BIO 311 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | BIOLOGY EXAM PREP &
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Microorganism - ANS ✔✔living organisms that are "small" in size and microscopic
Microbes are considered as - ANS ✔✔Bacteria
fungi
Protozoa
Viruses
Parasites
3 items in a microbiology toolbox are - ANS ✔✔Microscopes
Stains and dyes
growth media
petri dish
test tubes
bunsen burners
inoculation loops
Microscopes, Stains and dyes, Growth media, Petri dish, test tubes, Bunsen burners, and
Inoculation loops are all apart of - ANS ✔✔Microbiology toolbox
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - ANS ✔✔was the first person to develop the first lens to view
microbes
Louis Pasteur - ANS ✔✔proposed germ theory and developed vaccines for diseases like rabies
, Robert Koch - ANS ✔✔- validated germ theory and connected a single microbe to a specific
disease
What diseases did Robert Koch discover? - ANS ✔✔anthrax, cholera, tuberculosis
What 2 kingdoms did Carolus Linneaus divide the world into? - ANS ✔✔Animals and plants
What are the levels in Linneaus's hierarchical system? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom, class, order family,
Genus and Species
What kingdoms did Ernst Haeckel add? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom Protista and Kingdom Monera
What is unique about Kingdom Monera? - ANS ✔✔it is a group of unicellular organisms lacking
a nucleus
What was Robert Whittaker's contribution to microbiology? - ANS ✔✔adding Kingdom Fungi
What were the 2 levels of organization Robert Whittaker added to microbioloy? - ANS
✔✔Eukaryotes and prokaryotes
What group does Kingdom Monera belong to? - ANS ✔✔Prokaryotes
What kingdoms does the eukaryote group belong to? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom fungi, Kingdom
Protista, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Animalia
What was Car Woese and George Fox's contribution to microbiology? - ANS ✔✔Discovering
archeabacteria (Archea)
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Microorganism - ANS ✔✔living organisms that are "small" in size and microscopic
Microbes are considered as - ANS ✔✔Bacteria
fungi
Protozoa
Viruses
Parasites
3 items in a microbiology toolbox are - ANS ✔✔Microscopes
Stains and dyes
growth media
petri dish
test tubes
bunsen burners
inoculation loops
Microscopes, Stains and dyes, Growth media, Petri dish, test tubes, Bunsen burners, and
Inoculation loops are all apart of - ANS ✔✔Microbiology toolbox
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - ANS ✔✔was the first person to develop the first lens to view
microbes
Louis Pasteur - ANS ✔✔proposed germ theory and developed vaccines for diseases like rabies
, Robert Koch - ANS ✔✔- validated germ theory and connected a single microbe to a specific
disease
What diseases did Robert Koch discover? - ANS ✔✔anthrax, cholera, tuberculosis
What 2 kingdoms did Carolus Linneaus divide the world into? - ANS ✔✔Animals and plants
What are the levels in Linneaus's hierarchical system? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom, class, order family,
Genus and Species
What kingdoms did Ernst Haeckel add? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom Protista and Kingdom Monera
What is unique about Kingdom Monera? - ANS ✔✔it is a group of unicellular organisms lacking
a nucleus
What was Robert Whittaker's contribution to microbiology? - ANS ✔✔adding Kingdom Fungi
What were the 2 levels of organization Robert Whittaker added to microbioloy? - ANS
✔✔Eukaryotes and prokaryotes
What group does Kingdom Monera belong to? - ANS ✔✔Prokaryotes
What kingdoms does the eukaryote group belong to? - ANS ✔✔Kingdom fungi, Kingdom
Protista, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Animalia
What was Car Woese and George Fox's contribution to microbiology? - ANS ✔✔Discovering
archeabacteria (Archea)
