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Question 1

all the organisms considered to be microbes

Answer 1

bacteria
viruses
helminths
protozoa
fungi
algae

Question 2

how are viruses different from any other group of microbes

Answer 2

viruses are not independent, living, or cellular

Question 3

major branches of microbiology

Answer 3

medical
industrial
agricultural
environmental
immunology
public health/epidemiology

Question 4

difference between prokaryote and eukaryote

Answer 4

prokaryotes are unicellular, lack nuclei, and are ten times smaller

Question 5

T/F: microscopic organisms produce more oxygen than plants

Answer 5

true

Question 6

T/F lower respiratory infections are the top cause of disease related deaths in the US and world

Answer 6

true

Question 7

T/F all microbes cause disease

Answer 7

false

Question 8

T/F omnipresent is the term that means that bacteria are present/found everywhere

Answer 8

false

Question 9

ways microbes are used for bioremediation

Answer 9

handle oil spills/detoxify contaminated areas/pesiticides

Question 10

why are helminths considered in the study of microbiology

Answer 10

they are transmitted in a similar manner to bacterial infections

Question 11

tentative explanation of an observation that is testable and falsifiable

Answer 11

hypothesis

Question 12

spontaneous generation was disproven by _________ with his experiment using swan-necked flasks

Answer 12

Pasteur

Question 13

polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was invented by

Answer 13

Mullis

Question 14

supported by a growing body of evidence and data, survives rigorous scrutiny and has not yet been disproven

Answer 14

theory

Question 15

developed aseptic techniques

Answer 15

Lister

Question 16

how are the names of bacteria assigned

Answer 16

binomial nomenclature

Question 17

eight taxonomic categories

Answer 17

domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 18

three domains

Answer 18

bacteria
archaea
eukaryea

Question 19

contributed microscopy with the compound lens

Answer 19

leeuwenhoek

Question 20

contributed germ theory

Answer 20

koch

Question 21

developed a staining technique that aids in the identification and characterization of bacteria

Answer 21

gram

Question 22

demonstrated that hand-washing could drastically reduce the number of women dying after birth

Answer 22

semmelweis

Question 23

credited for finding the cure to syphillis

Answer 23

ehrlich

Question 24

credited with binomial nomenclature

Answer 24

linnaeus

Question 25

credited with the eradication of smallpox and vaccination

Answer 25

jenner

Question 26

any agent that causes disease

Answer 26

pathogen

Question 27

completely free of all life forms including endospores and virus particles

Answer 27

sterile

Question 28

beginning in the absence of life

Answer 28

abiogenesis