NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
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TRUE/FALSE51-51Write51'T'51if51the51statement51is51true51and51'F'51if51the51statement51is51false.
1) Spontaneous51generation51refers51to51the51idea51that51organisms51came51from51other51organis
ms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The51human51body51only51contains51bacteria51during51illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Bacteria51and51eukarya51both51contain51membrane-bound51organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The51scientific51name51of51an51organism51indicates51its51domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Viroids51are51naked51(lacking51a51protein51shell)51pieces51of51RNA51that51infect51plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Viruses51simultaneously51contain51DNA,51RNA,51and51protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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7) Viruses,51viroids,51and51prions51are51obligate51intracellular51agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Viruses51and51bacteria51are51both51unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An51organism51is51categorized51in51a51domain51according51to51its51cell51size.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Archaea51are51very51similar51to51bacteria51and51have51rigid51cell51walls51made51of51peptidogly
can.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Thiomargarita51namibiensis51cannot51be51a51eukaryote51because51it51is51only51151mm51in51wi
dth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE51zCHOICE51z-
51zChoose51zthe51zone51zalternative51zthat51zbest51zcompletes51zthe51zstatement51zor51zanswers51zthe
51zquestion.
12) The51zscientist51zusually51zcredited51zwith51zseeing51zthe51zfirst51zmicroorganisms,51zw
hich51zhe51zcalled51z"animalcules",51zwas51z .
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A) Redi
B) van51zLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The51zword51z"animalcule"51zwas51zfirst51zused51zby51z .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van51zLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The51zidea51zof51zspontaneous51zgeneration51zpostulated51zthat
A) organisms51zcould51zevolve51zinto51zthe51znext51zgeneration51zof51zorganisms.
B) organisms51zcould51zspontaneously51zturn51zinto51zother51ztypes51zof51zorganisms.
C) living51zorganisms51zcould51zspontaneously51zarise51zfrom51znon-living51zmaterial.
D) living51zorganisms51zcould51zspontaneously51zarise51zfrom51zother51zliving51zorganisms.
E) living51zorganisms51zmust51zcontain51zat51zleast51zten51zcells.
15) Which51zof51zthese51zscientists51zwere51zinvolved51zin51zinvestigating51zthe51z
idea51zof51zspontaneous51zgeneration?
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