Taxonomy, Plants, Invertebrates, & Vertebrates
Study
Guide Semester Test 2004
Taxonomy, Plants, Invertebrates, & Vertebrates
1.
Fruits of cereal plants are called __________________.
2.
Viral DNA becomes integrated into the host cell’s DNA during the
________________ cycle.
3.
Viruses only reproduce in ___________________.
4.
____________________
use reverse transcriptase to transcribe DNA from RNA.
5.
Prions are composed only of __________________.
6.
RNA
or DNA covered by a protein coat makes up a _______________.
7.
Classifying living things is called ______________________.
8.
From the kingdom to the species level organisms become more
___________________ in appearance.
9.
The system of classifying organisms by assigning genus & species
names was developed by _________________.
10.
Which word in a scientific name is the genus?
11.
Noncellular structures that can’t make proteins or use energy, but can
reproduce inside living cells would be ____________________.
12.
Scientists all over the world use the _______________, scientific name
for an organism.
13.
Scientific names are written in ________________, a dead language.
14.
The taxonomic hierarchy is kingdom, phylum, _________________, order,
______________, genus and _______________.
15.
A waxy ________________ on the outside of plants prevents evaporation of
fluids from the plant.
16.
An internal system of connected tubes and vessels in some plants is
called ______________________ tissue.
17.
__________________
tissue in plants transports water and minerals.
18.
All seed plants have a seed containing an _________________, a
________________ supply, and a protective __________________.
19.
Pines, cedars, spruce, and fir are examples of ____________________.
20.
Monocot leaves have __________________ venation.
21.
Plants grow in regions of active cell division called ________________.
22.
Leaves connect to stems at areas called __________________.
23.
____________________ is the loss of water by the leaves & stem of a
plant.
24.
____________________ tissue in plants transports sugars.
25.
Multicellular heterotrophic organisms without cell walls would be in the
kingdom _______________________.
26.
Most animals have a head at the _________________ end and a tail located
at the _______________ end.
27.
Name a freshwater cnidarian closely related to the jellyfish.
28.
The concentration of sensory organs on the anterior end of an animal is
known as ________________________.
29.
The sea anemone has ______________________ symmetry.
30.
The
head of a fish would be located on the _______________ end.
31.
_________________
are animals whose cells are specialized but aren’t organized into tissues.
32.
The absence of a vertebral column or backbone is characteristic of all
______________________.
33.
________________ cells help draw water into a sponge.
34.
Hard needle-like structures in the wall of a sponge are called
__________________.
35.
Sponges obtain food by _________________ feeding.
36.
_________________ in sponges are cells that move throughout the
sponge’s body wall to deliver food to the organism’s cells.
37.
_____________________ organisms can produce both eggs and sperm.
38.
A
sea anemone captures its prey using ___________________ in its tentacles.
39.
_________________
and _________________ are the two distinct life stages of cnidarians.
40. Name
3 cnidarians.
41.
Sea anemones exist as _____________ in the adult stage.
42.
Housed
in chambers on each side of the head are the ______________ of bony fish.
43.
__________________
mammals keep their offspring inside the mother until their development ids
complete.
44.
The ____________________ of fish helps them be buoyant in the water.
45.
Amphibians breathe through lungs and their _______________.
46.
The skin of reptiles is dry and ___________________.
47.
Bird’s bones are _________________ and ________________.
48.
Amphibian skin is thin and ______________ for __________ exchange.
49.
The _______________ is a sheet of muscle below the rib cage in mammals to
help them breathe.
50.
The _______________ egg allowed reptiles to adapt to life on land.
