Chapter 20 Flashcards

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1
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True or false: Viruses only have can only have DNA

A

False, they can have RNA

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2
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What two parts do all viruses at least have?

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Capsid and core

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3
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Naked viruses are?

A

Viruses that do not have a cell envelope

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4
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Obligate intercellular parasites that cannot multiply outside a living cell

A

Virus

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5
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True or False: Viruses are host specific.

A

True

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6
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Viruses that parasitize bacteria

A

Bacteriophages

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7
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5 steps of the lytic cycle (in order)

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Attachment, penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, and release

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8
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Which life cycle of bacteria doesn’t destroy the bacteria?

A

Lysogenic

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9
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What enzyme do retroviruses use?

A

Reverse transcriptase

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10
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What is an example of an emerging virus?

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HIV

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11
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Naked strands of RNA

A

Viroids

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12
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Bacteria and archaea are __________.

A

Prokaryotes

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13
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Prokaryotes cell walls are composed of ____________.

A

Peptidoglycan

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14
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What do prokaryotes use flagella for?

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Movement

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15
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What are fimbriae used for in prokaryotes?

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Attachment

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16
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A dense area in prokaryotes where the chromosome is located.

A

Nucleiod

17
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Accessory rings of DNA found in some prokaryotes.

A

Plasmids

18
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Splitting of a parent cell into two daughter cells ; asexual reproduction

A

Binary fission

19
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In bacteria, genetic recombination can occur in three ways.

A

Conjugation
Transformation
Transduction

20
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When bacterium pass DNA to a second bacterium through a pili

A

Conjugation

21
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When bacteria takes up free pieces of DNA secreted by live bacteria

A

Transformation

22
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When bacteriophages transfer portions of bacterial DNA from one cell to another

A

Transduction

23
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Unable to grow in the presence of O2

A

Obligate anaerobes

24
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Use light energy to assemble the organic molecules they require

A

Photoautotrophs

25
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Make organic molecules by using energy derived from the oxidation of inorganic compounds in the environment

A

Chemoautotrophs

26
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Take in pre-formed organic nutrients

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Chemoheterotrophs

27
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When one population modifies the environment In such a way that a second population benefits

A

Commensalism

28
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Both population benefit

A

Mutualitistic

29
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Only one of the populations benefit. Ex: pathogens

A

Parasitic

30
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A symbiotic relationship where the Cyanobacteria provide organic nutrients to the fungus and the fungus protects and supplies inorganic nutrients

A

Lichens