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Semester Test Study Guide 2004 BI
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.
Simple Plants PowerPoint Questions
Simple Seedless Nonvascular & Vascular Plants
PowerPoint Worksheet
Seedless Nonvascular plants
1. Name the 3 divisions of seedless vascular plants and a member of each division.
a.
b.
c.
Division Bryophyta
2. What is the common name for mosses, liverworts, and hornworts?
3. Bryophytes lack what type of tissue?
4. Name the 2 vascular tissues lacking in bryophytes and tell their function.
5. What is the 2 stage life cycle of plants called?
6. Name the 2 life cycle stages.
7. which stage is DOMINANT in bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, & hornworts)?
8. How do bryophytes reproduce?
9. Which stage of the moss looks like a lush green carpet?
10. Name the division for moss.
11. Why are moss small plants?
12. Do moss have TRUE roots, stems, or leaves?
13. In what type of area do moss grow? Give several examples.
14.Moss gametophytes must grow close together in moist areas. Give 2 reasons why this is so.
a.
b.
15. What covers the outside of a moss plant to prevent water loss?
16. What anchors moss plants?
17. Can rhizoids absorb water like true roots?
18. Where does the sporophyte generation occur on moss plants?
19. What is at the top of the sporophyte?
20. Label the following moss plant.
21. ___________ moss is used by florist. What characteristic makes it useful?
22. Because moss will grow on bare ground, it is called a _________ plant.
23. How is peat moss used?
24. Give 4 other uses for moss.
25. Moss are capable of asexual reproduction. Name and describe 2 types of this vegetative reproduction.
a.
b.
26. What are gemmae?
27. How are gemmae separate from the parent plant & dispersed?
28. Which stage of the moss is haploid and which is diploid?
29. The gametophyte generation produces what 2 cells?
30. Why do these cells have half the chromosome number?
31. ____________ have a ________ set of chromosomes and reproduce ___________.
32. the sporophyte grows attached to the top of the ______________.
33. Since sporophytes lack chlorophyll, what cellular process are they incapable of doing?
34. How does the sporophyte get its food?
35. What is the setae on a moss plant?
36. How are the moss gametes protected?
37. Name the female gametangia & tell what it produces.
38. Eggs of moss are _____________ & ___________.
39. Label the female gametangia.
40. Name the male gametangia & tell what it produces.
41.How does the sperm cell know the direction in which to swim to the egg?
42. Label the male gametangia.
43. The moss ___________ or fertilized egg develops into the ____________.
44. Spores of the sporophyte capsule germinate into young plants called ______________.
45. Protonema develop into the _____________ stage
46. Label the protonema & developing gametophyte in this picture.
47. Label the life cycle of the moss.
Division Hepatophyta
48. ___________ are nonvascular, _________ producing bryophytes.
49. What stage is dominant in liverwort’s life cycle?
50. Describe the liverwort gametophyte.
51.Liverworts are found growing where?
52. Liverworts need lots of water for ____________.
53. How do liverworts reproduce asexually?
54. How do liverworts reproduce sexually?
Division Anthocerophyta
55._____________ are small, nonvascular ____________ with a dominant, leafy ____________ like liverworts.
56. Where are the antheridia & archegonia in hornworts?
57. Zygotes develop into ______________ sporophytes.
58. Is the horn-shaped sporophyte capable of photosynthesis?
59. Is the horn-shaped sporophyte attached to or separate from the gametophyte?
60. Label the parts of the hornwort.
Seedless Vascular Plants
61.Label these structures on the back of this fern.
62. Name and give an example of a plant in the 4 divisions of seedless vascular plants.
a.
b.
c.
d.
63. Name the vascular tissues.
64. Do seedless vascular plants go through alternation of generations?
65. Which stage is dominant?
66. How do they reproduce?
Division Psilophyta
67.Describe whisk ferns.
68. Do they have true roots, stems, or leaves?
69.How many extant genera are there?
70. Name the root like structures of whisk ferns and tell whether they can or can’t absorb water.
71. How do whisk ferns reproduce asexually?
72. How do whisk ferns reproduce sexually?
73. Make and label a sketch of an aerial branch of whisk with sporangia.
74. What is the purpose of sporangia?
Division Lycophyta
75. The division Lycophyta contains the ______________ living vascular plants.
76. Club moss are commonly called ______________ ____________. Explain why this is true.
77.Club moss have ________ growing root like ___________.
78. Describe the habitat needed by club moss.
79. Describe the leaves of club moss.
80. Are these TRUE leaves? Explain why.
81. What is found in the axils of the leaves & what is their purpose?
82. What are strobili?
83. Some club moss are homosporous while others are heterosporous. Explain what each of these terms means.
a. homosporous-
b. heteroporous-
84. Give an example of a homosporous club moss.
85. Lycopodium is used in fireworks. Explain the reason for this.
86. What do the spores of Lycopodium look like?
87.What is the purpose of each of these structures.
88. Give 3 other uses for club mosses.
a.
b.
c.
Division Sphenophyta
89. How many extant species of horsetails are there?
90. Name the living genera of horsetails.
91. What is another name for horsetails?
92. Why are they called this?
93. Describe the stems of horsetails.
94. Where does photosynthesis take place in horsetails?
95. How are horsetails anchored?
96. How do horsetails reproduce?
97. Where are their spores found?
98. In prehistoric times, what was true of the size of horsetails?
99. Describe the habitat of horsetails.
100. How do horsetails prevent water loss from the parts of the plant above ground?
101. What special spore dispersing structures are found on the spores of horsetails?
102. Describe how elaters work.
103. Label the stem, node, and leaves on this horsetail.
104. Give 3 other uses for horsetails.
a.
b.
c.
104. Can animals eat horsetails? Why or why not?
Division Pterophyta
105. Ferns are in the ____________ group of extant vascular plants.
106. Describe the habitats for ferns.
107. How do ferns reproduce asexually?
108. What stage is dominant in the life cycle of the fern?
109. What is the only part of the fern plant that appears above ground? What parts are found below ground?
110. Fern leaves are called ______________ and are attached to the plant by short stems called ______________.
111. Describe the appearance of newly forming fern fronds and tell what they are called.
112. What are sori and where are they found?
113. How are fern spores spread?
114. What forms when a fern spore lands on moist ground and germinates (starts growing)?
115. The prothallus starts what stage in the life cycle?
116. What is the shape of the gametophyte and does it live long?
117. What 2 structures grow ON the gametophyte?
118. Label the gametophyte and the male and female gametangia.
119. Label the parts of a fern.
120. Label the life cycle of the fern.
121. Give 4 uses for ferns. a.
b.
c.
d.
Sponge & Cnidarian Study Guide
Study guide for Sponge, Cnidarians, & Ctenophores
· Know relatives of the jellyfish
· How are sponges different from other animals
· Know characteristics of all invertebrates
· Know characteristics of sponges
· What is the function of collar cells in sponges
· What are spicules
· Know characteristics of adult sponges
· Be able to explain skeletal support of sponges
· How do sponges obtain their food
· What helps draw water into a sponge
· What is the function of amebocytes in sponges
· How does excess water leave a sponge
· What is the purpose of gemmules in sponges
· What is a hermaphrodite
· How can sponges reproduce
· Know animals that capture prey by using nematocysts
· What are the 2 distinct life stages of cnidarians
· Describe nematocysts
· What organisms have tentacles with stinging cells
· Know examples of cnidarians
· Describe the life of a planula larva
· Know the life stage that is dominant in sea anemones
· What organisms would be anthozoans
· Know the dominant life stage of jellyfish
· Know the main characteristics of ctenophores
Spongebob Safety Rules
Sponge Bob Safety Rules
T. Trimpe 2003
The Bikini Bottom gang has been learning safety rules during science class. Read the paragraphs below to find the broken safety rules and number and underline each one. How many can you find? On the back of your sheet, write the number and the CORRECT safety procedure that should have been used.
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Gary were thrilled when Mr. Krabbs gave their teacher a chemistry set! Mr. Krabbs warned them to be careful and reminded them to follow the safety rules they had learned in science class. The teacher passed out the materials and provided each person with an experiment book. SpongeBob and Gary flipped through the book and decided to test the properties of a mystery substance. Since the teacher did not tell them to wear the safety goggles, they left them on the table.
SpongeBob lit the Bunsen burner, then reached across the flame to get a test tube from Gary . In the process, he knocked over a bottle of the mystery substance and a little bit splashed on Gary . SpongeBob poured some of the substance into a test tube and began to heat it. When it started to bubble he looked into the test tube to see what was happening and pointed it towards Gary so he could see. Gary thought it smelled weird so he took a deep whiff of it. He didn’t think it smelled poisonous and tasted a little bit of the substance.
They were worried about running out of time, so they left the test tube and materials on the table and moved to a different station to try another experiment. Patrick didn’t want to waste any time reading the directions, so he put on some safety goggles and picked a couple different substances. He tested them with vinegar (a weak acid) to see what would happen even though he didn’t have permission to experiment on his own. He noticed that one of the substances did not do anything, but the other one fizzed. He also mixed two substances together to see what would happen, but didn’t notice anything. He saw SpongeBob and Gary heating something in a test tube and decided to do that test. He ran over to that station and knocked over a couple bottles that SpongeBob had left open. After cleaning up the spills, he read the directions and found the materials he needed. The only test tube he could find had a small crack in it, but he decided to use it anyway. He lit the Bunsen burner and used tongs to hold the test tube over the flame. He forgot to move his notebook away from the flame and almost caught it on fire.
Before they could do another experiment, the bell rang and they rushed to put everything away. Since they didn’t have much time, Patrick didn’t clean out his test tube before putting it in the cabinet. SpongeBob noticed that he had a small cut on his finger, but decided he didn’t have time to tell the teacher about it. Since they were late, they skipped washing their hands and hurried to the next class.
