Essential Biology Concepts: Q&A Review

Fundamental Concepts in Biology: Q&A

1. 1. What kind of organelles do photosynthetic Protista contain?

   Answer: Multicellular and Unicellular (Note: This answer describes types of Protista, not organelles.)

2. 2. What is the main body of Fungi called?

   Answer: Mycelium

3. 3. Plants produce what out for survival?

   Answer: Oxygen

4. 4. What are the two transport plant tissues called?

   Answer: Xylem and Phloem

5. 5. What is the smallest group of Bryophytes?

   Answer: Hornworts

6. 6. A plant with a fibrous root system and leaves with parallel venation would also have?

   Answer: None of the above

7. 7. Where does pollen transfer on plants to start reproduction?

   Answer: Stigma

8. 8. If a farmer wanted a more loosely packed cluster of grapes, he would most likely spray the immature bunches with?

   Answer: Gibberellins

9. 9. Who first formulated the Theory of Evolution?

   Answer: Lamarck

10. 10. What is not inferred from Darwin’s Theory of Evolution?

    Answer: None of the above

11. 11. What is the main factor that induces extinction of certain species?

    Answer: Human activities

12. 12. What are Lancelets?

    Answer: They are all members of the phylum Chordata

13. 13. What features does the hagfish lack?

    Answer: Not true eyes or jaw, and no stomach

14. 14. How do amphibians keep warm or cool to survive?

    Answer: Outside environment

15. 15. Which part of the amniote egg is responsible for storing waste?

    Answer: Allantois

16. 16. What is the stinging cell found in the phylum Cnidaria?

    Answer: Nematocyst

17. 17. What is a characteristic of Phylum Porifera?

    Answer: Does not have a nervous system

18. 18. In the GI system, what helps the flow of food in the cycle?

    Answer: Gastrovascular cavity

19. 19. How do bivalves feed themselves?

    Answer: Bivalves are filter feeders

20. 20. What is the typical number of larval stages in the life cycle of a nematode before sexual maturation?

    Answer: Four

21. 21. Which of the following is a characteristic used to describe Mammals?

    Answer: Endothermic

22. 22. What type of structures can be infected by viruses?

    Answer: They infect all types of cellular life, including animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi.

23. 23. What are the characteristics of bacteria?

    Answer: Lack of membrane-bound organelles, unicellular, small (usually microscopic)

24. 24. What is the sequence of replication of a virus?

    Answer: Six steps: attachment, penetration, uncoating, replication, assembly, and release.

25. 25. How does one classify bacteria?

    Answer: Shapes

26. 26. What are the different types of Fungi?

    Answer: Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Deuteromycota

27. 27. Which type of fungus contains toadstools, bird's nest fungi, and stink horns?

    Answer: Basidiomycota (aka Club Fungi)

28. 28. Statement: Bacteria can be both heterotrophic and autotrophic.

    Answer: True

29. 29. Statement: When bacteria interchange DNA it is called transduction.

    Answer: True

30. 30. Statement: Bacteria can be found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

    Answer: False

31. 31. Statement: A virus in its latent stages inside a host is called lytic.

    Answer: True