TEST BANK FOR Talaro's Foundations in Microbiology 12th Edition Barry Chess and Kathleen Park Talaro (CHAPTERS 1-27) ||Complete A+ Guide

,CHAPTER 1
TRUE/FALSE11-
11Write11'T'11if11the11statement11is11true11and11'F'11if11the11statement11is11false.
1) Members11of11the11same11species11share11many11more11characteristics11compared11to11t
hose11shared11by11members11of11the11same11kingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false


2) Viruses11are1 1 not11classified11in11any11of11Whittaker's11five11kingdoms.

⊚ true
⊚ false


3) Members11of11the11kingdom11Fungi11are11photosynthetic.

⊚ true
⊚ false


4) A11scientist11studying11helminths11is11working11with11bacteria.

⊚ true
⊚ false


5) The11fossil11record11has11established11that11prokaryotes11existed11on11Earth11for11approx
imately11two11billion11years11before11eukaryotes11evolved.

⊚ true
⊚ false


6) It11has11been11over112511years11since11a11new11infectious11disease11has11emerged11in11the11
world.

⊚ true
⊚ false


7) The11term11sterile11means11free11of11all11life-forms.

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, ⊚ true
⊚ false


8) All11microorganisms11are11parasites.

⊚ true
⊚ false


9) During11a11scientific11experiment,11the11control11group11is11used11to11directly11test11or
11measure11the11consequences11of11a11variable11in11the11study.


⊚ true
⊚ false


10) The11scientific11method11involves11formulating11a11tentative11explanation,11called11the11h
ypothesis,11to11account11for11what11has11been11observed11or11measured.

⊚ true
⊚ false


11) Once11an11organism11is11assigned11to11a11particular11taxonomic11hierarchy,11it11is11pe
rmanent11and11cannot11be11revised.

⊚ true
⊚ false


12) When11the11results11of11an11experiment11support11a11hypothesis,11the11hypothesis1
1can11now11be11considered11a11theory.


⊚ true
⊚ false


13) The11names11of11the11three11proposed11domains11are:11Bacteria,11Protista,11Eukarya.

⊚ true
⊚ false



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, 14) One11distinguishing11characteristic11of11archaeais11that11they11live11in11extreme11environm
ents.

⊚ true
⊚ false


15) Some11microorganisms11can11photosynthesize,11but11their11overall11contribution11t
o11Earth's11atmospheric11oxygen11is11very11small11in11comparison11to11plant11photosynthesi
s.

⊚ true
⊚ false


16) Any11microorganism11on11or11in11the11human11body11is11considered11a11pathogen.

⊚ true
⊚ false


17) Theories11are11supported11by11more11evidence11than11hypotheses.

⊚ true
⊚ false



MULTIPLE11CHOICE11-
11Choose11the11one11alternative11that11best11completes11the11statement11or11answers11the1
1question.
18) Disease-causing11microorganisms11are11called


A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.

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




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