Taxonomy

Question 1

phylogeny

Answer 1

evolutionary history of species or group of species

Question 2

taxonomy

Answer 2

scientific discipline of naming and classifying organisms

Question 3

binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

formal system of naming species of living things by giving each 1 name composed of 2 parts

Question 4

levels of taxa

Answer 4

domain

kingdom

phylum

class

order

family

genus

species

Question 5

number of domains (and their names)

Answer 5

3 (eubacteria, archaea, and eukarya)

Question 6

virus

Answer 6

strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by layer of protein

acellular particle (not alive)

infectious agent (inserts genetic material into cell’s DNA, overrides cell’s normal functioning, and replicates throughout body)

Question 7

caspid

Answer 7

protein shell enclosing viral genome

Question 8

viral envelope

Answer 8

membrane that surrounds caspid in some viruses

Question 9

composition of viral envelope

Answer 9

host cell’s phospholipids and membrane proteins

Question 10

bacteriophage

Answer 10

virus that infects bacteria

Question 11

prion

Answer 11

misfolded protein

acellular particle (not alive)

infectious agent (transmits misfolded shape onto normal variants of same protein)