NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
, Nester's42Microbiology:42A42Human42Perspective4210th42Edition42by42Denise42Anderson,42S
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TRUE/FALSE42-42Write42'T'42if42the42statement42is42true42and42'F'42if42the42statement42is42false.
1) Spontaneous42generation42refers42to42the42idea42that42organisms42came42from42other42organis
ms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The42human42body42only42contains42bacteria42during42illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Bacteria42and42eukarya42both42contain42membrane-bound42organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The42scientific42name42of42an42organism42indicates42its42domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Viroids42are42naked42(lacking42a42protein42shell)42pieces42of42RNA42that42infect42plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Viruses42simultaneously42contain42DNA,42RNA,42and42protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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7) Viruses,42viroids,42and42prions42are42obligate42intracellular42agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Viruses42and42bacteria42are42both42unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An42organism42is42categorized42in42a42domain42according42to42its42cell42size.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Archaea42are42very42similar42to42bacteria42and42have42rigid42cell42walls42made42of42peptidogly
can.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Thiomargarita42namibiensis42cannot42be42a42eukaryote42because42it42is42only42142mm42in42wi
dth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE42zCHOICE42z-
42zChoose42zthe42zone42zalternative42zthat42zbest42zcompletes42zthe42zstatement42zor42zanswers42zthe
42zquestion.
12) The42zscientist42zusually42zcredited42zwith42zseeing42zthe42zfirst42zmicroorganisms,42zw
hich42zhe42zcalled42z"animalcules",42zwas42z .
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A) Redi
B) van42zLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The42zword42z"animalcule"42zwas42zfirst42zused42zby42z .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van42zLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The42zidea42zof42zspontaneous42zgeneration42zpostulated42zthat
A) organisms42zcould42zevolve42zinto42zthe42znext42zgeneration42zof42zorganisms.
B) organisms42zcould42zspontaneously42zturn42zinto42zother42ztypes42zof42zorganisms.
C) living42zorganisms42zcould42zspontaneously42zarise42zfrom42znon-living42zmaterial.
D) living42zorganisms42zcould42zspontaneously42zarise42zfrom42zother42zliving42zorganisms.
E) living42zorganisms42zmust42zcontain42zat42zleast42zten42zcells.
15) Which42zof42zthese42zscientists42zwere42zinvolved42zin42zinvestigating42zthe42z
idea42zof42zspontaneous42zgeneration?
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