Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi Test Review

Question 1

Viruses are (living, non-living) and (can, cannot) reproduce on their own

Answer 1

nonliving, cannot

Question 2

Why are viruses not considered to be living things?

Answer 2

They lack most of the characteristics of living things

Question 3

The average virus is quite (big, small) when compared to cells

Answer 3

small

Question 4

Know that viruses can cause or help to prevent and treat disease

Answer 4

OK

Question 5

What helps the body produce chemicals that prevent viruses?

Answer 5

Vaccines

Question 6

What is a virus?

Answer 6

A tiny particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell

Question 7

What is a host?

Answer 7

The organism that a virus enters and multiplies inside of

Question 8

What is a parasite?

Answer 8

An organism that lives on or in another organism and causes it harm

Question 9

What is a vaccine?

Answer 9

A substance induced in the body to help produce chemicals that destroy specific viruses

Question 10

What is a virus made up of?

Answer 10

Inner core (DNA) and a protein coat

Question 11

Know that some bacteria consume other organisms on the food of other organisms

Answer 11

OK

Question 12

What do ribosomes do?

Answer 12

Produce proteins

Question 13

Scientists use bacteria to make ____________

Answer 13

medicines

Question 14

What do autotrophic bacteria release into the air?

Answer 14

oxygen

Question 15

What is pasteurization?

Answer 15

A method of slowing down food spoilage

Question 16

Are bacteria prokaryotes of eukaryotes?

Answer 16

prokaryotes

Question 17

Know that bacteria live almost everywhere, including the ocean and in the human body

Answer 17

OK

Question 18

Know that some get energy by eating other organisms

Answer 18

OK

Question 19

Do ALL bacteria reproduce asexually?

Answer 19

No, some do

Question 20

Are ALL bacteria harmful to humans?

Answer 20

No most are harmless or helpful to people

Question 21

Be able to label a bacterial cell with the following structures: DNA, capsule, flagella, pili, cytoplasm, ribosomes

Answer 21

Check study guide for example of cell

Question 22

What type of protist produces oxygen

Answer 22

algae

Question 23

How do they produce oxygen

Answer 23

Use pigments to capture the Sun’s energy

Question 24

What is the characteristic that makes animal-like protists like animals?

Answer 24

They can MOVE to get food

Question 25

What do fungi-like protists use to reproduce?

Answer 25

spores

Question 26

What are animal-like protists called

Answer 26

Protozoans

Question 27

What are plant-like protists called?

Answer 27

algae

Question 28

What are ciliates?

Answer 28

They have cilia-hair projections that beat with a wavelike motion to move

Question 29

What are pigments?

Answer 29

Chemicals that produce color

Question 30

What is a spore?

Answer 30

A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism

Question 31

What type of fungi f=grow on food?

Answer 31

mold

Question 32

What are the tubelike structures that the cells of multicellular fungi form called?

Answer 32

hyphae

Question 33

How are fungi classified

Answer 33

By the appearance of their reproductive structure

Question 34

What is budding?

Answer 34

A form of asexual reproduction that yeast use

Question 35

What is a lichen?

Answer 35

Made of a fungus and either algae OR autotrophic bacteria and that live together

Question 36

Are fungi prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

Answer 36

eukaryotic

Question 37

Where do fungi grow?

Answer 37

moist, warm places

Question 38

Are some fungi decomposers?

Answer 38

yes

Question 39

Do some fungi fight diseases?

Answer 39

yes

Question 40

Do some fungi cause diseases?

Answer 40

yes

Question 41

What does decompose mean

Answer 41

to break down chemicals in dead plant and animal matter