Characterizing And Classifying Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

Question 0

What shape is a bacillus bacteria?

Answer 0

Rod shaped

Question 1

What shape is a coccus bacteria?

Answer 1

Spherical

Question 2

What shape is a vibrio bacteria?

Answer 2

Comma shaped

Question 3

What shape is a spirochete bacteria?

Answer 3

Corkscrew

Question 4

If a bacteria can change its shape, what kind of morphology does it represent?

Answer 4

Pleomorphic

Question 5

All prokaryotes reproduce in which way?

Answer 5

Asexually

Question 6

What are the three main asexual methods of reproduction?

Answer 6

Binary fission, snapping division, budding

Question 7

What is the most common form of asexual reproduction among prokaryotes?

Answer 7

Binary fission

Question 8

What is the name the original cell in binary fission, and what is the name of the resulting cells?

Answer 8

1 parent cell, 2 daughter cells

Question 9

Which type of asexual reproduction among prokaryotes results in two final cells that do not fully separate but partially remain attached by a hinge like structure?

Answer 9

Snapping division

Question 10

What is the final product of budding?

Answer 10

One parent cell and one daughter cell

Question 11

What is the term for two cocci together?

Answer 11

Diplococci

Question 12

A chain of cocci bacteria is called what?

Answer 12

Streptococci

Question 13

A four square appearance of cocci bacteria is called what?

Answer 13

Tetrads

Question 14

A cluster of cocci bacteria is known as what term?

Answer 14

Staphylococci

Question 15

A bundle of 8 cocci bacteria is called what?

Answer 15

Sarcinae

Question 16

What is the name of the v-shape morphological arrangement of bacilli?

Answer 16

Palisade

Question 17

What is the composition of the cell wall of acid-fast bacteria (mycobacteria)?

Answer 17

Waxy, mycolic acid in cell wall

Question 18

What is the type of bacteria that has no cell wall?

Answer 18

Mycoplasma

Question 19

What type of bacteria has a fried egg appearance when grown on media?

Answer 19

Mycoplasma (bacteria with no cell wall)

Question 20

Where do bacteria without cell walls tend to colonize?

Answer 20

In osmotically protected habitats like animals and human bodies

Question 21

Pertussis is what kind of current disease?

Answer 21

Re-emerging

Question 22

Pertussis usually occurs in what age group?

Answer 22

Children

Question 23

Schizogony primarily occurs among what group of eukaryotes?

Answer 23

Fungi

Question 24

Do most protozoa have a cell wall?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What type of environment is required for protozoa?

Answer 25

Moist environments

Question 26

Are the majority of protozoa pathogens?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What is a trait that well characterizes protozoa?

Answer 27

Great morphological diversity

Question 28

How do protozoa reproduce?

Answer 28

Asexually only

Question 29

All protozoa produce what structures?

Answer 29

Trophozoites

Question 30

What is the purpose of contractile vacuoles?

Answer 30

They actively pump water from the cells to protect them from osmotic lysis

Question 31

What is the motile feeding stage of a protozoa?

Answer 31

Trophozoites

Question 32

What is the hardy resting stage of a protozoa?

Answer 32

Cysts

Question 33

If a contractile vacuole of a protozoa is contracting in a solution, what type of solution is the cell in?

Answer 33

Hypotonic

Question 34

Fungi can produce what significant product?

Answer 34

Antibiotics

Question 35

What percentage of fungi can actually cause disease?

Answer 35

30%

Question 36

What is the term for a fungal infection?

Answer 36

Mycosis

Question 37

What is the nonreproductive part of a fungus?

Answer 37

Thallus

Question 38

What are the long, branched, tubular filaments of the thalli of molds called?

Answer 38

Hyphae

Question 39

What is the term for fungi that can produce 2 types of thalli?

Answer 39

Dimorphic

Question 40

What is the term for a tangled mass of hyphae?

Answer 40

Mycelium

Question 41

Can all fungi reproduce sexually?

Answer 41

No but most. All can reproduce asexually.

Question 42

What emerging disease affecting the immunocompromised and has been seen on marijuana plants?

Answer 42

Aspergillosis