Test Bank - Talaro’s Foundations in Microbiology, 11th Edition by Barry Chess, (All Chapters Included 1-27)

,CHAPTER 1
TRUE/FALSEl-lWritel'T'liflthelstatementlisltruelandl'F'liflthelstatementlislfalse.
1) Membersloflthelsamelspecieslsharelmanylmorelcharacteristicslcomparedltolthoselsharedlbyl
membersloflthelsamelkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false


2) Viruseslarel notlclassifiedlinlanyloflWhittaker'slfivelkingdoms.

⊚ true
⊚ false


3) MembersloflthelkingdomlFungilarelphotosynthetic.

⊚ true
⊚ false


4) Alscientistlstudyinglhelminthslislworkinglwithlbacteria.

⊚ true
⊚ false


5) ThelfossillrecordlhaslestablishedlthatlprokaryoteslexistedlonlEarthlforlapproximatelyltwolbilli
onlyearslbeforeleukaryoteslevolved.

⊚ true
⊚ false


6) Itlhaslbeenloverl25lyearslsincelalnewlinfectiousldiseaselhaslemergedlinlthelworld.

⊚ true
⊚ false


7) Theltermlsterilelmeanslfreeloflallllife-forms.



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, ⊚ true
⊚ false


8) Alllmicroorganismslarelparasites.

⊚ true
⊚ false


9) Duringlalscientificlexperiment,lthelcontrollgrouplislusedltoldirectlyltestlorlmeasurelthelcons
equencesloflalvariablelinlthelstudy.

⊚ true
⊚ false


10) Thelscientificlmethodlinvolveslformulatinglaltentativelexplanation,lcalledlthelhypothesis,ltola
ccountlforlwhatlhaslbeenlobservedlorlmeasured.

⊚ true
⊚ false


11) Oncelanlorganismlislassignedltolalparticularltaxonomiclhierarchy,litlislpermanentlandlcan
notlbelrevised.

⊚ true
⊚ false


12) Whenlthelresultsloflanlexperimentlsupportlalhypothesis,lthelhypothesislcanlnowlbelcon
sideredlaltheory.

⊚ true
⊚ false


13) Thelnamesloflthelthreelproposedldomainslare:lBacteria,lProtista,lEukarya.

⊚ true
⊚ false


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, 14) Oneldistinguishinglcharacteristicloflarchaeaislthatltheyllivelinlextremelenvironments.

⊚ true
⊚ false


15) Somelmicroorganismslcanlphotosynthesize,lbutltheirloveralllcontributionltolEarth'slat
mosphericloxygenlislverylsmalllinlcomparisonltolplantlphotosynthesis.

⊚ true
⊚ false


16) Anylmicroorganismlonlorlinlthelhumanlbodylislconsideredlalpathogen.

⊚ true
⊚ false


17) Theorieslarelsupportedlbylmorelevidencelthanlhypotheses.

⊚ true
⊚ false


MULTIPLElCHOICEl-
lChooselthelonelalternativelthatlbestlcompleteslthelstatementlorlanswerslthelquestion.


18) Disease-causinglmicroorganismslarelcalled


A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.

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



19) Thelmicroorganismslthatlrecyclelnutrientslbylbreakingldownldeadlmatterlandlwasteslarelcall
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