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Chapter 6 Review Guide
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1. What is taxonomy?
2. Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
3. What is binomial nomenclature?
4. An organism's scientific name consists of
5. The more classification levels that two organisms share,
6. Which classification level is broader than the phylum level?
7. Which factor is considered today when classifying an organism, but was not considered when
Linnaeus classified organisms?
8. Organisms that share an evolutionary history share
9. Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?
10. Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?
11. What characteristics do all plants share?
12. Which kingdom includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
13. What is found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells?
14. What is a characteristic of archaebacteria?
15. What process results in genetically different bacteria?
16. The process of breaking down food to release its energy is called
17. Endospores form during
18. What important role do bacteria called decomposers play?
19. Viruses are considered to be nonliving because they
20. Why are viruses like parasites?
21. A virus needs energy to
22. How do bacterial cells compare in size to virus?
23. The genetic material of a virus is found in its
24. A virus's proteins are important because they
25. Biologists use ____________________ to organize living things into groups.
26. Biologists find ____________________ useful because this scientific system gives them
information about an organism based on its classification.
27. Each genus of organisms contains one or more ____________________.
28. An owl and a bat share the same kingdom and phylum; an owl and a robin share the same
kingdom, phylum, and class. The owl and _____________ have more characteristics in common.
29. Multicellular organisms are found in the protist, fungus, animal, and _____________ kingdoms.
30. Bacteria are called _________________ because their genetic material is not contained in nuclei.
31. Bacterial cells contain structures called ____________________, which are chemical factories
where proteins are produced.
32. When bacteria reproduce by ___________________, one cell divides to form two identical cells.
33. Some bacteria cause diseases by producing poisons known as ____________________.
34. The ability to _____________ is the only characteristic that viruses share with living organisms.
35. A virus's ____________________ contains the instructions for making new viruses.
36. The shape of the __________________ in a virus's coat allows the virus to attach to certain cells.
37. Table of Classification Labels
Classificat
Aardwolf
ion Level
Animalia
Kingdom
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Grey
Wolf
Animali
a
Chordat
a
Mammali
a
Carnivora
Coyote
Lion
BlueWhale
Animalia
Animalia
Carnivora
Animali
a
Chordat
a
Mammali
a
Carnivora
Family
Hyaenidae
Canidae
Canidae
Felidae
Balenopteridae
Genus
Proteles
Canis
Canis
Panthera
Balaenoptera
Proteles
Canis
Canis
Panther
cristatus
lupus
latrans
leo
38. What classification groups do all organisms in the table have in common?
Balaenoptera
musculus
Chordata
Mammalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Species
39. Based on their kingdoms, what characteristics do the organisms in the table share?
40. In what two ways are the organisms in the table similar to organisms in the plant kingdom?
41. Which of the organisms in the table is least similar to the others? Explain.