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TRUE/FALSE j- jWrite j'T' jif jthe jstatement jis jtrue jand j'F' jif jthe jstatement jis jfalse.
1) Members jof jthe jsame jspecies jshare jmany jmore jcharacteristics jcompared jto jthose
jsharedjby jmembers jof jthe jsame jkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Viruses jare j not jclassified jin jany jof jWhittaker's jfive jkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Members jof jthe jkingdom jFungi jare jphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A jscientist jstudying jhelminths jis jworking jwith jbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The jfossil jrecord jhas jestablished jthat jprokaryotes jexisted jon jEarth jfor japproximately
jtwojbillion jyears jbefore jeukaryotes jevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) It jhas jbeen jover j25 jyears jsince ja jnew jinfectious jdisease jhas jemerged jin jthe jworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) The jterm jsterile jmeans jfree jof jall jlife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) All jmicroorganisms jare jparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) During ja jscientific jexperiment, jthe jcontrol jgroup jis jused jto jdirectly jtest jor jmeasure jthe
jconsequences jof ja jvariable jin jthe jstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The jscientific jmethod jinvolves jformulating ja jtentative jexplanation, jcalled jthe jhypothesis,
jto jaccount jfor jwhat jhas jbeen jobserved jor jmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Once jan jorganism jis jassigned jto ja jparticular jtaxonomic jhierarchy, jit jis jpermanent jand
jcannot jbe jrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) When jthe jresults jof jan jexperiment jsupport ja jhypothesis, jthe jhypothesis jcan jnow
jbejconsidered ja jtheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) The jnames jof jthe jthree jproposed jdomains jare: jBacteria, jProtista, jEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) One jdistinguishing jcharacteristic jof jarchaeais jthat jthey jlive jin jextreme jenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Some jmicroorganisms jcan jphotosynthesize, jbut jtheir joverall jcontribution jto jEarth's
jatmospheric joxygen jis jvery jsmall jin jcomparison jto jplant jphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Any jmicroorganism jon jor jin jthe jhuman jbody jis jconsidered ja jpathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theories jare jsupported jby jmore jevidence jthan jhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE jCHOICE j- jChoose jthe jone jalternative jthat jbest jcompletes jthe jstatement
jorjanswers jthe jquestion.
18) Disease-causing jmicroorganisms jare jcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) The jmicroorganisms jthat jrecycle jnutrients jby jbreaking jdown jdead jmatter jand jwastes jare
jcalled
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TRUE/FALSE j- jWrite j'T' jif jthe jstatement jis jtrue jand j'F' jif jthe jstatement jis jfalse.
1) Members jof jthe jsame jspecies jshare jmany jmore jcharacteristics jcompared jto jthose
jsharedjby jmembers jof jthe jsame jkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Viruses jare j not jclassified jin jany jof jWhittaker's jfive jkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Members jof jthe jkingdom jFungi jare jphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A jscientist jstudying jhelminths jis jworking jwith jbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The jfossil jrecord jhas jestablished jthat jprokaryotes jexisted jon jEarth jfor japproximately
jtwojbillion jyears jbefore jeukaryotes jevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) It jhas jbeen jover j25 jyears jsince ja jnew jinfectious jdisease jhas jemerged jin jthe jworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) The jterm jsterile jmeans jfree jof jall jlife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) All jmicroorganisms jare jparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) During ja jscientific jexperiment, jthe jcontrol jgroup jis jused jto jdirectly jtest jor jmeasure jthe
jconsequences jof ja jvariable jin jthe jstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The jscientific jmethod jinvolves jformulating ja jtentative jexplanation, jcalled jthe jhypothesis,
jto jaccount jfor jwhat jhas jbeen jobserved jor jmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Once jan jorganism jis jassigned jto ja jparticular jtaxonomic jhierarchy, jit jis jpermanent jand
jcannot jbe jrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) When jthe jresults jof jan jexperiment jsupport ja jhypothesis, jthe jhypothesis jcan jnow
jbejconsidered ja jtheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) The jnames jof jthe jthree jproposed jdomains jare: jBacteria, jProtista, jEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) One jdistinguishing jcharacteristic jof jarchaeais jthat jthey jlive jin jextreme jenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Some jmicroorganisms jcan jphotosynthesize, jbut jtheir joverall jcontribution jto jEarth's
jatmospheric joxygen jis jvery jsmall jin jcomparison jto jplant jphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Any jmicroorganism jon jor jin jthe jhuman jbody jis jconsidered ja jpathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theories jare jsupported jby jmore jevidence jthan jhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE jCHOICE j- jChoose jthe jone jalternative jthat jbest jcompletes jthe jstatement
jorjanswers jthe jquestion.
18) Disease-causing jmicroorganisms jare jcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) The jmicroorganisms jthat jrecycle jnutrients jby jbreaking jdown jdead jmatter jand jwastes jare
jcalled
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