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1

Viruses have a cellular organization.
A)True
B)False
2

Viruses range in size from _________.
A)under 2 nm
B)under 200 nm
C)200-500 nm
D)500-900 nm
E)bacterial to eukaryotic cells
3

Viruses are composed of two parts.
A)True
B)False
4

Viruses __________ .
A)have a protein core and nucleic acid coat
B)have a protein coat and nucleic acid core
C)have a cell nucleus inside a bacterial shell
D)have a nucleic acid very different from their host cell
E)lack enzymes necessary for nucleic acid replication
5

Viruses are classified by ____________.
A)viral size and shape
B)type of nucleic acid, including to whether the nucleic acid is single- or double-stranded
C)presence or absence of an outer envelope
D)all of the above
E)none of the above since viruses are not living organisms and therefore cannot be classified
6

Viruses cause infections in bacteria and animals but not in plants.
A)True
B)False
7

A virus takes over the ____________ of the host cell when it reproduces.
A)mitochondria
B)nucleus
C)metabolic machinery
D)respiratory pathway
E)osmotic functions
8

______ are viruses that reproduce inside bacteria.
A)Adenoviruses
B)Retroviruses
C)Oncoviruses
D)Bacteriophages
E)HIV
9

The lytic cycle of bacteriophages has four stages.
A)True
B)False
10

In the lytic cycle, _____________ on the capsid combine with a receptor on a bacterial cell wall to fit together as a key fits a lock.
A)attachment sites
B)nucleic acids
C)reverse transcriptase
D)cDNA
E)RNA
11

Viral DNA enters a bacterial cell by way of endocytosis.
A)True
B)False
12

During ______ viral DNA and capsids are assembled to produce several hundred viral particles.
A)attachment
B)penetration
C)biosynthesis
D)maturation
E)release
13

Some differences between animal viral reproduction and bacteriophages are _______.
A)animal viruses enter by endocytosis
B)the entire virus enters and the genome undergoes uncoating
C)viral release involves budding
D)the viral particle acquires a membranous envelope by budding
E)all of the above
14

An animal virus envelope partially consists of _________.
A)oncogenes
B)host plasma membrane receptors
C)reverse transcriptase
D)host DNA
E)animal cell nuclear membrane
15

Budding always results in the death of the host cell.
A)True
B)False
16

HIV, which causes AIDS, is an adenovirus.
A)True
B)False
17

Naked strands of RNA not covered by a capsid are ________.
A)oncogenes
B)phage
C)prions
D)viroids
E)naked viruses
18

Protein particles that cause diseases by converting other protein's tertiary structure are ________.
A)oncogenes
B)phage
C)prions
D)viroids
E)bacteria
19

Diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, are caused by ________.
A)oncogenes
B)phage
C)prions
D)viroids
E)bacteria
20

Prokaryotic cells are among the largest of cells.
A)True
B)False
21

Prokaryotic cells have DNA, but it is contained within a ___________.
A)nucleus with a nuclear envelope
B)nucleoid which has no nuclear envelope
C)mesosome
D)ribosome
E)fimbriae
22

Prokaryotic cells lack __________.
A)a nucleus
B)ribosomes
C)respiratory enzymes
D)a plasma membrane
E)all of the above
23

Bacteria that are unable to grow in the presence of oxygen are ________.
A)facultative anaerobes
B)obligate anaerobes
C)aerobic
D)mutualistic
E)saprotrophs
24

Bacteria that are heterotrophic by absorption are ________.
A)facultative anaerobes
B)obligate anaerobes
C)aerobic
D)mutualistic
E)saprotrophs
25

Most bacteria are ________ because they require a constant supply of oxygen.
A)facultative anaerobes
B)obligate anaerobes
C)aerobic
D)mutualistic
E)saprotrophs
26

Bacteria have short, fine, hairlike appendages called ______.
A)mesosomes
B)plasmids
C)flagella
D)spirilla
E)fimbriae
27

The earliest bacteria were ____________.
A)aerobic
B)Archaea
C)true Bacteria
D)gram-positive
E)symbiotic
28

Archaea include ____________.
A)gram-positive, gram-negative and wall-less bacteria
B)methanogens, halophiles and thermoacidophiles
C)mutualistic, parasitic and commensalistic bacteria
D)obligate and facultative anaerobes
29

Bacteria have a cell wall containing _________.
A)amino sugars cross-linked by peptide chains
B)a double layer of phospholipids
C)a capsule of pure protein
D)a plasmid membrane
E)prions
30

Some bacteria are obligate anaerobes.
A)True
B)False
31

Obligate anaerobes can only grow in the presence of oxygen.
A)True
B)False
32

Bacteria that are NOT anaerobes are ______ bacteria.
A)aerobic
B)obligate
C)symbiotic
D)saprotrophic
E)thermoacidophilic
33

Oxygen is required by cells to carry out __________.
A)digestion
B)reproduction
C)parasitism
D)decomposition
E)cellular respiration
34

Chemosynthesis is a type of nutrition requiring ____________.
A)inorganic compounds
B)organic compounds
C)any type of compound
D)any chemicals
E)light energy
35

Most types of bacteria are ________________ .
A)chemosynthetic by ingestion
B)heterotrophic by ingestion
C)chemosynthetic by absorption
D)heterotrophic by absorption
E)autotrophic by absorption
36

Saprotrophs are organisms that carry on internal digestion.
A)True
B)False
37

Mutualistic bacteria are beneficial to humans or other organisms.
A)True
B)False
38

Bacteria occur in which basic shape(s)?
A)rod
B)spherical
C)spiral
D)all of the above
E)spherical, cuboidal and columnar
39

Some bacteria grow into clusters or chains.
A)True
B)False
40

Cyanobacteria form ___________ .
A)algal blooms
B)oxygen
C)lichens
D)all of the above
41

Cyanobacteria form a mutualisitc relationship with fungi to form lichens.
A)True
B)False
42

Which of the following is NOT true of Archaea?
A)Archaea are more eukaryotic-like than bacteria.
B)Archaea live in extremem environments, such as hyperthemal areas.
C)Archaea reproduce sexually.
D)Archaea are prokaryotes, but in a different domain than bacteria.
E)Some archaea are autotrophic while others are heterotrophic.
43

Cyanobacteria are important as ____________.
A)biotechnology tools
B)producers of antibiotics
C)denitrifying organisms
D)disease-causing organisms
E)the first colonizers of rock
44

Bacteria reproduce asexually.
A)True
B)False
45

Binary fission is a form of ______ reproduction.
A)reverse
B)meiotic
C)gamete
D)sexual
E)asexual
46

Chromosomes are NOT involved in binary fission.
A)True
B)False
47

In binary fission, the chromosomes are __________.
A)duplicated
B)separated
C)split in two
D)all of the above
48

Bacteria undergo genetic recombination by ____________.
A)conjugation
B)transformation
C)transduction
D)all of the above
49

DNA passing to a female cell by way of a sex pilus is called transformation.
A)True
B)False
50

Viruses are involved in the exchange of DNA among bacteria by _________.
A)conjugation
B)transformation
C)transduction
D)all of the above
51

Endospores are formed by bacteria _______________.
A)to rapidly reproduce when food is plentiful
B)under unfavorable environmental conditions
C)to prevent infection by viruses
D)to become resistant to antibiotics
E)as a normal day-to-day method of living
52

Significant bacterial diseases include such human infections as ________.
A)strep throat
B)diphtheria
C)typhoid fever
D)gonorrhea
E)all of the above
53

An antibiotic is a drug that selectively kills ______________.
A)viruses
B)bacteria
C)fungi
D)all of the above
54

Archaea include ____________.
A)gram-positive, gram-negative and wall-less bacteria
B)methanogens, halobacteria and thermoacidophiles
C)mutualistic, parasitic and commensalistic bacteria
D)obligate and facultative anaerobes
55

Methanogens are bacteria that reduce carbon dioxide to glucose.
A)True
B)False
56

Groups in the Kingdom Protista include __________.
A)protozoa
B)algae
C)water molds
D)all of the above
57

Algae have chloroplasts containing a pyrenoid, a body used for reproduction.
A)True
B)False
58

Chlamydomonas is a colonial green alga.
A)True
B)Flase
59

The seaweed observed on the shoreline in the north temperate zone is actually ______ ______.
A)green algae
B)blue-green algae
C)dinoflagellates
D)brown algae
E)an advanced plant
60

The brown algae does NOT go out with the tide because it is anchored by ______.
A)holdfasts
B)roots
C)stolons
D)rhizomes
E)tubers
61

"Red tide" is caused by __________.
A)a virus
B)a sporozoan
C)dinoflagellates
D)ameboids
E)all of the above
62

______ are unicellular algae with a silica shell made in two halves.
A)Red algae
B)Sporozoans
C)Dinoflagellates
D)Ameboids
E)Diatoms
63

__________ are among the most numerous of all unicellular algae in the oceans and produce a major portion of the earth's oxygen supply.
A)Red algae
B)Sporozoans
C)Dinoflagellates
D)Ameboids
E)Diatoms
64

All euglenoid flagellates have chloroplasts.
A)True
B)False
65

Where photosynthesis takes place in euglenoid flagellates, the pyrenoids produce ________.
A)the usual starch granules
B)an unusual carbohydrate polymer called paramylon not seen in green algae
C)pure sugar
D)complex proteins
E)chlorophyll only
66

Protozoa are merely unicellular animals that undergo embryonic development.
A)True
B)False
67

Protozoa are classified according to mode of reproduction.
A)True
B)Flase
68

Amoeboids often have no definite shape and move and engulf prey by a cytoplasmic extension called a ______.
A)food vacuoles
B)contractile vacuoles
C)trypanosome
D)pseudopod
E)trichocyst
69

The structures within an amoeba include _________.
A)food vacuoles
B)contractile vacuoles
C)nucleus
D)cytoplasm
E)all of the above
70

The ciliates have _______ that are responsible for osmotic regulation.
A)trichocyst
B)pellicle
C)anal pore
D)contractile vacuole
E)trypanosome
71

Some ciliates have lysosomes, which are used for digestion.
A)True
B)False
72

Ciliates have one nucleus.
A)True
B)False
73

Zooflagellates ______.
A)move by means of flagella
B)often enter into symbiotic relationships such as digesting wood in the gut of a termite
C)include the agent that causes sleeping sickness
D)include the sexually transmitted disease Trichomonas vaginalis
E)all of the above
74

The life cycle of sporozoa involves the formation of spores at some time in their life cycle.
A)True
B)False
75

Slime molds are like fungi because both are heterotrophic by ingestion.
A)True
B)False
76

Malaria is transferred to humans by mosquitos.
A)True
B)False
77

Slime molds and water molds have some fungus-like characteristics but differ in important traits.
A)True
B)False
78

Slime molds share which characteristic(s) with fungus?
A)both produce plasmodia that are multinucleated cytoplasmic masses
B)both produce spores when conditions are unfavorable for growth
C)both have vegetative states that are filamentous
D)both are heterotrophic by ingestion
E)both share all of the above features
79

Water molds share which characteristic(s) with fungus?
A)both are saprophytic and have a filamentous body
B)both have a diplontic life cycle
C)both have a haplontic life cycle
D)both are heterotrophic by ingestion
E)both produce plasmodia that are multinucleated cytoplasmic masses
80

Fungi are ___________.
A)heterotrophic by absorption
B)multicellular
C)eukaryotic
D)all of the above
81

The bodies of most fungi are made up of a network of filaments called hyphae.
A)True
B)False
82

A network of hyphae in fungi is called a ______.
A)slime mold
B)plasmodium
C)ascus
D)sporangium
E)mycelium
83

During sexual reproduction, the black bread molds use the ends of two hyphae called male and the female.
A)True
B)False
84

Immediately after zygospore formation, meiosis occurs in black bread molds.
A)True
B)False
85

The diploid stage in black bread molds consists of ____________.
A)the thick-walled zygospore
B)the mycelium mass
C)the asexual spores or sporangiospores
D)each plus and minus hyphae strands
86

Yeasts are ______ .
A)slime molds
B)sac fungi
C)club fungi
D)imperfect fungi
E)lichens
87

Yeasts usually reproduce sexually.
A)True
B)False
88

Club fungi type(s) include ___________.
A)the mushroom
B)the puffball
C)the shelf or bracket fungi
D)stinkhorns
E)all of the above
89

The visible portion of the club fungi are the mycelia.
A)True
B)False
90

A lichen is a ______ relationship between a green alga or cyanobacterium and a fungus.
A)saprophytic
B)strictly parasitic
C)predatory
D)symbiotic
E)competitive
91

Lichens are found only in the Arctic ecosystem.
A)True
B)False
92

"Imperfect fungi" are called "imperfect" because they ___________.
A)have a mixed haplontic-diplontic stage
B)cause many diseases
C)do not have the features of fungi
D)possess many errors or imperfections
E)have not been classified since no sexual stage has been identified
93

"Imperfect fungi" cause ___________.
A)athlete's foot
B)Candida albicans or thrush
C)"ringworm"
D)all of the above







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