MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Microorganisms or microbes - correct answer Organisms that are visible only through a
microscope are called microorganisms or microbes
Fermentation - correct 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 - correct answer D.orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A.Marcus Terentius Varro
B.Thucydides
C.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D.Hippocrates - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer B.Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides is known as the father of _______________. - correct answer scientific history
Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease. - correct
answer Lyme disease
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________. - correct
answer fermentation
Taxonomy - correct answer the classification, description, identification, and naming of living
organisms
Binomial nomenclature - correct 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 - correct 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?
ANSWERS
Microorganisms or microbes - correct answer Organisms that are visible only through a
microscope are called microorganisms or microbes
Fermentation - correct 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 - correct answer D.orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A.Marcus Terentius Varro
B.Thucydides
C.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D.Hippocrates - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer B.Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides is known as the father of _______________. - correct answer scientific history
Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease. - correct
answer Lyme disease
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________. - correct
answer fermentation
Taxonomy - correct answer the classification, description, identification, and naming of living
organisms
Binomial nomenclature - correct 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 - correct 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?
