Taxonomy,
Viruses, &
Bacteria
1. Do bacteria have a nucleus?
a) yes, always
b) no, never
c) Sometimes yes, sometimes no
1. Do bacteria have a nucleus?
b) no, never
2. What is the name for these rodshaped bacteria?
2. Bacillus
3. A capsid is made of _____
and is found in _______
a) DNA, bacteria
b) protein, bacteria
c) DNA, viruses
d) protein, viruses
3. A capsid is made of _____
and is found in _______
d) protein, viruses
4. What is Edward Jenner
famous for?
4. What is Edward Jenner
famous for?
First vaccine - for smallpox,
by using a cowpox injection
5. Name 2 emerging diseases.
(new)
• Emerging diseases include HIV, SARS,
H1N1, bird flu, Ebola
6. Write this scientific name
correctly.
CANIS LUPIS
• Canis lupis or Canis lupis
7. What is the function of pili?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Movement
Feeding
Attachment
All of the above
7. What is the function of pili?
c) Attachment
8. Name 2 diseases caused by
viruses.
Viral diseases include:
• Common cold, herpes, HIV, influenza,
chicken pox, rabies, Ebola, H1N1, West
Nile Virus
9. What is the name for this shape?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Micrococcus
Pseudococcus
9. What is the name for this shape?
b) Staphylococcus
10. Name 3 different ways to kill bacteria.
• Temperature (cook food thoroughly, chill
leftovers)
• Lack of moisture (salt dehyrates and kills
bacteria)
• Chemicals (antibiotics, chlorine in water,
lysol, bleach)
• Radiation (X rays, gamma rays, UV light)
11. RNA viruses mutate ____.
One RNA virus is ______.
a)
b)
c)
d)
slowly, smallpox
quickly, smallpox
slowly, HIV
quickly, HIV
11. RNA viruses mutate ____.
One RNA virus is ______.
d) quickly, HIV
12. When a virus’s genetic material
is inserted into the host cell’s
chromosome, it is called the
______ cycle.
a)
b)
c)
d)
conjugation
lytic
lysogenic
plasmid
12. When a virus’s genetic material
is inserted into the host cell’s
chromosome, it is called the
______ cycle.
c) lysogenic
13. What are the long projections
called?
13. Flagella (in yellow)
14. Bacteria that live in extreme
environments are known as:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Bacteria
Archaea
E. coli bacteria
Strep throat bacteria
14. Bacteria that live in extreme
environments are known as:
b) Archaea
15. Ebola is caused by ____,
while mad cow disease is
caused by a _________.
a)
b)
c)
d)
a bacterium, prion
a virus, prion
a prion, virus
a virus, bacterium
15. Ebola is caused by ____,
while mad cow disease is
caused by a _________.
b) a virus, prion
16. Name 3 ways infectious
diseases can spread.
16. Name 4 ways infectious
diseases can spread.
• Airborne (sneezing, coughing)
• Casual contact (doorknobs, sharing
drinks)
• Intimate contact
• Bites of animals, stings of insects
• Contaminated food or water
17. Similar orders are grouped into
_______.
a)
b)
c)
d)
A phylum
A class
A family
A kingdom
17. Similar orders are grouped into
_______.
b) A class
18. How many kingdoms of
prokaryotes are there?
a)
b)
c)
d)
One
Two
Three
About a million
18. How many kingdoms of
prokaryotes are there?
b) Two (Archaea and Bacteria)
19. True or false?
Viruses can replicate on their
own.
19. False!
Viruses can replicate on their
own.
20. Name this bacterial shape.
20. Spirillum
21. Name the 6 kingdoms.
21. The six kingdoms are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Archaea
Bacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
22. Which two organisms are most closely
related?
Whale Shark
Humpback
Whale
Spider
Monkey
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Class
Chondrichthyes
Mammalia
Mammalia
Order
Squaliformes
Cetacea
Primates
Humpback whale and spider
monkey (same class)
Whale Shark
Humpback
Whale
Spider
Monkey
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Class
Chondrichthyes
Mammalia
Mammalia
Order
Squaliformes
Cetacea
Primates
23. A ________ is given
before you have an illness
and induces immunity
against the pathogen.
vaccine
24. What are the
8 levels of
classification
starting with the
most general?
25. What disease do you get from
improperly canned food?
Botulism
(Clostridium botulinum)
26. Name 3 diseases caused by
bacteria.
Strep throat, botulism, anthrax, MRSA,
tuberculosis
27. What are these?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Bacteriophages
Bacteria
Protists
Fungi
27. What are these?
(a) Bacteriophages