3rd 9 Weeks Study Guide
1. What language is used for classification?
Latin
2. What is the name of the classification
system?
binomial nomenclature
3. Which scientist developed the naming
system?
Linnaeus
4. Why do we need to classify?
To organize all living things
5. List the 8 taxonomic levels (broad to
specific).
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order,
family, genus, species
6. Which 2 taxonomic levels make up a
scientific name? Genus & species
7. What are the 3 rules for writing a scientific
name?
(1) The Genus is written 1st and species is written
2nd.
(2) Genus is capitalized and species is lower case.
(3) It must be underlined or italicized.
8. What is the difference between the five
kingdom system and the previous six
kingdom system?
5 Kingdom—Monera & 6 Kingdom—
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
9. List 2 differences between bacteria &
viruses. 1) bacteria are living & viruses are
not; 2) bacteria are bigger than viruses
10. List one difference between
Archaebacteria & Eubacteria.
Archaebacteria live in extreme habitats and
Eubacteria live everywhere else
11. List the 3 types of Archaebacteria,
describe their environments, and give an
example of where they can be found
specifically.
1) METHANOGEN-IN SWAMPS/MARSHES
2) HALOPHILE-SALTY ENVIRONMENTS-Dead
Sea
3) THERMOPHILES-ACIDIC & HOT WATER-Hot
sulphur springs
12. Draw and label a prokaryote.
13. Draw and label a virus.
Nucleic Acid:
DNA or RNA
Capsid: a
protein coat
14. Describe and draw the 3 shapes of
bacterial cells.
Cocci (spherical)
Bacilli (rods)
Spiralla (spiral)
15. What are the two prefixes that explain how
bacterial cells are arranged and what do they
mean? STAPHYLO- ARE CLUSTERS OF
BACTERIA AND STREPTO- ARE CHAINS OF
BACTERIA
16. What type of cell does the influenza virus
want to attack? THROAT CELL
17.Define antibodies. Proteins made by B-cells
18.Give two examples of how bacteria are
used in everyday life. CHEMICALS,
SEWAGE TREATMENT, NITROGEN FIXATION,
FOOD PROCESSING
19. Give an example of how viruses are used in the
medical field. They are used to treat bacterial
infections
20. How are protists classified? Animal-like, plantlike, fungus-like
21. A) pseudpodia, B) cilia, C) flagella
22. What are plant-like protists called? Algae
23. What are animal-like protists called? protozoa
24. What is the role of fungus-like protists in
the environment? To decompose dead
organisms
25. What is the function of a contractile
vacuole? to get rid of excess water in a
cell
26.What is the function of an eyespot? To
help an organism detect light
Protists
# of cells
Nutrition
Cell type
Both
Unicellular &
Multicellular
Autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Eukaryotic
Fungi
28. What complex carbohydrate is found in the
wall of fungi? chitin
29. List three ways in which fungi can be useful to
us. 1) decompose dead organisms, 2) food, 3)
antibiotics
30.List three ways fungi obtain food.
1)saprophyte, 2) parasite, 3) mutualism
31.The father of evolution is Charles Darwin.
32. Evolution is when organisms make gradual
genetic changes over time.
33. Natural selection is having good traits that
help organisms survive, reproduce, and
pass the trait along