Mr. Miller
Wild Card
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
100
What is my first name?
Jakob
100
What are the 6 kingdoms of life?
archaea, eubacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
100
Are protists considered more complex or less complex than animals?
less complex
100
describe 3 characteristics of kingdom fungi
eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, sessile, etc.
100
list at least 3 characteristics of kingdom plantae
sessile, eukaryotic, multicellular, autotrophic, etc.
200
What is my favorite kingdom that we have talked about?
Fungi
200
List the 8 taxonomic categories in order from broadest to most specific
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
200
give one example of a protozoan?
amoeba
200
Describe how myccorhizal fungi help plants
myccorhizal fungi interact with plant roots and increase their surface area which allows for greater nutrient uptake
200
Angiosperms have both male and female parts. What are the male parts, and what are the female parts?
anther/filament/stamen = male
pistil/ovary/ovule/style/ etc. = female
300
What is my wife's name?
Caitlin
300
Why do scientists use binomial nomenclature?
This allows us to have distinct names for organisms that are universal and not region or language specific.
300
What is the name of the locomotive structure used by protozoan?
pseudopod
300
List at least two of the phyla that belong to kingdom fungi that we have discussed.
basidiomycota, ascomycota, zygomycota, chytridiomycota
300
what is the formula for photosynthesis?
6C6 + H12 + 6O6 = C6H12O6 + 6CO2
400
What is my favorite movie? I will accept any of my top 5 favorite movies as the correct answer for this.
A lot of answers
400
Explain why a virus is considered non-living
it does not meet all 8 characteristics of life
400
Algal Blooms can be relatively disastrous to local ecosystems. Describe why the algal bloom happens in the first place?
eutrophication allows the algae to grow due to excess nutrients
400
How do fungi reproduce?
Primarily through spores, but will accept budding, and fermentation.
400
Describe the type of relationship that mycellial fungi and plant roots have.
mutualistic relationship
500
How do I order my waffle house hashbrowns?
Smothered, covered, and chunked
500
Describe what eutrophication is and how it influences waterways and the organisms that live there.
Eutrophication is excess nutrients in an area, often-times man made, that causes some kind of negative consequence such as algal blooms.
500
Protists can be plant-like, animal-like, and fungi-like. What are these protists called?
protozoans, algaes, and molds
500
What is the name for a complex, single organism formed from a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and an alga
lichen
500
Describe the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis is terms of its reactants and products. In other words, what does it use, and what does it make?
it uses light and water to make nadph and atp