Botany Sample test questions

These questions will be similar to the ones on Test 5 (Chapters 17, 18, 25 and 26).
1).   Give the genus and species name of a rod-shaped bacteria:
      ________________     __________________
 

2).   The outside of a Gram positive bacteria is:
      a) peptobismol    b) cell membrane    c) peptidoglycan   d) pepsin
 

3).   Give an example of a genus of Halophile: _________________________


4).   What is a commercial use for the bacteria Thermus? ________________
 

5).   How do antibiotics like Penicillin kill bacteria? 
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6).   An organism that takes in carbon dioxide and makes organic molecules
      using energy from inorganic compounds is called a:
      a) chemoautotroph      b) photoautotroph
      c) chemoheterotroph    d) photoheterotroph
 

7).   Sex pili are used to transfer genes from one bacteria to another in:
      a) binary fission     b) transduction
      c) conjugation        d) collaboration
 

8).   Which genus of bacteria listed below grows best at 70 - 100 oC?
      a) Pyrococcus         b) Halobacterium
      c) Methanosarcina     d) Escherichia


9).   "Red tides" are caused by large numbers of:
      a) dinoflagellates          b) zooflagellates
      c) green algae              d) diatoms


10).   The genus Dictyostelium is used commercially for : ________________

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11).   What type of carbohydrate do red algae (Rhodophyta) store ?
       a) plant starch          b) leucosin
       c) glycogen              d) floridean starch


12).   List the two classes of Actinopods and give a brief description :
	
       Class : ______________ ; _________________________________________

       Class : ______________ ; _________________________________________


13).   Myxomycota are called ___ and are usually orange or yellow.
       a) slime molds              b) mushrooms
       c) slime balls              d) edible seaweed


14).   Diatoms are buoyant because they store energy as _______ 
       as well as leucosin.


15).   Coral reefs obtain most of their food from two phyla of algae :
       a) rhodophyta and dinoflagellates    b) chlorophyta and rhodophyta
       c) chlorophyta and diatoms           d) diatoms and dinoflagellates


16).   What is unusual about the genus Pfiesteria ? _____________________

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17).   What are two commercial uses for diatomaceous earth: 

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18).   The genus Ulva (sea lettuce) is in the phylum:
       a) Bacillariophyta   	b) Chlorophyta
       c) Dinofalgellate   	d) Rhodophyta


19).   What is meant by "transduction"?__________________________________


20).   The oldest fossils of archaebacteria date back:
	a) 3.5 million years		b) 3.5 billion years
	c) 3.5 trillion years		d) 3,500 years


21).   What human disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi?
       _____________________________________


22).   What are three commercial uses for algin?
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23).   What is the average pH of rain in Jacksonville?
       a)  2.5         b) 3.5        c) 4.5         d) 5.5


24).   Which biome covers most of the eastern US, south of the Great Lakes?

       ________________


25).   What percentage of the earth's surface is tropical rainforest?
       a) 5%        b) 10%        c) 15%        d) 20%        e) 25%	


26).   What are two characteristics of tundra? 

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27).   After a forest is clearcut, the plants return in a ____ succession.
       a) primary      b) secondary      c) tertiary      d) quaternary 


28).   Spartina cord grass is characteristic of:
       a) taiga     b) grasslands      c) swamp      d) marsh


29).   If a mouse eats a grasshopper, the mouse is a:
       a) producer                 b) secondary consumer
       c) primary consumer         d) tertiary consumer


30).   Why does it matter if a species becomes extinct? _________________

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