Brock Biology of Microorganisms Chapter 1
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cells grown in/on nutrient medium
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medium - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-liquid/solid mixture containing all
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required nutrients |
cell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living compartment that interacts with the
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environment and other cells | | |
cytoplasmic (cell) membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-barrier that
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separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment
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cytoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-aqueous mixture of
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macromolecules, small organics, ions, and ribosomes inside the cell
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ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protein-synthesizing structures
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cell wall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organelle only present in some
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microbes; provides extra protection and strength
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, prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-type of cell: some Bacteria and
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Archaea, have no membrane-enclosed organelles; no nucleus
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organelles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-membrane-enclosed structures
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within a cell
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eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-type of cell: some plants, animals,
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algae, protozoa, fungi; contains organelles; has DNA-enclosed in a
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membrane-bound nucleus |
genome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a cell's full complement of genes
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linear chromosomes (and many more, up to billions of base pairs) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-typical eukaryotic DNA shape
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circular chromosomes that aggregate in the nucleoid region - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-typical prokaryotic DNA shape | | |
plasmids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-extrachromosomal DNA that confers
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special properties (like antibiotic resistance) (found in prokaryotes)
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metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the chemical transformation of
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nutrients
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cells grown in/on nutrient medium
| | | | | | |
medium - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-liquid/solid mixture containing all
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required nutrients |
cell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living compartment that interacts with the
| | | | | | | | |
environment and other cells | | |
cytoplasmic (cell) membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-barrier that
| | | | | | |
separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment
| | | | | | | | |
cytoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-aqueous mixture of
| | | | | |
macromolecules, small organics, ions, and ribosomes inside the cell
| | | | | | | |
ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protein-synthesizing structures
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cell wall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organelle only present in some
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microbes; provides extra protection and strength
| | | | |
, prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-type of cell: some Bacteria and
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Archaea, have no membrane-enclosed organelles; no nucleus
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organelles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-membrane-enclosed structures
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within a cell
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eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-type of cell: some plants, animals,
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algae, protozoa, fungi; contains organelles; has DNA-enclosed in a
| | | | | | | | |
membrane-bound nucleus |
genome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a cell's full complement of genes
| | | | | | | |
linear chromosomes (and many more, up to billions of base pairs) -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-typical eukaryotic DNA shape
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circular chromosomes that aggregate in the nucleoid region - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-typical prokaryotic DNA shape | | |
plasmids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-extrachromosomal DNA that confers
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special properties (like antibiotic resistance) (found in prokaryotes)
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metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the chemical transformation of
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nutrients
