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4th quarter EQT09-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is found in the center of all viruses? | genetic material |
| Why is the protein coat important to the virus? | It allows the virus to attach to the host |
| What is the name of the protein coat that surrounds the virus? | Capsid |
| What is one function that a virus shares with living things? | reproduction |
| What is a food chain? | single examples of energy passing form one organism to another |
| What is a food web? | Multiple food chain relationships |
| What is an energy pyramid? | a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one level to the other |
| Where is the most energy in an energy pyramid? | at the bottom |
| What is biotic? | living |
| E. coli live in the intestines of humans. They help digest our food. What kind of relationship is this? | symbiotic |
| What is parasitism? | one lives in/on another and hurts the host |
| Which organisms get energy from sunlight? | producers |
| Which organisms get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms? | decomposers |
| What is always the first organism in a food chain? | producer |
| How much energy decreases between levels in an energy pyramid? | 10% |
| Grass is eaten by the prairie dog, the prairie dog is eaten by the coyote. This is an example of what? | food chain |
| What is the environment in which an organisms lives called? | habitat |
| A fruit tree is a member of which kingdom? | Plantae |
| What is known from the following: Canis lupus | Canis=genus; lupus=species |
| What do plants and fungus share? | cell walls |
| Molds and mushrooms are in what kingdom? | Fungus |
| What is the scientific name composed of? | genus and species |
| Organisms in which kingdom usually move by themselves and have advanced nervous systems to allow them to respond to their environment? | animalia |
| Plantae, Animalia, and Protista are all names of which group in the classification system? | Kingdoms |
| What are the levels of classification in order (from general to specific)? | kingdom, pylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| Into what kingdom would a unicellular organism that can make its own food and live on a tree be classified? | Eubacteria |
| Which kingdom contains organisms that move by using pseudopods, flagella, clilia, or contractile vacuoles? | Protista |
| A scientist found an organism living in an ocean rift vent where the temperature is over 360 degrees. Into which kingdom would the organism be placed? | Archaebacteria |
| Into which kingdom would an organism that is eukaryotic, has a cell wall, and helps recycle nutrients by breaking down dead organic matter be classified? | Fungi |
| Endospores are released under what conditions? | extreme conditions |
| What relationship is described when both organisms help each other? | Mutualism |
| What type of organism feeds on dead organisms? | scavenger |
| How do algae obtain their food? | Make food during photosynthesis |
| how do both animal-like and plant-like euglenas reproduce? | asexually through fission |
| How do amoebas, euglenas, and paramecium move? | pseudopods, flagella, and cilia |
| What is it when an organism exchanges genetic material and then divides to produce organisms with new genetic material? | conjugation |
| What is the structure that euglenas and paramecium have to remove excess water called? | contractile vacuole |
| What is it when an organism breaks into parts eac of which may grow into a seperate organism? | fragmentation |
| flagella and cilia are used for what? | locomotion |
| Which characteristic describes all members of the kingdom Plantae and some members of the kingdom Protista? | They contain chloroplasts. |
| Which kingdom contains an organism with all of these characteristics? eukaryotic, cell wall, multicellular, depends on other organisms for food | fungi |
| Which kingdom could have organisms that are single celled and eukaryotic? | protista |
| Which kingdom could have organisms that are eukaryotic, multicellular, and consumers? | animalia |
| which statement best describes characteristics of the organisms in kingdom Animalia> | they are classified by how they move and obtain food |
| Which statement correctly describes a difference between plant and fungus? | plants are photosynthetic |
| What is it when a cell membrane surrounds a particle, encloses it in a vesicle, and brings the particle into the cell? | endocytosis |
| Bacteria can be described how? | unicellular, no nucleus |
| How do bacteria get food? | eating dead organic matter |
| How do bacteria get rid of waste? | excretion |
| What is a virus that attacks bacteria? | bacteriophage |
| What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment? | biotic |