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first exam ch 1-14 Flashcards

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1
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A common medium used in growing fastidious bacteria

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blood agar

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2
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diseases causing microorganism

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pathogen

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3
Q

recycle nutrients by braking down dead matter waste

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decomposers

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4
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micro that do not have a nucleus in their cells

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prokarytic

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5
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All microorganisms are best defined as organisms thats

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are too small to be seen

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6
Q

biotechnology

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humans using yeats to make beer and wine

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7
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unique characteristics viruses have

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lack cell structure

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8
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Dutch merchant did what

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Antonie van Leewenhok

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9
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PAsteur used swan neck flask to prove what?

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dust in air was source of living organisms

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10
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spontaneous degeneration is the belief that

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living thingd arise from nlonliving things

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11
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Koch postulates are criteria to established that

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a specific microbe is caused by a specific diseases

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12
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example of a taxon

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kingdom

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13
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scientifc name
bacteria
Protista
species
Bacillius subitils
bacilli

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D

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14
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taxonomy does not involved

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Koch postulates

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15
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the smallest and most significant taxon is

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species

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16
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the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called

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phylogeny

17
Q

in a single cell eucryotic without a cell wall will be classified as what?

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protista

18
Q

to find a source of an outbreak is an example of

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epidemiology

19
Q

Helminths are

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parasitic worms

20
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All of the following pertain to photosynthesis, except A. it occurs only in members of the kingdom Plantae. B. carbon dioxide is converted to organic material. C. it contributes to the oxygen content in the atmosphere. D. it is fueled by light. E. it is important to each ecosystem’s flow of energy and food.

A
21
Q

Organisms called parasites are

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ways harmful to their host

22
Q

The surgeon who advocated using disinfectants on hands and in the air prior to surgery was

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joseph lister

23
Q

Which scientist showed that anthrax was caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis?

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koch

24
Q

Select the correct descending taxonomic hierarchy (left to right)

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family
genus
species

25
Q

When assigning a scientific name to an organism,

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both genus and species names are italicized or underlined.

26
Q

The scientist/s that proposed assigning organisms to one of three domains is/are

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Carl Woese and George Fox.

27
Q

. In Whittaker’s system, the protozoa and algae are classified in the kingdom

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. B. Protista.

28
Q

Which kingdom does not contain any eukaryotes?

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Monera

29
Q

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?

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malaria

30
Q

All of the following are correct about prokaryotes, except A. they are smaller than eukaryotes.
B. they lack a nucleus.
C. they are less complex than eukaryotes.
D. they have organelles.
E. they are found nearly everywhere

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D

31
Q

Which scientist discovered heat resistant bacterial spores?

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Ferdinand Cohn

32
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Which of the following is the correct way to type the scientific name of this bacterium?
Staph Aureus
B. Staphylococcus Aureus
C. Staphylococcus aureus
D. Staphylococcus Aureus
E. S. Aureus

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c

33
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When microbes are introduced into the environment to restore stability, the process is called

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bioremediation

34
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Which of the following diseases probably involves microbial infection? A. gastric ulcers B. female infertility C. coronary artery disease D. cervical cancer E. All of the choices are correct.

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E

35
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Opportunistic Microorganisms

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requirea a special opportunity to produce disease

36
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DIFFRENCE BTWN Oppotunistic microorganisms and true pathogens

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OM: produce variety of problems
2.common organism
3, causes secondary infections
TP: produce ONE specific disease
2. not so common
3. causes primary infevtionn

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