Virus And Bacteria Quiz 25 (20 MCQs)

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1. What did Aristotle's classification system group animals by?

Correct Answer: B) Where they lived.

2. A specific term for an organism, made up of the genus and species

Correct Answer: B) Scientific name.

3. What are the three main shapes of bacteria, listed correctly?

Correct Answer: B) Bacilli, Cocci, Spirilla.

4. Unlike the cells of eukaryotes, the cells of bacteria do not have

Correct Answer: A) A nucleus.

5. How do we classify protozoans?

Correct Answer: B) Movement.

6. A branch of science dealing with microscopic forms of life is know as?

Correct Answer: B) Microbiology.

7. Which best relates cells and viruses?

Correct Answer: D) Viruses can infect certain cells.

8. Which statement best describes fungi?

Correct Answer: B) All fungi are multicellular.

9. Asexual reproduction involves .....

Correct Answer: A) One parent.

10. As a virus changes over time, it can affect different systems within the organism. This change of the virus is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Mutation.

11. Viruses only reproduce inside a living cell called the

Correct Answer: D) Host.

12. Which two parts of the levels of taxonomy are used in Bionomial Nomenclature

Correct Answer: B) Genus and Species.

13. May have flagella or pili

Correct Answer: B) Bacteria.

14. Bacteria are treated with

Correct Answer: A) Antibiotics.

15. This is the most deadly form of food poisoning .....

Correct Answer: D) Botulism.

16. Which of the following is not caused by a virus?

Correct Answer: C) Strep Throat.

17. A hidden virus

Correct Answer: B) Becomes part of the host cells genetic material.

18. What type of virus can infect a bacteria?

Correct Answer: C) Bacteriophage.

19. Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic material to lay dormant while the host cell reproduces?

Correct Answer: C) Lysogenic.

20. Viruses use host cells to

Correct Answer: A) Reproduce.