Download Taxonomy/Microorganisms Test Review Sheet Name: Please

Taxonomy/Microorganisms Test Review Sheet
Name:______________________________________________
Please complete before the test! Due on test day!
1. Explain the role of bacteria as decomposers.
2. How do archaebacteria differ from eubacteria?
3. Name two ways in which bacteria can be helpful to living things? Name two ways they can cause harm to living
things?
4. List 4 characteristics of bacteria.
5. What is used to fight bacterial infections? What is used to prevent viruses?
6. Define autotrophic and heterotrophic. Define eukaryotic and prokaryotic. Define unicellular and multicellular.
7. How do bacteria reproduce?
8. An experiment was performed to determine the effect of temperature on the reproduction rate of some diseasecaus ing viruses . The results are shown on the table below. At what temperature did the virus reach its highest
reproduction rate.
9. Give three reasons why viruses are not considered living? What do viruses need in order to reproduce?
10.
component of modern vaccines?
11. Correctly draw and label the stages of viral reproduction.
12. Name something that both a living cell and a virus have in common?
According to the passage, what is the major
13.
Viruses can be transmitted in a variety of ways. The virus that causes
the common cold can be transmitted when an infected person cough or sneezes. This virus is transmitted in a manner
most similar to what other viral disease?
14. People infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of dying from secondary
infections. Explain how HIV increases the danger of secondary infections?
15. Define taxonomy. Explain binomial nomenclature. Give an example of a scientific name (make sure you write it
correctly). Why do we use scientific names instead of common names?
16. Correctly label the following pictures
17. Which organism in the chart below is the least related from the other organisms? Which organisms are the most
closely related?
18. The scientific name of the a mountain lion is Felis concolor and a house cat is Felis catus. Based on the names, you
can tell that these two animals belong to the same _____________________.
19. From broadest to most specific what are the 8 taxon groups.
20. List the Six Kingdoms. Know the basic characteristics of each of the six kingdoms. Example: Correctly identify the
kingdom whose members exhibit these traits: multicellular, true nucleus, possess cell walls, must obtain food,
representative organisms include mushrooms and yeast? OR Multicellular eukaryotes that are usually mobile and obtain
food from other organisms probably belong to what kingdom?
21. Be able to solve Dichotomous key questions
Identify the following aquatic organisms