Main Themes of Microbiology

Question 1

Prokaryotes

Answer 1

no nucleus, unicellular, no organelles

Question 2

Prokaryotes include

Answer 2

bacteria and archaea

Question 3

Eukaryotes

Answer 3

nucleus, uni/multicellular, organelles

Question 4

Kingdoms of eukaryotes

Answer 4

plants, animals, fungi, algae, protazoa

Question 5

Earth formed…

Answer 5

4.5 bya

Question 6

First life on earth appeared…

Answer 6

4 bya
- prokaryotic life similar to archaea
- evolved underwater vents/volcanos

Question 6

Eukaryotes evolved…

Answer 6

1.2 bya

Question 7

Unicellular/prokaryotic for…

Answer 7

2 billion years

Question 8

Basic structure of microbes

Answer 8

eukaryote, prokaryote, virus

Question 9

What is the smallest microbe which cannot be seen under a light microscope?

Answer 9

virus

Question 10

Microbial habitats

Answer 10

photosynthesis, ice, decomposition, soil formation

Question 11

Human uses of microbes

Answer 11

extract ore, clean up soil (bioremediation), make chemicals, make beer, reduce pollution, biofuels, etc

Question 12

Antoine can Leeuwenhoek

Answer 12

created the compound microscope observing many organisms in the process

Question 13

Scientific method

Answer 13

1. observation
2. question
3. hypothesis
4. experiment
5. conclusion

Question 14

Edward Jenner

Answer 14

created the vaccine using his version of the scientific method

Question 14

Robert Koch

Answer 14

provided the most evidence to support the Germ Theory of Diseases

Question 14

Louis Pasteur

Answer 14

disproved life regenesis

Question 15

The Germ Theory of Diseases

Answer 15

certain microbes can cause specific diseases

Question 16

Joseph Lister

Answer 16

aseptic techniques

Question 17

Carl Woese

Answer 17

The scientist(s) that proposed assigning organisms to one of three domains

Question 18

Pasteur used swan-neck flasks in his experiments to show

Answer 18

dust in air was a source of living microorganisms

Question 19

The scientist that showed disease anthrax was caused by bacterium Bacillus anthracis

Answer 19

Koch

Question 20

True or False: By the year 2010, scientists were able to develop a variety of strategies to grow laboratory cultures of a vast majority of the microbial strains on Earth

Answer 20

false

Question 21

A unique characteristic of viruses that distinguishes them from the other major groups of microorganisms?

Answer 21

no cell structure

Question 22

When assigning a scientific name to an organism...

Answer 22

italicize both the genus and species

Question 23

Helminths are...

Answer 23

parasitic worms

Question 24

All microorganisms are best defined as organisms that...

Answer 24

are too small to see with the naked eye