1. 2 Points: Easy C
Which letter shows bacilli bacteria? Be sure to hide the answer.
Answer = B B A

2. 2 Points: Easy Name the three bacterial layers.
Cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Cell wall
Capsule

3. 2 Points: Easy
In general, what do prokaryotes lack?
Nucleus

4. 2 Points: Easy
Which bacteria organelle creates proteins?
Ribosome

5. 2 Points: Easy
Which organelle is the arrow pointing at? Be sure to hide the answer.
Answer = Flagella

6. 2 Points: Easy
Name 2 molecules cyanobacteria and plant-like protista create from photosynthesis.
Sugar (glucose)
Oxygen

7. 2 Points: Easy
Which organelle of bacteria, protista, and fungi allows materials to enter and exit cells?
Cell membrane (plasma membrane)

8. 2 Points: Easy Name the 2 kingdoms of bacteria life.
Archaebacteria (Archaea)
Eubacteria

9. 2 Points: Easy Which bacteria organelle is used to attach to surfaces?
Pili (pilus)

10. 2 Points: Easy
Streptococcus bacteria often cause infection in humans. What is the shape of this bacteria?
Spherical (round)

11. 2 Points: Easy Name the 3 categories of protista.
Animal-like (protozoan)
Plant-like (algae)
Fungus-like

12. 2 Points: Easy
In general, what are organisms called that absorb their nutrients?
Decomposers

13. 2 Points: Easy What is released from the fruiting body of fungi?
Spores

14. 2 Points: Easy Two part question:
What does the ozone layer shield the Earth from?
Which element is ozone made from?
UV energy
Oxygen

15. 2 Points: Easy Which part of a fungus will grow above ground?
Fruiting body

16. 2 Points: Easy
Which word means…must have oxygen?
Aerobic

17. 2 Points: Easy
Which category of protista are able to absorb their nutrients?
Fungus-like protista (slime molds and water molds)

18. 2 Points: Easy
Bacteria have DNA, but do not have a nucleus. Where is their DNA found?
In the cytoplasm

19. 2 Points: Easy
Strong bacteria surviving the use of antibiotics is an example of which scientific theory?
Natural selection

20. 2 Points: Easy
What are antibiotics designed to kill?
Bacteria cells

21. 3 Points: Medium
Name the chemical that allows cyanobacteria to perform photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
(Not chloroplast. Bacteria do not have chloroplasts.)

22. 3 Points: Medium Protozoans or Protozoa Algae Two part question:
What is the scientific word for animal-like protista?
What is the scientific word for plant-like protista?
Protozoans or Protozoa
Algae

23. 3 Points: Medium Name the 3 categories of Archaebacteria. Methanogens
Halophiles
Thermophiles

24. 3 Points: Medium
Scientifically, name the 3 bacterial shapes and describe their shape.
Cocci (coccus) are round
Bacilli (baccillus) are rod
Spirilli (spirillum) are spirals

25. 3 Points: Medium
Similar to mitosis, name the process where bacteria multiply.
Binary fission

26. 3 Points: Medium Conjugation Pili (pilus) Two part question:
Name the process where two bacteria cells will connect with one another.
What connects the two cells during this process?
Conjugation
Pili (pilus)

27. 3 Points: Medium
Why are animal-like protista not considered real animals?
Animal-like protista are unicellular

28. 3 Points: Medium Two part question:
Name the massive underground body of a fungus.
Which letter identifies this object?
Answers
1 = Mycelium
2 = D

29. 3 Points: Medium
Which kingdom of life is usually unicellular, but always eukaryotic?
Protista

30. 3 Points: Medium
Name the thin threads that make up fungi.
Hyphae

31. 3 Points: Medium
Because fungal spores are haploid, they must be created by which cellular process?
Meiosis

32. 3 Points: Medium
Name the reproductive structure that grows above ground of a fungus.
Fruiting body

33. 3 Points: Medium
Which type of relationship do the organisms of lichen have if they both benefit from each other?
Mutualism

34. 3 Points: Medium Two part question:
Identify the fruiting body in the picture.
Name the objects released from the fruiting body.
Answers:
Letter B
Spores

35. 3 Points: Medium
What are lichen often called because they are the first to grow in a new area?
Pioneer species

36. 3 Points: Medium
Malaria is a disease spread by mosquito bites, but caused by an animal-like protista called Plasmodium. What is the vector?
Mosquitos

37. 3 Points: Medium
When disturbed, which algae produces light as a defense mechanism?
Dinoflagellates

38. 3 Points: Medium Which organism is a mixture of algae and fungus?
Lichen

39. 3 Points: Medium
Prior to the evolution of cyanobacteria, why did all life live in the oceans?
water blocks UV

40. 3 Points: Medium Which group of bacteria are autotrophic?
Cyanobacteria

41. 4 Points: Hard
Name the bacteria organelle that surrounds and protects DNA during harsh times.
Endospore

42. 4 Points: Hard
Which chemical, common to insect shells and human finger nails, makes up the cell wall of fungi?
Chitin

43. 4 Points: Hard Two part question:
Which archaebacteria live inside your intestines?
Are these bacteria aerobic or anaerobic?
Methanogens
Anaerobic

44. 4 Points: Hard
What is physically different between Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria?
Two acceptable answers:
Gram negative have an extra outer layer called the capule.
Gram positive lack a capsule, but have a thicker cell wall.

45. 4 Points: Hard
Beneficial bacteria live amongst the roots of some plants and change nitrogen into usable forms. Name this process.
Nitrogen fixation

46. 4 Points: Hard
Pretend that Lactobacillus stains pink under a microscope. List 3 conclusions that you can determine about this bacteria.
It is rod shaped
It is gram negative
It is hard to treat with antibiotics
It has a capsule
It has a thin cell wall

47. 4 Points: Hard Two part question:
Amoeba move with fake feet. What are the fake feet called?
In which process do amoeba swallow their prey?
Pseudopods
Phagocytosis

48. 4 Points: Hard Name the three groups of plant-like protista. Diatoms
Dinoflagellates
Euglenoids

49. 4 Points: Hard
Which type of algae does photosynthesis like a plant, but also swims and catches prey like an animal?
Euglena or Euglenoid

50. 4 Points: Hard
Which two kingdoms of life are unicellular, but prokaryotic?
Eubacteria
and
Archaebacteria

51. 4 Points: Hard Two part question:
The Great Potato Famine took place in which country?
Name the water mold that caused it.
Ireland
Potato Blight or Blight

52. 4 Points: Hard Name the two major groups of fungus-like protista.
Water molds
Slime molds

53. 4 Points: Hard
Which plant-like protista has glass shells and creates large amounts of oxygen?
Diatoms

54. 4 Points: Hard
The fruiting body of a bread mold creates spores inside of structures called ________.
Sporangia

55. 4 Points: Hard
Name the collection of threads that make up the body of a fungus.
Mycelium

56. 4 Points: Hard
Which object is the arrow in this Amoeba picture pointing to? Be sure to hide the answer.
Answer: Pseudopod ?

57. 4 Points: Hard
What is different about the 3 groups of animal-like protista?
How they move
one moves with cilia…
one with flagella…
one with pseudopods

58. 4 Points: Hard
Which group of fungi makes spores inside an object called a basidium?
Club fungi

59. 4 Points: Hard
Which group of fungi makes spores inside an object called a ascus?
Sac fungi

60. 4 Points: Hard
Which beneficial fungi live amongst the roots of plants to assist with their growth?
Mycorrhizae