Microbiology Exam 1 (Chapters 1-6)
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Microbiology - Correct Answer study of microbes
Microbes - Correct Answer forms of life too small to see with the naked eye
Microbiology examines how - Correct Answer microbes interact with humans, food, and how they can
be used by humans
Basis for life - Correct Answer Metabolism, growth, reproduction, genetic variation/evolution,
response/adaptation to the external environment, homeostasis
4 Major macromolecules - Correct Answer Polypeptides, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides
Polypeptides (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Amino acids; enzymes, structure
Nucleic Acids (subunits and function) - Correct Answer DNA/RNA; information/produce polypeptides,
structural, catalytic
Lipids (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Diverse structures; structural
Polysaccharides (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Sugars; structure and energy storage
Most important function of enzymes - Correct Answer catalyze chemical reactions
Virus are or are not alive? - Correct Answer are NOT
Ribozymes - Correct Answer combination of RNA and enzymes
, Micelle - Correct Answer Single lipid layer; early form of a plasma membrane
Endosymbiotic Theory - Correct Answer primitive prokaryotic microbes ingested other microbes, starting
a symbiotic relationship, forming the first basic eukaryotes.
Heterotroph - Correct Answer ingests preformed organic molecules
Autotroph - Correct Answer produces organic molecules
Fermintation (O2 and energy-wise) - Correct Answer doesn't need O2
doesn't yield much energy
Aerobic Respiration (O2 and energy-wise) - Correct Answer requires O2
yields A LOT of energy
Who developed the first compound light microscope, first to observe cells, and published findings in
1665? - Correct Answer Robert Hooke
Who was the "Father of Microbiology"? - Correct Answer Anton van Leewenhoek
Who improved the microscope to observe single celled organisms? - Correct Answer Anton van
Leewenhoek
Spontaneous Generation Theory - Correct Answer people believed that microbes could spontaneously
form as life form nonliving matter
Who showed that meat had to be exposed to flies for maggots to appear? - Correct Answer Francesco
Redi (1626-1697)
Who showed that a sealed flask of sterile meat did not produce microbes? - Correct Answer Lazzaro
Spallanzani (1729-1799)
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Microbiology - Correct Answer study of microbes
Microbes - Correct Answer forms of life too small to see with the naked eye
Microbiology examines how - Correct Answer microbes interact with humans, food, and how they can
be used by humans
Basis for life - Correct Answer Metabolism, growth, reproduction, genetic variation/evolution,
response/adaptation to the external environment, homeostasis
4 Major macromolecules - Correct Answer Polypeptides, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides
Polypeptides (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Amino acids; enzymes, structure
Nucleic Acids (subunits and function) - Correct Answer DNA/RNA; information/produce polypeptides,
structural, catalytic
Lipids (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Diverse structures; structural
Polysaccharides (subunits and function) - Correct Answer Sugars; structure and energy storage
Most important function of enzymes - Correct Answer catalyze chemical reactions
Virus are or are not alive? - Correct Answer are NOT
Ribozymes - Correct Answer combination of RNA and enzymes
, Micelle - Correct Answer Single lipid layer; early form of a plasma membrane
Endosymbiotic Theory - Correct Answer primitive prokaryotic microbes ingested other microbes, starting
a symbiotic relationship, forming the first basic eukaryotes.
Heterotroph - Correct Answer ingests preformed organic molecules
Autotroph - Correct Answer produces organic molecules
Fermintation (O2 and energy-wise) - Correct Answer doesn't need O2
doesn't yield much energy
Aerobic Respiration (O2 and energy-wise) - Correct Answer requires O2
yields A LOT of energy
Who developed the first compound light microscope, first to observe cells, and published findings in
1665? - Correct Answer Robert Hooke
Who was the "Father of Microbiology"? - Correct Answer Anton van Leewenhoek
Who improved the microscope to observe single celled organisms? - Correct Answer Anton van
Leewenhoek
Spontaneous Generation Theory - Correct Answer people believed that microbes could spontaneously
form as life form nonliving matter
Who showed that meat had to be exposed to flies for maggots to appear? - Correct Answer Francesco
Redi (1626-1697)
Who showed that a sealed flask of sterile meat did not produce microbes? - Correct Answer Lazzaro
Spallanzani (1729-1799)
