EXAM 1 MICROBIOLOGY J210
IUPUI 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who is Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek? - ....ANSWER ...-- Began Making &
using simple microscopes.
- Needed new micros. for each new specimen.
Animalcules - ....ANSWER ...-little animals, fungi, algae, & single- cell
protozoa
The 19th Century organisms were called...? - ....ANSWER ...-
Microorganisms
Nosomial infections - ....ANSWER ...-spread threw medical personal such as
in hospital
Prevention - ....ANSWER ...-how you stop yourself from getting infected?
- Vaccination, hand washing
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,Virulence Factors and pathogenicity - ....ANSWER ...-an environment in
which a disease can grow.
microbial antagonism - ....ANSWER ...-how do you get rid of microbial
infection.
enzymes - ....ANSWER ...-molecules that function as biological catalysts,
increasing the rate of a reaction without being consumed by the reaction
Immune system - ....ANSWER ...-hosts response to the microbial disease
(fever)
aseptic technique - ....ANSWER ...-prevent the patient from infecting
yourself, or infect the patient
Leeuwenhoek 6 categories - ....ANSWER ...-- Fungi
- protozoa
- Algae
- bacteria
- archaea
- small multicellular animals
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, Who made the Taxonomic system? - ....ANSWER ...-Carolus Linnaeus,
naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together
What questions do scientists ask? - ....ANSWER ...-- what causes disease?
- how can you prevent infection and disease?
- what causesfermentation?
- is spontaneous generation of microbial life possible?
Aristotle proposed what? - ....ANSWER ...-that living things cannot arise
from nonliving things.
Francesco Redi's experiment - ....ANSWER ...-This picture explains that
living things do not appear from nothing, they have to have open air.
Louis pasteur - ....ANSWER ...-A French chemist, this man discovered that
heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and
beer.
Scientific Method - ....ANSWER ...-debate over spontaneous generation led
in part to development of this.
- observation leads to questions
- question generates hypothesis
- hypothesis is tested through experiments
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IUPUI 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who is Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek? - ....ANSWER ...-- Began Making &
using simple microscopes.
- Needed new micros. for each new specimen.
Animalcules - ....ANSWER ...-little animals, fungi, algae, & single- cell
protozoa
The 19th Century organisms were called...? - ....ANSWER ...-
Microorganisms
Nosomial infections - ....ANSWER ...-spread threw medical personal such as
in hospital
Prevention - ....ANSWER ...-how you stop yourself from getting infected?
- Vaccination, hand washing
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,Virulence Factors and pathogenicity - ....ANSWER ...-an environment in
which a disease can grow.
microbial antagonism - ....ANSWER ...-how do you get rid of microbial
infection.
enzymes - ....ANSWER ...-molecules that function as biological catalysts,
increasing the rate of a reaction without being consumed by the reaction
Immune system - ....ANSWER ...-hosts response to the microbial disease
(fever)
aseptic technique - ....ANSWER ...-prevent the patient from infecting
yourself, or infect the patient
Leeuwenhoek 6 categories - ....ANSWER ...-- Fungi
- protozoa
- Algae
- bacteria
- archaea
- small multicellular animals
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, Who made the Taxonomic system? - ....ANSWER ...-Carolus Linnaeus,
naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together
What questions do scientists ask? - ....ANSWER ...-- what causes disease?
- how can you prevent infection and disease?
- what causesfermentation?
- is spontaneous generation of microbial life possible?
Aristotle proposed what? - ....ANSWER ...-that living things cannot arise
from nonliving things.
Francesco Redi's experiment - ....ANSWER ...-This picture explains that
living things do not appear from nothing, they have to have open air.
Louis pasteur - ....ANSWER ...-A French chemist, this man discovered that
heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and
beer.
Scientific Method - ....ANSWER ...-debate over spontaneous generation led
in part to development of this.
- observation leads to questions
- question generates hypothesis
- hypothesis is tested through experiments
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