pili?

c) Attachment

8. Name 2 diseases caused by viruses.

Viral diseases include:

• Common cold, herpes, HIV, influenza, chicken pox, rabies, Ebola, H1N1, West Nile Virus

9. What is the name for this shape?

a) Streptococcus

b) Staphylococcus

c) Micrococcus

d) Pseudococcus

9. What is the name for this shape?

b) Staphylococcus

10. Name 3 different ways to kill bacteria.

• Temperature (cook food thoroughly, chill leftovers)

• Lack of moisture (salt dehyrates and kills bacteria)

• Chemicals (antibiotics, chlorine in water, lysol, bleach)

• Radiation (X rays, gamma rays, UV light)

11. RNA viruses mutate ____.One RNA virus is ______.

a) slowly, smallpox

b) quickly, smallpox

c) slowly, HIV

d) quickly, HIV

11. RNA viruses mutate ____.One RNA virus is ______.

d) quickly, HIV

12. When a virus’s genetic material is inserted into the host cell’s chromosome, it is called the

______ cycle.

a) conjugation

b) lytic

c) lysogenic

d) plasmid

12. When a virus’s genetic material is inserted into the host cell’s chromosome, it is called the

______ cycle.

c) lysogenic

13. Which of the following is the most important role bacteria serve?

d) Decay/decomposition

14. What are the long projections called?

14. Flagella (in yellow)

15. Bacteria that live in extreme environments are known as:

a) Eubacteria

b) Archaebacteria

c) E. coli bacteria

d) Strep throat bacteria

15. Bacteria that live in extreme environments are known as:

b) Archaebacteria

16. Ebola is caused by ____, while mad cow disease is caused by a _________.

a) a bacterium, prion

b) a virus, prion

c) a prion, virus

d) a virus, bacterium

16. Ebola is caused by ____, while mad cow disease is caused by a _________.

b) a virus, prion

17. Name 4 ways infectious diseases can spread.

17. Name 4 ways infectious diseases can spread.

• Airborne (sneezing, coughing)

• Casual contact (doorknobs, sharing drinks)

• Intimate contact

• Bites of animals, stings of insects

• Contaminated food or water

18. Similar classes are grouped into _______.

a) A phylum

b) An order

c) A family

d) A kingdom

18. Similar classes are grouped into _______.

a) A phylum

19. How many kingdoms of prokaryotes are there?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) About a million

19. How many kingdoms of prokaryotes are there?

b) Two (Archaebacteria and Eubacteria)

20. True or false?

Viruses can replicate on their own.

20. False!

Viruses can replicate on their own.

21. Name this bacterial shape.

21. Spirillum

22. Name the 6 kingdoms.

22. The six kingdoms are:

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Protista

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

23. Which two organisms are most closely related?

Corn Whale Shark

Humpback Whale

Spider Monkey

Kingdom

Plantae Animalia Animalia Animalia

Phylum Anthophyta Chordata Chordata Chordata

Class Monocotyledones

Chondrichthyes

Mammalia Mammalia

Order Commelinales Squaliformes Cetacea Primates

Humpback whale and spider monkey (same class)

Corn Whale Shark Humpback Whale

Spider Monkey

Kingdom Plantae Animalia Animalia Animalia

Phylum Anthophyta Chordata Chordata Chordata

Class Monocotyledones

Chondrichthyes

Mammalia Mammalia

Order Commelinales Squaliformes Cetacea Primates

24. A ________ is given before you have an illness

and induces immunity against the pathogen.

vaccine

25. What are the 8 levels of

classification starting with the most general?

26. What is the difference between a cladogram and a

phylogenetic tree?

They both show relationships between

organisms, but cladograms base relationships on the

derived characteristics they

share