Taxonomy
Viruses & Immune System
Archaea & Bacteria
Protists & Fungi
Unrelated Trivia
100
What is the narrowest taxon?
Species
100
What is the name of a chemical structure on the surface of a pathogen that the immune system recognizes and responds to?
Antigen
100
Archaea and Bacteria are both prokaryotic. Instead of having a nucleus, what do we call the region where the DNA is located?
Nucleoid
100
Which of the following structures would not be found in any protist?
A) Nucleus
B) Nucleoid
C) Cell membrane
D) Cell wall
B) Nucleoid. Protists are eukaryotic.
100
Which artist is featured in Taylor Swift's song "Everything Has Changed"?
Ed Sheeran
200
When you give the scientific name of an organism, there are always two parts to the name. Explain what the two names are referring to.
Genus and species.
200
After the herpes simplex virus enters a host cell, it can stay inside for long periods of time before beginning to use the host cell's organelles to replicate. Which infection cycle is this an example of?
Lysogenic
200
What term can be used to describe bacteria that use light for energy, but also consume food in the form of organic molecules?
Photoheterotrophs
200
If you look underground, you might see this net-like part of the fungus's body. What is the name of this structure, and what is made of?
Mycelium, made of hyphae
200
Name any of the winners for Game of the Year at the Game Awards since 2020.
-The Last of Us Part II
-It Takes Two
-Elden Ring
-Baldur's Gate 3
-Astro Bot
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
300
Consider the two taxa: Phylum and Family. Which of the taxa would contain species that are the most similar to each other?
Family.
300
Give one reason why viruses are not considered living things.
-Not made of cells
-Cannot reproduce on their own (must be inside a host cell)
-Cannot grow
300
State whether the bacteria in the picture below are gram positive or gram negative AND describe what their cell walls look like.
Gram negative - their cell walls have a thin layer of peptidoglycan and have an outer membrane.
300
Now that you're all biologists you know that "mushrooms" are just a type of fruiting body. You also know the scientific name for the mushroom. What is it? (HINT: what phylum do mushrooms belong to?)
Basidiocarp
300
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
400
What taxon comes between Class and Family?
Order
400
Explain the difference between the innate and adaptive immune systems.
Innate: non-specific, does not target a specific pathogen
Adaptive: specific, targets a specific pathogen with specific antibodies
400
When studying bacteria in a test tube, you notice they collect at the bottom of the liquid as shown in the picture. What term describes the metabolism of these bacteria?
Obligate anaerobes - the bacteria cannot survive exposure to oxygen.
400
Explain to Mr. Qi the current most-accepted theory on how eukaryotic cells first evolved.
Endosymbiotic Theory. A cell engulfed bacteria, which became its mitochondria/chloroplasts.
400
Name the current mayor of Coquitlam.
Richard Stewart
500
Archaea and Bacteria are two examples of which taxon?
Domain
500
Explain the difference in your immune response the first time you get infected by a pathogen compared to the second time you get infected by the pathogen.
First time: slower, lower quantity of antibodies
Second time: faster, higher quantity of antibodies
500
Give one difference between Archaea and Bacteria.
-Different ribosomes
-Different fats in their cell membranes
-Bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls, Archaea do not.
500
In what phylum of fungi is the structure below found?
Zygomycota (sac fungi) - the picture is showing sporangium which contains sporangiospores.
500
In the NHL, the Conn Smythe trophy is awarded to the most valuable player in the playoffs. Name any player that won the Conn Smythe since 2020.
-Andrei Vasilevskiy
-Victor Hedman
-Cale Makar
-Jonathan Marchessault
-Connor McDavid :(
-Sam Bennett