Random intro facts

Question 1

What is one category of animal parasites that are multicellular?

Answer 1

Helminths

Question 2

(True or False) Multicellular animal parasites such as helminths are not technically microorganisms but are included in the field of microbiology because of their medical importance.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Viruses are incredibly tiny microbes which can only be viewed using what type of microscope?

Answer 3

Electron Microscope

Question 4

What are the 2 classifications of viruses?

Answer 4

Capsid and Enveloped

Question 5

All viruses have a capsid. What is a capsid?

Answer 5

A highly structured protein coat that surrounds the DNA or RNA coat of the virus

Question 6

Enveloped viruses have an additional layer over the capsid, what is it made of and where does it come from?

Answer 6

It is a lipid membrane that is usually taken from a host cell

Question 7

Viruses are technically not a living organism. What two factors determine this?

Answer 7

1. Don’t carry out metabolic reactions
2. Completely reliant on a host cells machinery to reproduce

Question 8

In 1978 Carl Woese devised a system of classification of microbes. What is this system based on?

Answer 8

Cell structure

Question 9

Study of fungus

Answer 9

Mycology

Question 10

The study of parasites and protozoa

Answer 10

Parasitology

Question 11

Study of viruses

Answer 11

Virology

Question 12

The field of genetic engineering

Answer 12

Recombinant DNA technology

Question 13

The study of disease spread

Answer 13

Epidemiology