PORTAGE LEARNING BIOD 171 MICROBIOLOGY
MODULE 2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Monera.
Answer: single-celled prokaryotic organisms
◉ genetics are based off the ____ of life
the ____ of life is based off of _______
the longer the distance between groups, the more genetically _____
they are.
Answer: tree of life
tree of life
rRNA
different
◉ are there any known pathogenic archaea.
Answer: no
◉ draw the etiologic agents of infectious disease.
Answer: Cellular
,- eukaryotes
++helminths
++fungi
++protozoa
- prokaryotes
++bacteria
A-cellular
++viruses
++prions
++viroids in plants
◉ describe prokaryotes.
Answer: single celled, no real nucleus, no membrane bound
organelles, unique cell walls
◉ Describe Eukaryotes.
Answer: real nucleus, membrane bound organelles, some with cell
walls some without.
◉ protozoa.
, Answer: one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria
"parasites"
◉ fungi.
Answer: single or multicellular, unique cells wall
◉ helminths.
Answer: multicellular, no cell walls, most close to humans
"parasites"
◉ parasite.
Answer: an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who
lives off another person
- protozoan or helminth
◉ prions.
Answer: misfolded proteins
◉ viroids.
Answer: RNA molecules that infect plants
◉ viruses.
MODULE 2 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Monera.
Answer: single-celled prokaryotic organisms
◉ genetics are based off the ____ of life
the ____ of life is based off of _______
the longer the distance between groups, the more genetically _____
they are.
Answer: tree of life
tree of life
rRNA
different
◉ are there any known pathogenic archaea.
Answer: no
◉ draw the etiologic agents of infectious disease.
Answer: Cellular
,- eukaryotes
++helminths
++fungi
++protozoa
- prokaryotes
++bacteria
A-cellular
++viruses
++prions
++viroids in plants
◉ describe prokaryotes.
Answer: single celled, no real nucleus, no membrane bound
organelles, unique cell walls
◉ Describe Eukaryotes.
Answer: real nucleus, membrane bound organelles, some with cell
walls some without.
◉ protozoa.
, Answer: one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria
"parasites"
◉ fungi.
Answer: single or multicellular, unique cells wall
◉ helminths.
Answer: multicellular, no cell walls, most close to humans
"parasites"
◉ parasite.
Answer: an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who
lives off another person
- protozoan or helminth
◉ prions.
Answer: misfolded proteins
◉ viroids.
Answer: RNA molecules that infect plants
◉ viruses.
