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MICROORGANISM
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16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL
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Chapter 1 ,f , f , f The Microbial World ,f ,f




1.1 Multiple Choice Questions ,f ,f




1) Which of the following statements isFALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells. ,f ,f , f , f ,f , f




B) Microbialcellscarry out theirlife processesofgrowth independently. f, f, ,f iu f, ,f ,f f, ,f




C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses. ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f




D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane. ,f , f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f




2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth. ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f




B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants. ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f




C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals. ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f




D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass. ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f f, ,f ,f ,f




3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs duringa process called ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f , f f, ,f ,f




A) cellulardifferentiation. f,




B) evolution.
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4) In what/which domain(s) oflife is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
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D) Archaea,Bacteria, and Eukarya f, ,f ,f




5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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A) catalytic converters. ,f




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D) enzymes.

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A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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,7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
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C) Louis Pasteur. ,f




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8) Walther Hesse and ,f , f pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent. , f , f , f , f , f , f , f , f




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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life. ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f




A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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B) Their genetic elements cannot be sequenced.
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C) They can infect other organisms, which complicates the genetic comparisons.
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D) They lack ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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13) Microbial sterilization is used to ,f ,f ,f , f




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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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15) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen fixation in plants live in , while those playing a role in the digestive tract
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16) Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Louis Pasteur?
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A) determined that the alcohol-making process was mediated by microbial fermentation and thus refuted the ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f , f




theory ofspontaneous generation
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B) developed enrichment culture techniques , f iu , f




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D) developed the first rabies vaccine and treated thousands of individuals ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f




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17) The theory of spontaneous generation was refuted by the work of
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18) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
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B) double neck so two substances may be added at the same time.
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C) secondary opening at the base to allow for drainage. , f ,f , f ,f , f ,f , f ,f




D) inverted upper edge toprevent spillage while swirling. ,f ,f ,f f, ,f ,f ,f




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19) Predict how Pasteur’s conclusions on spontaneous generation with swan flasks would have changed if he
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worked with andmaintained the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood.
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A) Sterilization of the swan flask solutions would not have been necessary to reject spontaneous generation. If he did , f , f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f ,f , f ,f ,f ,f ,f




sterilizethe flasks, the spontaneous generation hypothesis would have been supported.
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B) His incubation times would not have been sufficient to refute spontaneous generation.
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C) Pasteur’s flasksnever would have putrefied, and the experiment would nothave refuted spontaneous generation.
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D) Viruses would have still been present, and his conclusion would have been unchanged.
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