Test Infectious Disease Corrections Flashcards
What bacteria killing fungus did Fleming isolate in his 1928 experiment?
Penicillium 6
Why is Anton van Leeuwenhoek considered the father of microscopy?
He was one of the first to invent the microscope. 11
What is always true of two organisms in the same taxonomic class.
They have certain physical features in common. 13
Organisms that cause ringworm and athletes feet are in the kingdom?
Fungae 10
Which is of the following, is similar to plants, but is not an autotroph and has a cell wall which not made of cellulose but chitin.
Fungi 10
Scientific names are usually given in classical languages, such as Latin and Greek. Which of the following can you infer is a true statement about Classical languages?
They are spoken in the ancient world. 12
The hyphae of fungi are most similar to what parts of plants?
The roots 10
1755 Abigail Adams tried to prevent her family from getting small pox. What pathogen caused small pox?
Virus. 6
Viruses are considered to be non living because they _?
Do not have many of the characteristics of life. 14
Prokaryotic cells are all:
Single celled organisms 8
What is found in the cytoplasm of bacteria cells?
Genetic material 17
Crickets chirp louder when the temperature is low. The stimulus is
Low temperatures 8
All multicellular organisms are
Many celled 8
What is true for tuberculosis bacillus?
Tuberculosis bacilos is contagious 5
All living things are divided ___. Choose the best answer.
Into three domains. 13
