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Microorganisms Focus Questions
(Reference Textbook Pages: 77; 330-333; Chapters: 15-18)
Viruses
1. What are the three types of viruses? Be able to diagram and label.
2. What does a virus have to have in order to live and reproduce?
3. What are some diseases caused by viruses?
4. How do viruses reproduce? Diagram and label both the Lytic and Lysogenic cycles.
5. What are some ways to prevent the transmission of viruses
6. What is the difference between a vaccine and an antibiotic?
Bacteria
7. Compare and contrast Archaebacteria with Eubacteria. (Include nutrition, reproduction, location,
cell type, number of cells, structures…)
8. What are the two types of reproduction for bacteria (sexual and asexual)? Diagram each.
9. What are the different shapes of bacteria? Draw and label each.
10. What are the 3 different types of archaebacteria? Where do they live?
11. What is a gram stain? What information can you obtain from a gram stain?
12. What does the color of the gram stain indicate about the bacterial cell wall?
13. How are bacteria useful?
14. How are bacteria harmful?
15. What do we use to get rid of a bacterial infection?
16. What are some illnesses caused by bacteria?
Protista
17. What are the characteristics of protists? (nutrition, movement, how many cells, etc.)
18. How do we classify protists? Describe each one.
19. How do protists reproduce?
20. What are some diseases caused by protists?
21. List the different ways protista move. Describe each.
22. What is a pseudopod? Which organisms have them?
Fungi
23. What are the characteristics of fungi? (nutrition, movement, how many cells, etc.)
24. How do they reproduce?
25. When do fungi undergo sexual reproduction? Why?
26. How is mitosis in a fungus different from that of an animal or plant?
27. What are hyphae?
28. Where is the reproductive body of a fungus found (above or below ground)?
29. What organisms are in a symbiotic relationship that forms lichen? Why is lichen important to
ecosystems?
30. Why are fungi important to the food web?
31. List and describe four types of fungi.
Classification
32. List the 7 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest.
33. If two organisms have the same genus, what can you conclude about their family?
34. How does the number of organisms in each classification level change as you progress from
kingdom to species
35. List the six kingdoms and identify examples of organisms found in each
36. Which kingdoms are prokaryotes? Eukaryotes?
37. Which kingdoms are multicellular? Unicellular?
38. What is binomial nomenclature? Who created it?
39. How are humans classified?
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