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Chp. 7 and 13.1
Question | Answer |
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What is the process by which bacteria use chemicals to make their own food? | Chemosynthesis |
A paramecium is an example of what? | A ciliate |
Rod-shaped bacteria are called what? | Bacilli |
A what is a preparation of virus particles that causes the immune system to produce antibodies? | A vaccine |
Scientists classify viruses as what? | Non-Living |
A virus infects a type of cell called a what? | A host cell |
Which bacteria produce their own food through photosynthesis? | Photosynthetic Bacteria |
What are groups of protozoa that are parasites? | Sporozoans |
Protozoa have specialized what used for movement, feeding and other functions? | Organelles |
What is caused by a sporozoan transmitted by mosquitoes? | Malaria |
What evidence suggests that anaerobic bacteria appeared before aerobic bacteria? | Anaerobic bacteria do not require oxygen for cellular respiration but aerobic bacteria do |
Difference between anaerobic and aerobic bacteria? | Anaerobic - Do not require oxygen Aerobic - Require oxygen |
How does the immune system use a fever to fight off an illness? | Fevers slow down the production of new viruses |
What are two ways that bacteria move? | Flagella Carried by air or liquid |
What are three examples of how bacteria are beneficial to living organisms? | Increased Earth's Oxygen Break down dead organisms Make their own food |
Levels of classification? | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
How are taxonomy and systematics similar? | Both are used to organize and classify organisms |
How are taxonomy and systematics different? | Taxonomy - shared characteristics Systematics - evolutionary relationships |