EXAM 1 UTA MICROBIOLOGY
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Microbiology - ANSWERThe study of small organisms
Hippocrates was known as ___? - ANSWERthe father of western medicine
What did Hippocrates believe? - ANSWERdiseases were not caused by supernatural
reason
Leeuwenhoek was known as __? - ANSWERthe father of microbiology
What did Pasteur discover and invent? - ANSWERdiscovered fermentation, invented
pasteurization, vaccines
What did Koch create and develop? - ANSWERcreated a method for connecting
pathogens with a specific disease and developed vaccines
Carlous Linnaeus was known as _? - ANSWERthe father of taxonomy
What did Carlous Linnaeus contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERplant and animal
kingdoms
What did Ernst Haeckel contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERprotists and monera
kingdoms
What did Robert Whittaker contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERfungi kingdom
Who was the first to develop a molecular technique to phylogenetic analysis? -
ANSWERWoese and Fox
How is nomenclature written? - ANSWERGenus Species
Name the sub levels from least specific to most specific - ANSWERKingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genus, species, strain
Name the types of prokaryotes - ANSWERBacteria and Archaea
Name the types of eukaryotes - ANSWERAlgae, protozoa, fungi helminths
Name some acellular microbes - ANSWERViruses and prions
Unicellular, Prokaryotic some have peptidoglycan cell walls and some are
photosynthetic - ANSWERBacteria
, Unicellular, prokaryotic pseudo-peptidoglycan wall - ANSWERArchaea
Unicellular or multicellular, eukaryotic, cellulose wall - ANSWERAlgae
Unicellular, eukaryotic, no cell wall - ANSWERProtozoa
Unicellular or multicellular, eukaryotic, chitin wall - ANSWERFungi
Multicellular, eukaryotic, no cell wall - ANSWERHelminths
Define wavelengths - ANSWERThe length between peaks
Define amplitude - ANSWERHeight of peaks or depths of troughs
Define frequency - ANSWERThe rate of peaks in time
As wavelength ___: frequency ___ - ANSWERIncreases, decreases
When does reflection occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave bounces off a material
When does absorbance occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave is captured and not as much
light is traveling through
When does transmission occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave travels straight through a
transparent object
When does interference occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave interacts with another wave
A wave can cancel/add to the effect of another wave? T/F - ANSWERTrue
When does diffraction occur? - ANSWERWhen light is bend or scattered by an object
opening
When does refraction occur? - ANSWERWhen light changes its direction or speed
How can you describe the refractive index of water vs. that of glass? - ANSWER
What is a refractive index? - ANSWERThe degree of change in transmission speed
a ___ lens will curve light to meet at a focal point - ANSWERConvex
A ___ lens will refract light away from a focal point - ANSWERConcave
What factors affect resolution? - ANSWERWavelength and numerical aperture
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Microbiology - ANSWERThe study of small organisms
Hippocrates was known as ___? - ANSWERthe father of western medicine
What did Hippocrates believe? - ANSWERdiseases were not caused by supernatural
reason
Leeuwenhoek was known as __? - ANSWERthe father of microbiology
What did Pasteur discover and invent? - ANSWERdiscovered fermentation, invented
pasteurization, vaccines
What did Koch create and develop? - ANSWERcreated a method for connecting
pathogens with a specific disease and developed vaccines
Carlous Linnaeus was known as _? - ANSWERthe father of taxonomy
What did Carlous Linnaeus contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERplant and animal
kingdoms
What did Ernst Haeckel contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERprotists and monera
kingdoms
What did Robert Whittaker contribute to the tree of life? - ANSWERfungi kingdom
Who was the first to develop a molecular technique to phylogenetic analysis? -
ANSWERWoese and Fox
How is nomenclature written? - ANSWERGenus Species
Name the sub levels from least specific to most specific - ANSWERKingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genus, species, strain
Name the types of prokaryotes - ANSWERBacteria and Archaea
Name the types of eukaryotes - ANSWERAlgae, protozoa, fungi helminths
Name some acellular microbes - ANSWERViruses and prions
Unicellular, Prokaryotic some have peptidoglycan cell walls and some are
photosynthetic - ANSWERBacteria
, Unicellular, prokaryotic pseudo-peptidoglycan wall - ANSWERArchaea
Unicellular or multicellular, eukaryotic, cellulose wall - ANSWERAlgae
Unicellular, eukaryotic, no cell wall - ANSWERProtozoa
Unicellular or multicellular, eukaryotic, chitin wall - ANSWERFungi
Multicellular, eukaryotic, no cell wall - ANSWERHelminths
Define wavelengths - ANSWERThe length between peaks
Define amplitude - ANSWERHeight of peaks or depths of troughs
Define frequency - ANSWERThe rate of peaks in time
As wavelength ___: frequency ___ - ANSWERIncreases, decreases
When does reflection occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave bounces off a material
When does absorbance occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave is captured and not as much
light is traveling through
When does transmission occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave travels straight through a
transparent object
When does interference occur? - ANSWERWhen a wave interacts with another wave
A wave can cancel/add to the effect of another wave? T/F - ANSWERTrue
When does diffraction occur? - ANSWERWhen light is bend or scattered by an object
opening
When does refraction occur? - ANSWERWhen light changes its direction or speed
How can you describe the refractive index of water vs. that of glass? - ANSWER
What is a refractive index? - ANSWERThe degree of change in transmission speed
a ___ lens will curve light to meet at a focal point - ANSWERConvex
A ___ lens will refract light away from a focal point - ANSWERConcave
What factors affect resolution? - ANSWERWavelength and numerical aperture
