Microbiology Exam 1 questions and correct answers

Microbiology Exam 1 questions and
correct answers
Microorganisms or microbes - ANS>>Organisms that are visible only through a
microscope are called microorganisms or microbes

Fermentation - ANS>>an oxygen-starved process that uses bacteria, mold, or yeast to
convert sugars (carbohydrates) to alcohol, gases, and organic acids

Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
A.beer
B.bread
C.cheese
D.orange juice - ANS>>D.orange juice

Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A.Marcus Terentius Varro
B.Thucydides
C.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D.Hippocrates - ANS>>D.Hippocrates

Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B.Ötzi the Iceman
C.Marcus Terentius Varro
D.Robert Koch - ANS>>A.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to
see?
A.Thucydides
B.Marcus Terentius Varro
C.Hippocrates
D.Louis Pasteur - ANS>>B.Marcus Terentius Varro

Thucydides is known as the father of _______________. - ANS>>scientific history

Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease. -
ANS>>Lyme disease

The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________. -
ANS>>fermentation