Test 1

Question 1

expensive ascomycetes

Answer 1

truffles

Question 2

a virus that attacks bacteria

Answer 2

bacteriophage

Question 3

a ciliated protozoa

Answer 3

paramecium

Question 4

may be an ‘extremophile’

Answer 4

archaea

Question 5

have silica tests

Answer 5

radiolarians

Question 6

an infectious protein

Answer 6

prion

Question 7

made of hyphae

Answer 7

mycelium

Question 8

African trypanosomiasis

Answer 8

sleeping sickness

Question 9

‘invented’ binomial nomenclature

Answer 9

Carl von Linnea

Question 10

killed millions world-wide in 1918-1919

Answer 10

Pandemic Influenza

Question 11

have membrane-bound organelles

Answer 11

eukaryote

Question 12

fungal reproductive structure

Answer 12

mushroom

Question 13

virus that can cause AIDS to develop

Answer 13

HIV

Question 14

single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

Answer 14

prokaryote

Question 15

first to produce O2 from photosynthesis

Answer 15

cyanobacteria

Question 16

(T/F) Bacteria are always anaerobic.

Answer 16

false

Question 17

(T/F) Improper wound care can lead to gas gangrene.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

(T/F) Malaria is an example of a disease with a complicated life cycle.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

(T/F) Euglenoids are simultaneously both heterotrophs and autotrophs.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

(T/F) Consuming safe drinking water is an important way to prevent cholera.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

(T/F) Taxonomy is the art of ‘stuffing’ dead animals.

Answer 21

false

Question 22

(T/F) If a physician tells you to keep a wound clean and dry, you should probably do as they suggest.

Answer 22

true

Question 23

(T/F) Sampling cannibalistic meals while on vacation visiting tripes in Papua New Guinea is a good idea.

Answer 23

false

Question 24

(T/F) Viruses come in a variety of shapes, including some that look like ‘space-ships’.

Answer 24

true

Question 25

(T/F) Once Pasteur discovered bacteria could cause disease, great advancements in medicine quickly followed.

Answer 25

true

Question 26

(T/F) Anaerobic bacteria thrive in the presence of oxygen.

Answer 26

false

Question 27

(T/F) In vertical gene transfer, 2 bacteria may transfer DNA via a sex pilus.

Answer 27

false

Question 28

(T/F) Archaea often cause human disease.

Answer 28

false

Question 29

(T/F) Endosymbiosis theory suggests that mitochondria were once free-living organisms.

Answer 29

true

Question 30

(T/F) It is always easy to tell the difference between edible and toxic mushrooms.

Answer 30

false

Question 31

Which of the following is the largest?

HIV (the virus that leads to AIDS) // RNA molecule // a single E. coli bacterium cell // an amoeba // a prion

Answer 31

a single E. coli bacterium cell

Question 32

Viruses have which of the following?

cytoplasm // nucleus // ribosomes // DNA or RNA // all of the above // none of the above

Answer 32

DNA or RNA

Question 33

Which of these is not a commonly found bacteria shape?

bacillus // coccus // spirillum // amoeboid

Answer 33

amoeboid

Question 34

In binomial nomenclature, the most specific level is the ___.

Answer 34

species

Question 35

Heterotrophic bacteria get carbon from ___.

Answer 35

organic sources

Question 36

Protozoa are defined as eukaryotes that are NOT what 3 things?

Answer 36

a plant, fungus, or animal

Question 37

Give an example of a disease caused by a virus.

Answer 37

influenza

Question 38

Give an example of a disease caused by bacteria.

Answer 38

cholera

Question 39

Of the diseases or conditions we discussed in class, which is the one you would LEAST like to personally experience?

Answer 39

kuru