NYSTCE Biology Biological Classification

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1

Is mobility a characteristic of living things?

No

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2

What two groups of organisms are found within the traditional Monera kingdom?

Archaea and Bacteria

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3

What is a difference between fungi and plants?

Plants photosynthesize, fungi does not

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4

What kingdom contains organisms that are primarily multicellular?

Fungi

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5

What is a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

Prokaryotes lack membrane-bound nuclei found in eukaryotes

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Domain system of classification

  1. All life is classified into one of three domains

  2. The domain system is based on the structure and sequence of rRNA

  3. Carl Woese

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Who proposed the kingdom classification?

Carl Linnaeus

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8

What kingdom does not fall under the Eukaryota domain?

Bacteria

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9

What group of organisms have cell walls supported by chitin?

Fungi

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10

What organelle distinguishes plant cells from animal and fungi cells?

Chloroplasts

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11

What is a protein shell that protects the genetic information of a virus?

CapsidW

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12

What is found in bacteria cell walls but not archaea cell walls?

Peptidoglycan

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13

What distinguishes a colony from a multicellular organism?

Cells in a colony can live independently from one another, but cells in a multicellular organism cannot

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14

True multicellularity arises only among which group?

Eukaryotes

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15

What mode of nutrition is found among animals, fungi, some protists, and most bacteria?

Heterotrophy

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What is the process of a virus releasing an enzyme to cause the host cell to rupture and release vital clones?

The lytic cycle

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17

Methods of protists reproduction

  1. binary fission

  2. Budding

  3. sexual reproduction

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Animal reproduction methods

  1. Budding

  2. Sexual reproduction

  3. Asexual reproduction

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19

What is a form of reproduction in which parent cells undergo mitosis to create genetic clones which are then released into the environment?

Sporulation

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20

What is a group of specialized cells that work together to perform a similar function?

Tissues

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21

Organs are composed of what?

Tissues

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