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Chapter7j17jThe7jMicrobial7jWorld
1.1 Multiple7jChoice7jQuestions
1) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jstatements7jis7jFALSE?
A) Microbial7jcells7jcan7jexist7jas7jsingle7jcells.
B) Microbial7jcells7jcarry7jout7jtheir7jlife7jprocesses7jof7jgrowth7jindependently.
C) Microbial7jcells7jinclude7jboth7jbacteria7jand7jviruses.
D) Microbial7jcells7jare7jsurrounded7jby7ja7jplasma7jmembrane.
2) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jstatements7jis7jcorrect?
A) Microorganisms7jare7jsignificant7jcontributors7jto7jthe7jtotal7jbiomass7jon7jEarth.
B) Microorganisms7jrepresent7ja7jmuch7jsmaller7jamount7jof7jEarth’s7jbiomass7jthan7jplants.
C) Microorganisms7jrepresent7ja7jmuch7jsmaller7jamount7jof7jEarth’s7jbiomass7jthan7janimals.
D) Microorganisms7jare7jsignificant7jin7jnumber,7jbut7jnot7jin7joverall7jbiomass.
3) Differential7jselection7jand7jreproduction7jof7jphenotypes7joccurs7jduring7ja7jprocess7jcalled
A) cellular7jdifferentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In7jwhat/which7jdomain(s)7jof7jlife7jis/are7jmicroorganisms7jrepresented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea,7jBacteria,7jand7jEukarya
5)
Biological7jcatalysts7jinvolved7jin7jthe7jacceleration7jof7jthe7jrate7jof7jchemical7jreactions7jar
e7jcalled
A) catalytic7jconverters.
B) growth7jagents.
C) evolutionary7jmolecules.
D) enzymes.
6) Regarding7jearly7jlife7jon7jEarth
A) microbial7jlife7jexisted7jfor7jbillions7jof7jyears7jbefore7jplant7jand7janimal7jlife.
B)
microbial7jlife7jexisted7jlong7jbefore7janimals7jbut7jhas7jbeen7jaround7jfor7jabout7jthe7jsame7j
amount7jof7jtime7jas7jplants.
C) microbial7jlife,7jplant7jlife,7jand7janimal7jlife7jall7jappeared7jat7jabout7jthe7jsame7jtime.
D) it7jis7jimpossible7jto7jdetermine7jwhich7jtype7jof7jlife7jfirst7jappeared.
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7) The7jperson7jwho7jdescribed7jthe7j“wee7janimalcules”7jwas
A) Robert7jHooke.
B) Antoni7jvan7jLeeuwenhoek.
C) Louis7jPasteur.
D) Ferdinand7jCohn.
Chapter7jSection:7j1.5
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8) Walther7jHesse7jand7j pioneered7jthe7juse7jof7jagar7jas7ja7jsolidifying7jagent.
A) Louis7jPasteur
B) Ferdinand7jCohn
C) Robert7jKoch
D) Sergei7jWinogradsky
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9) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jis/are7jcharacteristic7jof7jall7jcellular7jorganisms?
A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication,7jevolution,7jand7jmotility
10) Deduce7jwhy7jviruses7jare7jexcluded7jfrom7jthe7jribosomal7jRNA—based7jtree7jof7jlife.
A) Some7jviruses7jcontain7jmultiple7jstrands7jof7jRNA.
B) Their7jgenetic7jelements7jcannot7jbe7jsequenced.
C) They7jcan7jinfect7jother7jorganisms,7jwhich7jcomplicates7jthe7jgenetic7jcomparisons.
D) They7jlack7jribosomal7jRNA7j(rRNA).
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11) Louis7jPasteur7jdeveloped7jthe7jvaccine(s)7jfor
A) anthrax7jonly.
B) fowl7jcholera7jonly.
C) rabies7jonly.
D) anthrax,7jfowl7jcholera,7jand7jrabies.
Chapter7jSection:7j1.9
12) The7jdiscovery7jof7jantibiotics7jand7jother7jimportant7jchemicals7jled7jto7jthe7jfield7jof
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A) industrial7jmicrobiology.
B) agricultural7jmicrobiology.
C) marine7jmicrobiology.
D) aquatic7jmicrobiology.
13) Microbial7jsterilization7jis7jused7jto
A) decrease7jthe7jpossibility7jof7jcontaminants7jgrowing7jin7ja7jculture.
B) kill7jbacteria7jbut7jnot7jnecessarily7jviruses7jor7jother7jmicrobes.
C) kill7jall7jmicrobes7jin7jor7jon7jobjects.
D) clean7ja7jwork7jarea.
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Chapter7jSection:7j1.9
14) Transparent7jdouble-
sided7jdishes7jused7jfor7jgrowing7jmicrobes7jare7jmost7jcommonly7jcalled
A) Petri7jdishes.
B) baker7jdishes.
C) sterilization7jplates.
D) culture7jmedium7jplates.
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15) Microbes7jplaying7ja7jrole7jin7jnitrogen7jfixation7jin7jplants7jlive7jin7j
,7jwhile7jthose7jplaying7ja7jrole7jin7jthe7jdigestive7jtract7jof7jcertain7jherbivores7jlive7jin7j
.
A) rumens7j/7jnodules
B) nodules7j/7jrumens
C) nodules7j/7jfortrans
D) fortrans7j/7jrumens
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