Test bank for Talaro’s Foundations in Microbiology 11th Edition By Barry Chess

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1) Membersfhoffhthefhsamefhspeciesfhsharefhmanyfhmorefhcharacteristicsfhcomparedfhtofhthosefh
sharedfhbyfhmembersfhoffhthefhsamefhkingdom.
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2) Virusesfharef h notfhclassifiedfhinfhanyfhoffhWhittaker'sfhfivefhkingdoms.

⊚ true
⊚ false


3) MembersfhoffhthefhkingdomfhFungifharefhphotosynthetic.

⊚ true
⊚ false


4) Afhscientistfhstudyingfhhelminthsfhisfhworkingfhwithfhbacteria.

⊚ true
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5) ThefhfossilfhrecordfhhasfhestablishedfhthatfhprokaryotesfhexistedfhonfhEarthfhforfhapproximate
lyfhtwofhbillionfhyearsfhbeforefheukaryotesfhevolved.

⊚ true
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6) Itfhhasfhbeenfhoverfh25fhyearsfhsincefhafhnewfhinfectiousfhdiseasefhhasfhemergedfhinfhthefhworld.

⊚ true
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7) Thefhtermfhsterilefhmeansfhfreefhoffhallfhlife-forms.




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8) Allfhmicroorganismsfharefhparasites.

⊚ true
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9) Duringfhafhscientificfhexperiment,fhthefhcontrolfhgroupfhisfhusedfhtofhdirectlyfhtestfhorfhmeas
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10) Thefhscientificfhmethodfhinvolvesfhformulatingfhafhtentativefhexplanation,fhcalledfhthefhhypot
hesis,fhtofhaccountfhforfhwhatfhhasfhbeenfhobservedfhorfhmeasured.

⊚ true
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11) Oncefhanfhorganismfhisfhassignedfhtofhafhparticularfhtaxonomicfhhierarchy,fhitfhisfhpermane
ntfhandfhcannotfhbefhrevised.

⊚ true
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12) Whenfhthefhresultsfhoffhanfhexperimentfhsupportfhafhhypothesis,fhthefhhypothesisfhcanfh
nowfhbefhconsideredfhafhtheory.

⊚ true
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13) Thefhnamesfhoffhthefhthreefhproposedfhdomainsfhare:fhBacteria,fhProtista,fhEukarya.

⊚ true
⊚ false



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, 14) Onefhdistinguishingfhcharacteristicfhoffharchaeaisfhthatfhtheyfhlivefhinfhextremefhenvironments.

⊚ true
⊚ false


15) Somefhmicroorganismsfhcanfhphotosynthesize,fhbutfhtheirfhoverallfhcontributionfhtofhEa
rth'sfhatmosphericfhoxygenfhisfhveryfhsmallfhinfhcomparisonfhtofhplantfhphotosynthesis.

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16) Anyfhmicroorganismfhonfhorfhinfhthefhhumanfhbodyfhisfhconsideredfhafhpathogen.

⊚ true
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17) Theoriesfharefhsupportedfhbyfhmorefhevidencefhthanfhhypotheses.

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18) Disease-causingfhmicroorganismsfharefhcalled


A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.

C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.



19) Thefhmicroorganismsfhthatfhrecyclefhnutrientsfhbyfhbreakingfhdownfhdeadfhmatterfhandfhwast
esfharefhcalled

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