Chapter 1 - An Invisible World

Question 1

Which group contains eukaryotic microorganisms?

Answer 1

Algae

Question 2

Which of the following scientific names is formatted correctly?

• Staphylococcus aureus*
• staphylococcus aureus*
• Staphylococcus Aureus*
• e. coli*

**: Words are in italics

Answer 2

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 3

A nanometer is:

Answer 3

10^-9m

Question 4

The first person to demonstrate that microorganisms caused fermentation was:

Answer 4

Pasteur

Question 5

The study of bacteria is known as ___________________.

Answer 5

bacteriology

Question 6

The study of fungi is

Answer 6

mycology

Question 7

Name a group that contains prokaryotic microorganisms.

Answer 7

Archaea

Question 8

Which of the following is not true about scientific nomenclature?

Answer 8

Genus names can be abbreviated by an initial on first use.

Question 9

Organisms that have membrane-bound nuclei in their cells are called

Answer 9

Eukaryotes

Question 10

Organisms that do NOT have membrane-bound nuclei in their cells are called

Answer 10

prokaryotes

Question 11

Evolutionary relationships are called

Answer 11

phylogenies

Question 12

Unicellular prokaryotic organisms

Answer 12

Archaea

Question 13

Pathogens

Answer 13

cause disease in humans and other animals

Question 14

An informal grouping of eukaryotes that are not plants, animals or fungi

Answer 14

protists

Question 15

Protists that can be unicellular or multicellular and vary widely in size, appearance, and habitat

Answer 15

algae

Question 16

Protists that make up the backbone of many food webs by providing nutrients for other organisms

Answer 16

protozoa

Question 17

eukaryotes that are not photosynthetic and their cell walls are made of chitin rather than cellulose

Answer 17

fungi

Question 18

multicellular organisms made up of long filaments that form visible colonies

Answer 18

molds

Question 19

multicellular parastic worms - are not techncally microrganisms, as most are large enough to see without a microscope

Answer 19

helminths

Question 20

acellular organisms that consist of protein and genetic material - either DNA or RNA

Answer 20

virus

Question 21

broad term that encompasses the study of all different types of microorganisms

Answer 21

microbiology

Question 22

study of protozoa

Answer 22

protozoology

Question 23

study of helminths and other parasites

Answer 23

parasitology

Question 24

study of viruses

Answer 24

virology

Question 25

study of the immune system

Answer 25

immunology

Question 26

microscopic fungi include

Answer 26

molds and yeasts

Question 27

Throughout history, humans have used microbes to make

Answer 27

fermented foods such as beer,bread, cheese, and wineq

Question 28

Used a microscope and was the first to actually describe observations of bacteria in 1675

Answer 28

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Question 29

Discovered many new connections between fields of microbiology and medicine during the Golden Age of Microbiology (1857-1914)

Answer 29

Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch

Question 30

Developed taxonomic system for categorizing organisms into related groups

Answer 30

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 31

A way of showing how different organisms are thought to be related to one another from an evolutionary standpoint

Answer 31

phylogenetic tree

Question 32

Robert Whittaker’s tree contained 5 kingdoms

Answer 32

Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi and Monera

Question 33

Bacteria can be identified through

Answer 33

biochemical tests, DNA/RNA analysis and serological testing methods

Question 34

not composed of cells

Answer 34

acellular