Practical 1

Question 1

Define taxonomy

Answer 1

the science of classification and nomenclature

Question 2

phylogenetic system

Answer 2

system according to their evolutionary relationships

Question 3

herbarium

Answer 3

is a repository or museum of sorts of preserved plants

Question 4

Identify in order each taxon

Answer 4

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species KPCOFGS

Question 5

phenology

Answer 5

the timing of biological events in relation to season and climate change.

Question 6

tree phenophases

Answer 6

flower fruit leaf color leaf fall

Question 7

clinometer

Answer 7

distance from tree + height from eyes

Question 8

Prokaryotic cells

Answer 8

2-5 micrometers singular circular chromosome floating in cell peptidoglycan cell wall kingdom monera

Question 9

eukaryotic cells

Answer 9

5-10 micrometers multiple linear chromosomes inside nucleus. membrane bounded organelles kingdom protista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Question 10

Anabaena

Answer 10

cyanobacteria that fixes nitrogen

Question 11

photosynthetic cells

Answer 11

smaller more numerous cells

Question 12

heterocyst

Answer 12

large specialized cell that can fix nitrogen

Question 13

autotrophic

Answer 13

organism produces its own food

Question 14

heterotrophic

Answer 14

organism obtains nutrients by consuing other organisms

2 types: saprotrophs and pathogens

Question 15

sapotrophs

Answer 15

organism obtains nutrients by consuming dead or decaying organisms

Question 16

pathogens

Answer 16

organisms that cause disease while consuming

Question 17

oil immersion

Answer 17

eliminates refracted light and increases the resolution of the specimen

Question 18

Answer 18

diplococcus

Question 19

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tetrad

Question 20

Answer 20

streptococcus

Question 21

Answer 21

staphylococcus

Question 22

Answer 22

bacillus

Question 23

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cocobacillus

Question 24

Answer 24

diplobacillus

Question 25

Answer 25

streptobacillus

Question 26

Answer 26

vibrio

Question 27

Answer 27

spirillum

Question 28

Answer 28

spirochete

Question 29

gram positive

Answer 29

thick peptidoglycan cell wall and molecules of teichoich acid

Question 30

gram negative

Answer 30

thick peptidoglycan cell wall, no teichoic acid

Question 31

Primary stain

Answer 31

crystal violet

Question 32

mordant

Answer 32

gram's iodine

Question 33

decolorizer

Answer 33

gram's alcohol

Question 34

counter stain

Answer 34

safranin

Question 35

Industrial and commercial uses of algeaus

Answer 35

used as wrap in sushi restaurant algin used as thickening agents in ice cream and cosmetics

Question 36

Rhizopus stolonifer

Answer 36

zygosporangium, sporagium, gametangia

Question 37

Peziza

Answer 37

ascocarp, asci, ascospores

Question 38

Coprinus

Answer 38

basiocarp, basidia, basidiospores

Question 39

Penicillium

Answer 39

conidia

Question 40

lichens

Answer 40

symbiosis between an ascomycete fungus and photosynthetic algea and bacteria

Question 41

Lichen types

Answer 41

crutose- crust like apperance foliose- leaf-like appearance fructicose- shrub like appearance