1. Introduction to Microbiology

Question 1

What are the six effective learning strategies?

Answer 1

spaced practice
interleaving
elaboration
concrete examples
visuals
retrieval

Question 2

What makes a source reliable?

Answer 2

Peer reviewed

Question 3

What are the four reasons microorganisms are important to life on earth?

Answer 3

1. earliest organism found in fossil record
2. perform essential reactions in the environment
3. harnessed to do work for us
4. cause disease

Question 4

What are the three life domains?

Answer 4

bacteria, archaea, eukarya

Question 5

What two domains fall under prokaryotes?

Answer 5

bacteria and archaea

Question 6

What three kingdoms fall under eukaryotes?

Answer 6

Protista, fungi and animals

Question 7

What two organisms are in the kingdom protista?

Answer 7

protists and algae

Question 8

What organisms falls under the kingdom animal?

Answer 8

helminths

Question 9

Define acellular

Answer 9

exist without a cell

Question 10

What are two examples of non-living microorganisms?

Answer 10

viruses and prions

Question 11

What are prions?

Answer 11

infectious proteins

Question 12

Is there a domain without microorganisms?

Answer 12

no

Question 13

What two names does nomenclature consist of?

Answer 13

genus and species

Question 14

How is the nomenclature written?

Answer 14

italics with genus capitalized