BIO205 Rio Salado Lesson 1 Questions With Complete
Solutions
Pathogenic - ANSWER Causing or able to cause disease
Bacterium - ANSWER a microscopic prokaryote; relatively simple, single celled (unicellular)
organisms
Genus - ANSWER Capitalized first name for a living organizm; Italicized
Specific Epithet - ANSWER Second name for a living organizm; italicized; Class
Normal Microbiota - ANSWER microbes that maintain normal health of the body by protection
or break down of nutrients the body needs.
bacillus bacteria - ANSWER rod shaped
coccus bacteria - ANSWER Spherical /round shaped
spiral bacteria - ANSWER corkscrew or curved
archaea - ANSWER prokaryotes; Most do not have cell walls, but those that do have cells walls
lack peptidoglycan; like extreme environments
fungi - ANSWER eukaryotic; distinct nucleus containing DNA; Molds
, Protozoa - ANSWER Eukaryotic; Unicellular; Superficially animal like; parasites
Algae - ANSWER Eukaryotic cells the obtain nourishment through Photosynthesis; Composed of
cellulose and produce oxygen and carbs used by other organisms
Viruses - ANSWER noncellular entities that are parasites to cells; structurally simple, hard to kill,
and particals of nucleic acid (RNA/DNA); smaller than bacteria
prions - ANSWER Infectious; exclusively made of protein
Three basic Domains - ANSWER Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Eukarya - ANSWER Protists, Fungi, Plants, and animals
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - ANSWER First to observe live microorganisms using a microscope;
Spontainious gereation - ANSWER the hypothetical process of life spontaneous arrival of life
from nonliving matter
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER French Chemist that discovered pasteurization and fermentation
through heat; coined the term vaccine
aseptic technique - ANSWER Pasteur Techniques that prevent contamination by unwanted
organisms
Rudolf Virchow - ANSWER Challenged Spontaneous Generation with the concept of biogenesis
which Pasteur later offered proof
Solutions
Pathogenic - ANSWER Causing or able to cause disease
Bacterium - ANSWER a microscopic prokaryote; relatively simple, single celled (unicellular)
organisms
Genus - ANSWER Capitalized first name for a living organizm; Italicized
Specific Epithet - ANSWER Second name for a living organizm; italicized; Class
Normal Microbiota - ANSWER microbes that maintain normal health of the body by protection
or break down of nutrients the body needs.
bacillus bacteria - ANSWER rod shaped
coccus bacteria - ANSWER Spherical /round shaped
spiral bacteria - ANSWER corkscrew or curved
archaea - ANSWER prokaryotes; Most do not have cell walls, but those that do have cells walls
lack peptidoglycan; like extreme environments
fungi - ANSWER eukaryotic; distinct nucleus containing DNA; Molds
, Protozoa - ANSWER Eukaryotic; Unicellular; Superficially animal like; parasites
Algae - ANSWER Eukaryotic cells the obtain nourishment through Photosynthesis; Composed of
cellulose and produce oxygen and carbs used by other organisms
Viruses - ANSWER noncellular entities that are parasites to cells; structurally simple, hard to kill,
and particals of nucleic acid (RNA/DNA); smaller than bacteria
prions - ANSWER Infectious; exclusively made of protein
Three basic Domains - ANSWER Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Eukarya - ANSWER Protists, Fungi, Plants, and animals
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - ANSWER First to observe live microorganisms using a microscope;
Spontainious gereation - ANSWER the hypothetical process of life spontaneous arrival of life
from nonliving matter
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER French Chemist that discovered pasteurization and fermentation
through heat; coined the term vaccine
aseptic technique - ANSWER Pasteur Techniques that prevent contamination by unwanted
organisms
Rudolf Virchow - ANSWER Challenged Spontaneous Generation with the concept of biogenesis
which Pasteur later offered proof
