BIO 314 Binghamton University Latest
Exam and Actual Detailed Answers.
microorganism - Answer size is measured in microns and can only be seen in detail under
microscope
parasites are included with microorganisms because - Answer they are associated with
disease
ideal characteristics of microbes - Answer easily cultured, can attain high cell numbers, are
relatively cheap, and show greater diversity than eukaryotes
microbio is used in the fields of... - Answer medicine, biotech, agriculture and industry
characteristics of all living systems - Answer metabolism
reproduction
communication
evolution
populations - Answer multiple cells from the same mother cell
communities - Answer multiple populations in one area
date of first life on earth - Answer 3.8-3.9 Bya
date of first eukaryotes - Answer 2 Bya
date of first macroscopic organisms - Answer 1 Bya
Antoni vanleeuwenhoek - Answer was the first to view and report on bacteria
Louis Pasteur - Answer created pasteurization, helped create first few vaccines and disproved
spontaneous generation
Robert Koch - Answer demonstrated the role of bacteria in disease AND created Koch's
postulates
, Koch's postulates - Answer 1. suspected pathogen should be present in all disease cases and
absent in all healthy individuals
2. suspected pathogen should be grown in pure culture
3. cells from a pure culture should make a healthy individual sick
4. pathogen should be re-isolated and be identical as original
prokaryotic arrangement of DNA - Answer a. Nucleoid
b. Single Chromosome
c. Circular
d. Haploid - one copy of each gene
e. Extra-chromosomal DNA - Plasmid
f. Fission
eukaryotic arrangement of DNA - Answer a. Nucleus
b. Multiple Chromosomes
c. Linear
d. Diploid/Haploid
e. Mitosis and Meiosis
viruses - Answer A. Obligate "Parasites"
B. Infect Virtually all Cells
C. Unable to Carry Out Independent Metabolism
D. No Growth
E. Small
F. "Degenerative Cells" and "Borrowed" Components
evolutionary chronometer - Answer evolutionary distance between two organisms can be
measured by differences in amino acid or nucleotide sequences
Exam and Actual Detailed Answers.
microorganism - Answer size is measured in microns and can only be seen in detail under
microscope
parasites are included with microorganisms because - Answer they are associated with
disease
ideal characteristics of microbes - Answer easily cultured, can attain high cell numbers, are
relatively cheap, and show greater diversity than eukaryotes
microbio is used in the fields of... - Answer medicine, biotech, agriculture and industry
characteristics of all living systems - Answer metabolism
reproduction
communication
evolution
populations - Answer multiple cells from the same mother cell
communities - Answer multiple populations in one area
date of first life on earth - Answer 3.8-3.9 Bya
date of first eukaryotes - Answer 2 Bya
date of first macroscopic organisms - Answer 1 Bya
Antoni vanleeuwenhoek - Answer was the first to view and report on bacteria
Louis Pasteur - Answer created pasteurization, helped create first few vaccines and disproved
spontaneous generation
Robert Koch - Answer demonstrated the role of bacteria in disease AND created Koch's
postulates
, Koch's postulates - Answer 1. suspected pathogen should be present in all disease cases and
absent in all healthy individuals
2. suspected pathogen should be grown in pure culture
3. cells from a pure culture should make a healthy individual sick
4. pathogen should be re-isolated and be identical as original
prokaryotic arrangement of DNA - Answer a. Nucleoid
b. Single Chromosome
c. Circular
d. Haploid - one copy of each gene
e. Extra-chromosomal DNA - Plasmid
f. Fission
eukaryotic arrangement of DNA - Answer a. Nucleus
b. Multiple Chromosomes
c. Linear
d. Diploid/Haploid
e. Mitosis and Meiosis
viruses - Answer A. Obligate "Parasites"
B. Infect Virtually all Cells
C. Unable to Carry Out Independent Metabolism
D. No Growth
E. Small
F. "Degenerative Cells" and "Borrowed" Components
evolutionary chronometer - Answer evolutionary distance between two organisms can be
measured by differences in amino acid or nucleotide sequences
