Test Bank For Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester , All Chapters 1-30, Complete Guide A+

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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen




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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false




2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false




3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false




4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false




5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false




6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false




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7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false




8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false




9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
⊚ true
⊚ false




10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
⊚ true
⊚ false




11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
⊚ true
⊚ false




MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules", was .




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A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister




13) The word "animalcule" was first used by .


A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke




14) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that


A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.




15) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous
generation?




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