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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
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EDITION
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Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
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1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
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2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
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3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
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4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
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5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
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6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
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7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
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8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
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9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
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10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
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11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
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A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
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C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The word "animalcule" was first used by
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A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
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D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that
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A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
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B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
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C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
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D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
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E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.
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15) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous
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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
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EDITION
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Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
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1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
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7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
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⊚ false
8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
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⊚ false
9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
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A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
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C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The word "animalcule" was first used by
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B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
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D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that
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A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
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B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
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C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
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D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
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E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.
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15) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous
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