Introduction

Question 1

Study of small living things that are individually too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Answer 1

Microbiology

Question 2

Microorganisms are also called _____ & _______.

Answer 2

microbes and germs

Question 3

Study of parasites, their hosts and the relationship between them.

Answer 3

Parasitology

Question 4

Eliminating germs on hands

Answer 4

Handwashing

Question 5

Organisms that feed off the hosts without contributing anything.

Answer 5

Parasites

Question 6

Two major categories of Microbes

Answer 6

1. Acellular infectious organism
2. Cellular-Microorganims
   (prokaryotes and eukaryotes)

Question 7

Study of bacteria

Answer 7

Bacteriology

Question 8

Study of viruses and viral diseases

Answer 8

Virology

Question 9

Study of fungi and their genetic make up

Answer 9

Mycology

Question 10

Study of protozoas; branch of zoology

Answer 10

Protozoology

Question 11

Microbes that live on and in the human body. These are beneficial for the body.

Answer 11

Indigenous Microbiota/ Transient Microbes

Question 12

Where can we find transient microbes?(3 pts.)

Answer 12

1. Skin
2. Mouth
3. Intestinal tract

Question 13

Do not cause disease under ordinary conditions but have the potential to cause a disease should the opportunity present itself.

Answer 13

Opportunistic pathogens

Question 14

Disease causing microbes are called _______.

Answer 14

pathogens

Question 15

Microbes that do not cause diseases are called ________.

Answer 15

non-pathogens

Question 16

Capable to cause a disease

Answer 16

Pathogenicity

Question 17

Where can we find E-coli?

Answer 17

intestinal tract

Question 18

Escherichia Coli does not cause any harm as long as it stays in the intestinal tract but it can cause disease if it gains access to the _______, __________, and ________.

Answer 18

urinary bladder, blood stream, or wound

Question 19

Other opportunistic infection strikes when a person becomes;

Answer 19

1. rundown/weak
2. stressed out
3. debilitated

Question 20

How do microbes produce oxygen?

Answer 20

by the process of Photosynthesis

Question 21

______ and _______(a group of photosynthetic bacteria) produce oxygen

Answer 21

Algae and cyanobacteria

Question 22

Organisms that live on dead or decaying organic matter are referred to as ______ or _________.

Answer 22

Decomposers or saprophytes

Question 23

Microbes can be used, genetically engineered microbes to clean up. This method is called _________.

Answer 23

Bioremediation

Question 24

Study of the relationship of microbes and the environment.

Answer 24

Microbial ecology

Question 25

Tiny marine plants and algae are called _______.

Answer 25

phytoplanktons

Question 26

Tiny marine animals are called _______.

Answer 26

zooplanktons

Question 27

______ and ________ serve as food for tiny animals, then larger animals eat the smaller creatures and so on.

Answer 27

Algae and Bacteria

Question 28

Many microbes are involved in _______ cycles such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and phosphorous cycle.

Answer 28

elemental

Question 29

Insect that have cellulose eating protozoa in the intestinal tract.

Answer 29

Termites

Question 30

Some _______ and ______ produce antibiotics that are used to treat patients with infectious diseases.

Answer 30

bacteria and fungi

Question 31

______ is a substance produced by a microbe that is effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of other microbes.

Answer 31

Antibiotics

Question 32

Many microbes are involved in _______ of dead organisms and _______ of living organisms.

Answer 32

decomposition

waste products

Question 33

Decomposers aid in fertilization by returning inorganic nutrients to the _____.
They break down dead and dying organic material (plants and animals) into ______, _______ and other chemicals necessary for growth of plants.

Answer 33

soil

nitrates, phosphates

Question 34

Some microbes are capable of decomposing ____________ (oil spills).

Answer 34

industrial wastes

Question 35

E-coli produce _______ and ______ which are absorbed and used by the human body.

Answer 35

Vit K and Vit. B1 (Thiamine)