MICROBIOLOGY RIO SALADO MIDTERM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
maintain the balance of living organisms and chemicals in our environment - CORRECT ANSWER
-microbes
form the basis of the food chain - CORRECT ANSWER -marine and freshwater microbes
play a roll in photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER -certain microbes
help with digestion and synthesis of vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER -microbes in intestines
nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER -naming organisms
who was nomenclature established by? - CORRECT ANSWER -Carolus Linnaeus
the two parts of nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER -genus and specific epithet
simple single celled organisms that are prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
have several shapes - bacillus, coccus, and spiral can also be star shaped or square - CORRECT
ANSWER -bacteria
walls composed of carbohydrates and peptidoglycan - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
reproduce by binary fission - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
, binary fission - CORRECT ANSWER -reproduction by diving into two equal cells
prokaryotic cells that dont tend to have cell walls but if they do, they do not contain
peptidoglycan - CORRECT ANSWER -archae
archaes three main groups - CORRECT ANSWER -methanogens, extreme halophiles, and
extreme thermophiles
methanogens - CORRECT ANSWER -produce methane as a waste product from respiration
extreme halophiles - CORRECT ANSWER -live in extremely salty environments
extreme thermophiles - CORRECT ANSWER -live in hot sulfurous water
cells that have a distinct nucleus containing DNA and surrounded by nuclear membrane -
CORRECT ANSWER -eukaryotes
are fungi eukaryotes or prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER -eukaryotes
can be unicellular or multicellular - CORRECT ANSWER -fungi
true fungi have cell walls composed of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -chitin
how do fungi reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER -either sexually or asexually
how do fungi get nourishment? - CORRECT ANSWER -absorbing solutions or organic material
from their environment
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
maintain the balance of living organisms and chemicals in our environment - CORRECT ANSWER
-microbes
form the basis of the food chain - CORRECT ANSWER -marine and freshwater microbes
play a roll in photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER -certain microbes
help with digestion and synthesis of vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER -microbes in intestines
nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER -naming organisms
who was nomenclature established by? - CORRECT ANSWER -Carolus Linnaeus
the two parts of nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER -genus and specific epithet
simple single celled organisms that are prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
have several shapes - bacillus, coccus, and spiral can also be star shaped or square - CORRECT
ANSWER -bacteria
walls composed of carbohydrates and peptidoglycan - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
reproduce by binary fission - CORRECT ANSWER -bacteria
, binary fission - CORRECT ANSWER -reproduction by diving into two equal cells
prokaryotic cells that dont tend to have cell walls but if they do, they do not contain
peptidoglycan - CORRECT ANSWER -archae
archaes three main groups - CORRECT ANSWER -methanogens, extreme halophiles, and
extreme thermophiles
methanogens - CORRECT ANSWER -produce methane as a waste product from respiration
extreme halophiles - CORRECT ANSWER -live in extremely salty environments
extreme thermophiles - CORRECT ANSWER -live in hot sulfurous water
cells that have a distinct nucleus containing DNA and surrounded by nuclear membrane -
CORRECT ANSWER -eukaryotes
are fungi eukaryotes or prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER -eukaryotes
can be unicellular or multicellular - CORRECT ANSWER -fungi
true fungi have cell walls composed of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -chitin
how do fungi reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER -either sexually or asexually
how do fungi get nourishment? - CORRECT ANSWER -absorbing solutions or organic material
from their environment
