Supplemental Instruction
Iowa State University
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Leader:
Raelyn
Course:
Biology 211
Instructor: Dr. Raich
Ch. 1, 7, 29-30
The field of biology that is concerned with the describing, naming, and classifying
living and extinct organisms and viruses.
a. Clade
b. Science
c. Taxonomy
d. Phylogenetic
A reproductive system where the bacteriophages carry bacterial genes from one
host to another is called?
a. Transformation
b. Conjugation
c. Genome
d. Transduction
A branching point in a phylogenetic tree is called __________.
a. Node
b. Clade
c. Sister taxa
d. Taxonomy
DNA is present in which domain?
a. Bacteria
b. Archaea
c. Eukarya
d. All of the above
A common ancestral species and its entire descendant species from a phylogenetic
tree is called a ____________?
a. Node
b. Clade
c. Sister taxa
d. Taxonomy
Mitochondria evolved from __________________
a. Cyanobacteria
b. α-Proteobacteria
c. Actinobacteria
d. Chlamydiae
Protists include:
a. Animals
b. Land plants
c. Fungi
d. None of the above
8. All living cells share fundamental attributes. Which attribute transforms energy?
a. Reproduction
b. Homeostasis
c. Information Storage
d. Metabolism
9. What is a species called when it has died out?
a. Sister taxa
b. Pest
c. Extant
d. Extinct
10. An explanation on an observation that is supported by lots of evidence is called
what?
a. Theory
b. Hypothesis
c. Phylogenic
d. Science
11. A nuclear envelope is apart of which domain?
a. Bacteria
b. Eukarya
c. Archaea
12. A species that is still living is called what?
a. Sister taxa
b. Extant
c. Extinct
d. Dinosaur
13. Biologists use ______ to trace the evolutionary history of a species or group of
organisms.
a. Domain
b. Binomial nomenclature
c. Taxonomy
d. Phylogeny
14. Which of the following is not in order from broadest to most specific in the taxon
groups?
a. Domain, Phylum, Family, Class
b. Genus, Family, Phylum, Kingdom
c. Phylum, Order, Family, Species
d. Domain, Kingdom, Family Order
15. Carolus Linnaeus developed the standard for naming species based upon the
binomial nomenclature. Based on his rules, which is the correct way to write the
species?
a. Felis catus
b. Homo Sapiens
c. Macaca Fascicularis
d. Cavia porcellus
16. A reproductive system where the genetic material in a cell is altered by the uptake
of foreign DNA from cell’s surrounding is called __________?
a. Transformation
b. Conjugation
c. Genome
d. Transduction
17. Which domain is closely related to Eukaryotes?
a. Bacteria
b. Kingdom
c. Order
d. Archaea
18. True or False, Prokaryotes means before a nucleus.
a. True
b. False
19. The Strephtococcus bacteria responsible for causing “strep throat” is a _____
a. Rod-shaped
b. Spiral-shaped
c. Sphere-shaped
d. Comma-shaped
20. Louis Pasture’s experiment is related to what theory?
a. Cell Theory
b. Theory of Evolution
c. Theory of Endosymbiosis
d. Theory of Relativity
21. What is a hypothesis?
a. A verifiable observation
b. A testable explanation that can be falsified
c. A fact that can be observed
d. A fact that is testable
22. An “endosymbiont” is ___________________.
a. A chimera
b. A eukaryote cell
c. An organism that lives inside another organism
d. A plant and its pollinator
23. Prokaryotic cells are different from eukaryotic cells because:
a. Prokaryotes cannot reproduce.
b. Prokaryotes are not able to move.
c. Prokaryotes do not have complex organelles.
d. Prokaryotes do not have DNA.
24. The disease ________ is caused by ________ and it transmitted by the ________ vector.
a. Malaria, Plasmodium, mosquito
b. Sleeping sickness, Trypanosoma, mosquito
c. Malaria, Plasmodium, tsetse fly
d. Chagas, Trypanosoma, mosquito
25. A reproductive system where genetic material is transferred between two cells that
are temporarily joined is called?
a. Transformation
b. Conjugation
c. Genome
d. Transduction
26. All cells come from previous cells is apart of what theory?
a. Cell Theory
b. Theory of Evolution
c. Theory of Endosymbiosis
d. Theory of Relativity
27. Protists have a nutrition involves:
a. Photoautotrophs
b. Heterotrophs
c. Mixotrophs
d. All of the above
28. Which is the correct biological classification from smallest to largest?
a. Domain, Phylum, Family, Class
b. Genus, Family, Phylum, Kingdom
c. Phylum, Order, Family, Species
d. Domain, Kingdom, Family Order
29. Prokaryotes have which of the following?
a. Nucleus
b. Golgi Apparatus
c. Ribosomes
d. Mitochondria
30. If Raelyn has a disease with a bacteria called Bacillus cereus, the bacteria would
most likely be
a. Circular
b. Rod shaped
c. Comma shaped
d. Spiral shaped
31. The first mitochondria probably came from
a. Ectosymbiosis
b. Random chance
c. Endosymbiosis
d. Technological innovation
32. True or False: Most protists are found in dry, terrestrial habitats?
a. True
b. False
33. Protists have a variety of ways to obtain nutrients. Some of them do this by
a. Photosynthesis
b. Ingestion
c. Absorption
d. All of the above
34. Maintaining a stable environment is apart of an attribute all living cells share?
a. Reproduction
b. Homeostasis
c. Information Storage
d. Metabolism
35. The oxygen revolution started because of what organism?
a. Cyanobacteria
b. Humans
c. Chlamydiae
d. Actinobacteria
36. What property do all cells have and is known as a support structure?
a. Chromosomes
b. Cytoskeleton
c. Ribosome
d. Membranes
37. α-Proteobacteria includes?
a. Frankia
b. Methanogens
c. Intracellular parasites in animal cells
d. Rhizobium
38. Explosive population growth that produces ‘Red Tides’ that occur in coastal waters
are caused by _______________?
a. Diatoms
b. Red algae
c. Dinoflagellates
d. Green algae
39. In alternation of generations, a ___________ stage alternates with a haploid
gametophyte stage.
a. Diploid sporophyte
b. Haploid sporophyte
c. Diploid gametophyte
d. Haploid gametophyte
40. Biologists study protists because:
a. Intrinsically interesting
b. Medically important
c. Ecologically important
d. All of the above
41. The idea that mitochondria and chloroplasts reproduce via binary fission is a part of
what theory?
a. Cell Theory
b. Theory of Evolution
c. Theory of Endosymbiosis
d. Theory of Relativity
42. T/F: Sexual reproduction involves doubling of the number of chromosomes
a. True
b. False
A.
D
B.
C.
43. What terms or taxon describe letters:
a.
b.
c.
44. What letter is most closely related to taxon A?
45. What taxon in the clade with D as a common ancestor?
46. Sketch an image of the following bacterial cells:
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus subtilis
Spirochaeta americana
47. Compare and Contrast:
Prokaryotes
Both
Eukaryotes