first exam ch 1-14

Question 1

A common medium used in growing fastidious bacteria

Answer 1

blood agar

Question 2

diseases causing microorganism

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pathogen

Question 3

recycle nutrients by braking down dead matter waste

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decomposers

Question 4

micro that do not have a nucleus in their cells

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prokarytic

Question 5

All microorganisms are best defined as organisms thats

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are too small to be seen

Question 6

biotechnology

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humans using yeats to make beer and wine

Question 7

unique characteristics viruses have

Answer 7

lack cell structure

Question 8

Dutch merchant did what

Answer 8

Antonie van Leewenhok

Question 9

PAsteur used swan neck flask to prove what?

Answer 9

dust in air was source of living organisms

Question 10

spontaneous degeneration is the belief that

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living thingd arise from nlonliving things

Question 11

Koch postulates are criteria to established that

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a specific microbe is caused by a specific diseases

Question 12

example of a taxon

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kingdom

Question 13

scientifc name
bacteria
Protista
species
Bacillius subitils
bacilli

Answer 13

D

Question 14

taxonomy does not involved

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Koch postulates

Question 15

the smallest and most significant taxon is

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species

Question 16

the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called

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phylogeny

Question 17

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

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protista

Question 18

to find a source of an outbreak is an example of

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epidemiology

Question 19

Helminths are

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parasitic worms

Question 20

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.

Question 21

Organisms called parasites are

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ways harmful to their host

Question 22

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

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joseph lister

Question 23

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

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koch

Question 24

Select the correct descending taxonomic hierarchy (left to right)

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family
genus
species

Question 25

When assigning a scientific name to an organism,

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both genus and species names are italicized or underlined.

Question 26

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

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Carl Woese and George Fox.

Question 27

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

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. B. Protista.

Question 28

Which kingdom does not contain any eukaryotes?

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Monera

Question 29

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?

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malaria

Question 30

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

Question 31

Which scientist discovered heat resistant bacterial spores?

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Ferdinand Cohn

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

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bioremediation

Question 34

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

Question 35

Opportunistic Microorganisms

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requirea a special opportunity to produce disease

Question 36

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