Unit 1: Introductions

Question 1

The study of microbes. It includes the study of certain nonliving entities as well as living organisms

Answer 1

Microbiology

Question 2

What is the collective term for both these nonliving and living entities?

Answer 2

Microbes

Question 3

What does ‘micro’ mean?

Answer 3

Very small / Anything that is so small that it can only be seen with a microscope

Question 4

Microbes are said to be virtually everywhere, therefore they are _______

Answer 4

Ubiquitous

Question 5

What are the categories of microbes?

Answer 5

Prokaryotes 
Bacteria
Viruses
Algae
Eukaryotes
Fungi
Protozoa

Question 6

Tiny living things that are found all around us

Too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Answer 6

Microbes

Question 7

Unicellular organisms that lack organelles or other internal membrane-bound structures

Answer 7

Prokaryotes

Question 8

A type of biological cell that constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms.
The first life forms to appear on earth

Answer 8

Bacteria

Question 9

A submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism

Answer 9

Virus

Question 10

A diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis
A single or multi-cellular organism that has no roots, stems, or leaves, and is often found in water

Answer 10

Algae

Question 11

Organisms whose cells have a nucleus within a nuclear envelope

Answer 11

Eukaryotes

Question 12

Any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds and familiar mushrooms

Answer 12

Fungi

Question 13

Term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes which feed on organic matter (microorganisms/organic tissues and debris)

Answer 13

Protozoa