Openstax Microbiology Test Bank Openstax
Microbiology This Test Bank Covers All
Chapters 1-26 Of The Book
Microorganisms or microbes - >>>ANSWER--Organisms that are visible only through a
microscope are called microorganisms or microbes
Fermentation - >>>ANSWER--an oxygen-starved process that uses bacteria, mold, or
yeast to convert sugars (carbohydrates) to alcohol, gases, and organic acids
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
A.beer
B.bread
C.cheese
D.orange juice - >>>ANSWER--D.orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A.Marcus Terentius Varro
B.Thucydides
C.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D.Hippocrates - >>>ANSWER--D.Hippocrates
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B.Ötzi the Iceman
C.Marcus Terentius Varro
D.Robert Koch - >>>ANSWER--A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
, Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to
see?
A.Thucydides
B.Marcus Terentius Varro
C.Hippocrates
D.Louis Pasteur - >>>ANSWER--B.Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides is known as the father of _______________. - >>>ANSWER--scientific
history
Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease. -
>>>ANSWER--Lyme disease
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________. -
>>>ANSWER--fermentation
Taxonomy - >>>ANSWER--the classification, description, identification, and naming of
living organisms
Binomial nomenclature - >>>ANSWER--A scientific naming system where every
organism has a unique name consisting of two parts: a genus name and a species
name
phylogenetic tree - >>>ANSWER--diagram that shows how species are related to each
other through common ancestors
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
A.animal
B.mineral
C.protist
Microbiology This Test Bank Covers All
Chapters 1-26 Of The Book
Microorganisms or microbes - >>>ANSWER--Organisms that are visible only through a
microscope are called microorganisms or microbes
Fermentation - >>>ANSWER--an oxygen-starved process that uses bacteria, mold, or
yeast to convert sugars (carbohydrates) to alcohol, gases, and organic acids
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
A.beer
B.bread
C.cheese
D.orange juice - >>>ANSWER--D.orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A.Marcus Terentius Varro
B.Thucydides
C.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D.Hippocrates - >>>ANSWER--D.Hippocrates
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B.Ötzi the Iceman
C.Marcus Terentius Varro
D.Robert Koch - >>>ANSWER--A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
, Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to
see?
A.Thucydides
B.Marcus Terentius Varro
C.Hippocrates
D.Louis Pasteur - >>>ANSWER--B.Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides is known as the father of _______________. - >>>ANSWER--scientific
history
Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease. -
>>>ANSWER--Lyme disease
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________. -
>>>ANSWER--fermentation
Taxonomy - >>>ANSWER--the classification, description, identification, and naming of
living organisms
Binomial nomenclature - >>>ANSWER--A scientific naming system where every
organism has a unique name consisting of two parts: a genus name and a species
name
phylogenetic tree - >>>ANSWER--diagram that shows how species are related to each
other through common ancestors
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
A.animal
B.mineral
C.protist
