BIO 211 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS &
VALID CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
Systematics - correct answer ✔✔the study of biological diversity and its origins
Taxonomy - correct answer ✔✔the branch of bio that deals with the classification and naming
of organisms
Taxon - correct answer ✔✔any single named group of organisms
plural=taxa
Phylogeny - correct answer ✔✔the evolutionary history of a species or a taxonomic group of
organisms
Linnean System - correct answer ✔✔German biologist named Karl Linnaeus devised in 1735 a
convention for naming a species that remains in use today
Classification before 1969 - correct answer ✔✔2 kingdoms: plants and animals
Classification from 1969-1990 - correct answer ✔✔5 kingdoms based on anatomy, morphology,
embryology, and cell structure
Classification after 1990 - correct answer ✔✔one of 3 domains: Archaea Bacteria or Eukarya
Archaebacteria - correct answer ✔✔considered the 1st bacteria
but were so different from normal bacteria that a new Domain was established: Archaea
, Older System - correct answer ✔✔Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia
Newer System - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
5 Kingdom Subdivisions - correct answer ✔✔Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species
Benefits of Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔source of many antibiotics, symbionts in the guts of
animals, nitrogen fixers, decomposers, base of food webs, making of fro-yo
Stromatolites - correct answer ✔✔layers of cyanobacteria that trap sediments and secrete
calcium carbonate to form fossils of bacteria
Bacteria Morphology - correct answer ✔✔lack membrane bound nuclei
DNA not bound to protiens
bacterial DNA form loops
no membrane bound organelles
Gram Positive Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔turn purple when infused with dye
have a thick cell wall of peptidoglycan
Gram Negative Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔double cell wall with inner layer of thin
peptidoglycan and outer layer of carbs, protiens, and lipids
Decomposition - correct answer ✔✔a role of bacteria
VALID CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
Systematics - correct answer ✔✔the study of biological diversity and its origins
Taxonomy - correct answer ✔✔the branch of bio that deals with the classification and naming
of organisms
Taxon - correct answer ✔✔any single named group of organisms
plural=taxa
Phylogeny - correct answer ✔✔the evolutionary history of a species or a taxonomic group of
organisms
Linnean System - correct answer ✔✔German biologist named Karl Linnaeus devised in 1735 a
convention for naming a species that remains in use today
Classification before 1969 - correct answer ✔✔2 kingdoms: plants and animals
Classification from 1969-1990 - correct answer ✔✔5 kingdoms based on anatomy, morphology,
embryology, and cell structure
Classification after 1990 - correct answer ✔✔one of 3 domains: Archaea Bacteria or Eukarya
Archaebacteria - correct answer ✔✔considered the 1st bacteria
but were so different from normal bacteria that a new Domain was established: Archaea
, Older System - correct answer ✔✔Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia
Newer System - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
5 Kingdom Subdivisions - correct answer ✔✔Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species
Benefits of Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔source of many antibiotics, symbionts in the guts of
animals, nitrogen fixers, decomposers, base of food webs, making of fro-yo
Stromatolites - correct answer ✔✔layers of cyanobacteria that trap sediments and secrete
calcium carbonate to form fossils of bacteria
Bacteria Morphology - correct answer ✔✔lack membrane bound nuclei
DNA not bound to protiens
bacterial DNA form loops
no membrane bound organelles
Gram Positive Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔turn purple when infused with dye
have a thick cell wall of peptidoglycan
Gram Negative Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔double cell wall with inner layer of thin
peptidoglycan and outer layer of carbs, protiens, and lipids
Decomposition - correct answer ✔✔a role of bacteria
