Complete Test Bank Talaros Foundations in Microbiology 11th Edition Chess Questions & Answers with rationales (Chapter 1-27)

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TRUE/FALSE xc- xcWrite xc'T' xcif xcthe xcstatement xcis xctrue xcand xc'F' xcif xcthe xcstatement xcis xcfalse.
1) Members xcof xcthe xcsame xcspecies xcshare xcmany xcmore xccharacteristics xccompared xcto
xcthose xcshared xcby xcmembers xcof xcthe xcsame xckingdom.

⊚ true
⊚ false


2) Viruses xcare x c not xcclassified xcin xcany xcof xcWhittaker's xcfive xckingdoms.

⊚ true
⊚ false


3) Members xcof xcthe xckingdom xcFungi xcare xcphotosynthetic.

⊚ true
⊚ false


4) A xcscientist xcstudying xchelminths xcis xcworking xcwith xcbacteria.

⊚ true
⊚ false


5) The xcfossil xcrecord xchas xcestablished xcthat xcprokaryotes xcexisted xcon xcEarth xcfor
xcapproximately xctwo xcbillion xcyears xcbefore xceukaryotes xcevolved.



⊚ true
⊚ false


6) It xchas xcbeen xcover xc25 xcyears xcsince xca xcnew xcinfectious xcdisease xchas xcemerged xcin xcthe
xcworld.



⊚ true
⊚ false


7) The xcterm xcsterile xcmeans xcfree xcof xcall xclife-forms.


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, ⊚ true
⊚ false


8) All xcmicroorganisms xcare xcparasites.

⊚ true
⊚ false


9) During xca xcscientific xcexperiment, xcthe xccontrol xcgroup xcis xcused xcto xcdirectly xctest xcor
xcmeasure xcthe xcconsequences xcof xca xcvariable xcin xcthe xcstudy.



⊚ true
⊚ false


10) The xcscientific xcmethod xcinvolves xcformulating xca xctentative xcexplanation, xccalled xcthe
xchypothesis, xcto xcaccount xcfor xcwhat xchas xcbeen xcobserved xcor xcmeasured.



⊚ true
⊚ false


11) Once xcan xcorganism xcis xcassigned xcto xca xcparticular xctaxonomic xchierarchy, xcit xcis
xcpermanent xcand xccannot xcbe xcrevised.



⊚ true
⊚ false


12) When xcthe xcresults xcof xcan xcexperiment xcsupport xca xchypothesis, xcthe xchypothesis
xccan xcnow xcbe xcconsidered xca xctheory.



⊚ true
⊚ false


13) The xcnames xcof xcthe xcthree xcproposed xcdomains xcare: xcBacteria, xcProtista, xcEukarya.

⊚ true
⊚ false



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, 14) One xcdistinguishing xccharacteristic xcof xcarchaeais xcthat xcthey xclive xcin xcextreme xcenvironments.

⊚ true
⊚ false


15) Some xcmicroorganisms xccan xcphotosynthesize, xcbut xctheir xcoverall xccontribution xcto
xcEarth's xcatmospheric xcoxygen xcis xcvery xcsmall xcin xccomparison xcto xcplant xcphotosynthesis.



⊚ true
⊚ false


16) Any xcmicroorganism xcon xcor xcin xcthe xchuman xcbody xcis xcconsidered xca xcpathogen.

⊚ true
⊚ false


17) Theories xcare xcsupported xcby xcmore xcevidence xcthan xchypotheses.

⊚ true
⊚ false



MULTIPLE xcCHOICE xc- xcChoose xcthe xcone xcalternative xcthat xcbest xccompletes xcthe xcstatement
xcor xcanswers xcthe xcquestion.

18) Disease-causing xcmicroorganisms xcare xccalled


A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.

C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.



19) The xcmicroorganisms xcthat xcrecycle xcnutrients xcby xcbreaking xcdown xcdead xcmatter xcand
xcwastes xcare xccalled




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