MICROBIOLOGY JERSEY COLLEGE MID TERM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)

MICROBIOLOGY JERSEY COLLEGE MID TERM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% PASS) In the 16th century a father-and-son team, by the name of _________________________, produced a compound microscope consisting of a simple tube with lenses at each end. - Answer️️ - Janssen "Animalcules" were first described by: - Answer️️ -Antony van Leeuwenhoek Micrographia, a publication illustrating insects, sponges, as well as plant cells, was published by - Answer️️ -Robert Hooke Lower-power microscopes designed for observing fairly large objects such as insects or worms are - Answer️️ -Stereomicroscopes The tool of choice to observe living microorganisms is the - Answer️️ -Phase-contrast microscope Which scientist is most responsible for ending the controversy about spontaneous generation? - Answer️️ -Louis Pasteur ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Wednesday, August 21, 2024 12:13 PM JERSEY COLLEGE 2 Fossils of prokaryotes go back _______ billion years. - Answer️️ -3.5 to 4.0 Molds belong to which of the following groups of eukaryotic organisms? - Answer️️ -Fungi The correct order of taxonomic categories is: - Answer️️ -Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species Complex communities of microorganisms on surfaces are called: - Answer️️ -Biofilms A relationship between organisms in which the waste product of one provides nutrients for another is called: - Answer️️ - Commensalism Which of the following sites of the human body does not have a normal flora? - Answer️️ -Blood Which of the following lack nucleic acids? - Answer️️ -Prions The binominal system of nomenclature was originally developed by - Answer️️ -Linnaeus Which of the following scientists performed the first vaccination against smallpox? - Answer️️ -Jenner ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Wednesday, August 21, 2024 12:13 PM JERSEY COLLEGE 3 Which disease is generally caused by contaminated food? - Answer️️ -Shigellosis Which disease is transmitted via aerosols? - Answer️️ -Psittacosis Which organism is used in the production of cheese? - Answer️️ - Propionibacterium shermanii Which scientists discovered the antibiotic properties of Penicillium? - Answer️️ -Alexander Fleming The atomic number equals the number of - Answer️️ -Protons The atomic weight is equal to the sum of - Answer️️ -Protons and Neutrons The smallest units of matter are - Answer️️ -Atoms Protons are - Answer️️ -Part of the atomic nucleus Particles of an atom located in the outermost shell and available for chemical bonding are called - Answer️️ -valence electrons Isotopes are atoms with - Answer️️ -The same numbers of protons but a different number of neutrons A chemical bond in which electrons are equally shared is a(n) - Answer️️ -Nonpolar covalent bond ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Wednesday, August 21, 2024 12:13 PM JERSEY COLLEGE 4 The transfer of electrons in a chemical bond represents - Answer️️ -Ionic bond The bond of oxygen and hydrogen between water molecules is a(n) - Answer️️ -Hydrogen bond The isotope deuterium has - Answer️️ -One proton and one neutron After filling the first shell, the outermost shell of an atom can hold up to ______ electrons. - Answer️️ -8 The bond between sodium and chlorine atoms in sodium chloride is a(n) - Answer️️ -Ionic bond Sucrose is composed of - Answer️️ -Glucose and fructos