T/F, Fill in The Blanks (Genesis of Germs)

Question 1

New diseases are products of variation, or change witin kinds, not evolution

Answer 1

T

Question 2

Bacteria are all invisible, potentially harmful little creatures

Answer 2

F

Question 3

Without our intentional flora, we would not survive very well

Answer 3

T

Question 4

Additional evidence that microbes are not the creator’s mistake comes from a large experiment called Biosphere 2

Answer 4

T

Question 5

Escherichia coli is an example of good bacteria because it helps digest our food

Answer 5

T

Question 6

The flagellum acts like an anchor

Answer 6

F

Question 7

Resistance to antimicrobial drugs contributes to the growing number of cases of diseases once thought eradicated

Answer 7

T

Question 8

The news media writes frequently about the evolution of new microbe strains that can cause disease

Answer 8

T

Question 9

In hospitals, Serratia marcescens tends to colonize the gastrointestinal tract od adults

Answer 9

F

Question 10

Disease is a consequence of bacterial mutation and evolution

Answer 10

F

Question 11

What percentage of bacteria is pathogenic _?

Answer 11

5

Question 12

Who was the microbiologist resposible for first describing synthesis of the red pigment found in bacteria that often cause bread and communion wafers appear to have blood on it _

Answer 12

Robert P. Williams

Question 13

Give the name the pigment responsible for the bright red color in the bacteria that appeared as blood

Answer 13

prodigiosin

Question 14

Dr. Michael Behe described flagella as _

Answer 14

havig irreducuble complexity

Question 15

a beneficial aspect of bacteria is _

Answer 15

making and adding flavor to dairy products, recycling nutrients in nature, maintaining human health, breaking down sewage in industrial settings

Question 16

Which bacteria has Scott Minnich studied for over a decade _

Answer 16

Yersinia enterocolittica

Question 17

Which scientist refuted the theory ofspontaneous generation by boiling plant infusions in swan necked flasks that maintained their sterility for long periods of time?

Answer 17

Louis Pasture

Question 18

The idea that microbes pop into existence from substances less complex than a living cell is termed _

Answer 18

spontaneous generation

Question 19

Which scientist did not believe his scientific findings taught humanity about God as well as science?

Answer 19

Charles Darwin

Question 20

Name the brightly red pigmented bacteria that once thought to cause the blood of Christ to appear on communion wafers _

Answer 20

Serratia marcescens

Question 21

The only group of bacteria that have flaellum are the spirilla

Answer 21

F

Question 22

The cell walls of gram negative bacteria are more complex chemically than those of gram positive organisms

Answer 22

T

Question 23

Bacteria only grow and thrive in cold temps

Answer 23

F

Question 24

The technique of gram staining allows a clearer view of the cell wall

Answer 24

T

Question 25

When classifying bacteria by shape, it is important to master Latin since all the names come from latin derivatives

Answer 25

F

Question 26

The eukaryotic cells of bacteria are generally much smaller and simpler in structure than prokaryotic cells

Answer 26

F

Question 27

Pure culture bacteria grown artifically in a liquid medium is highly unpredictable

Answer 27

F

Question 28

Bacterial flagella are unique structures not equivalent to the cilia or flagella of protozoa

Answer 28

T

Question 29

bacteria have adapted to more different living conditions than any other group of organisms

Answer 29

T

Question 30

anthrax is known as a zoonotic disease because people catch it from animals

Answer 30

T

Question 31

the word bacteria comes from the latin word meaning

Answer 31

staff of rod

Question 32

What has internalized flagellum that lie beneath the cell wall

Answer 32

Spirochets

Question 33

Which scientist first observed and described some of the larger bacteria

Answer 33

Anton Leeuwenhoek

Question 34

What is the purpose of bacterial spores

Answer 34

Spore formation permits cells to survive adverse conditions

Question 35

what is a characteristic of proaryotes?

Answer 35

They lack a true nucleus, their DNA is not associated with histones, their cell walls almost always contain peptidoglycan, they usually divide by binary fission

Question 36

Bacteria have adapted to which of the following living conditions

Answer 36

Arctic ice, thermal hot springs, ocean trenches,

Question 37

In the group of bacteria called spirilla, you would see

Answer 37

Bacteria having a helical shape like a crokscrew

Question 38

Which of the following bacteria would a member of the bacilli group?

Answer 38

bacterium shaped as a short and thick cylinder, shaped like a long and slender rod, slightly curved and less rigid with blunt ends

Question 39

The differences in the fine structure of the cell walls of gram positive and gram negative bacteria were discovered int he

Answer 39

mid 1900s with the invention of the electron microscope

Question 40

The cell wall of a bacterium is best descrived as

Answer 40

rigid with little elasticty

Question 41

how fast can an E. coli bacterium swim

Answer 41

nearly 50x the length of its body in one second inside your urinary tract

Question 42

The fastest growth of bacteria happens in which phase

Answer 42

logarithmic phase

Question 43

Tuberculosis no longer exists as a deadly disease

Answer 43

F

Question 44

Robert Koch developed a logical series of observations and experiments that would prove the specific elements of infectious diseases

Answer 44

T

Question 45

Legumes have bacteria int he nodules of their roots and enrich the soil

Answer 45

T

Question 46

Archaeaare not bacteria in the traditional sense

Answer 46

T

Question 47

Archaens may be the only organisms that can live in extreme habitats like thermal bents or hypersaline water

Answer 47

T

Question 48

The process of notification involves nitrifying bacteria that brings about the oxidation of ammonia to nitrites ad of nitrates to nitrites

Answer 48

F

Question 49

the living organisms in yellowstone with the greatest economicimpact on society are the elk, moose, buffalo, and bear

Answer 49

F

Question 50

Nitrogen fixing bacteria helps form organic compounds in the soil, which eventually nourishes plants

Answer 50

`T

Question 51

the geologists who mapped yellow stones thermal basins in the late 1800s did not realize that the colorful deposited in the geysers were microbial

Answer 51

f

Question 52

the rotting process is unnecessary

Answer 52

F

Question 53

To develop his famous postulates, Robert Koch first studied what disease?

Answer 53

anthrax

Question 54

what is the correct order for Koch's postulates?

Answer 54

4,3,1,2

Question 55

Koch discovered which species to be susceptible to cholera?

Answer 55

man

Question 56

how long did it take to solve the mystery of lehionnaires disease

Answer 56

6 months

Question 57

what is important about the species of bacteria called rhizobium leguminosarum

Answer 57

they are nitrogen fixing bacteria that add nourishment through root nodules

Question 58

what was a laboratory problem that faced the doctors researching legionnaires>

Answer 58

determining what the bacteria required as food

Question 59

What previous experience helped Dr. Fliersman understand Legionlla pneumophila

Answer 59

He had studied thermophilic bacteria and recognized similarities

Question 60

The Archaean known as Halpnacterium is characterized by

Answer 60

its red light sensitive pigment

Question 61

the microorganisms of the hot springs at yellowstone are

Answer 61

bacteria, algae, protozoa

Question 62

What are microbes that thrive in hot springs called?

Answer 62

thermophiles

Question 63

********Many protozoa have ocmplex internal structures that function like the organs of complex animals

Answer 63

T

Question 64

In malaria parasites, the characteristic reproduction method is sporulation

Answer 64

T

Question 65

Schizogony is reproduction by totally asexual means and produces new cells called merozoites

Answer 65

T

Question 66

These parasitic forms of protozoans are naturally more common distribution than the free living organisms

Answer 66

F

Question 67

the findings of leeuwenhoekwere readily acceoted by british scientists

Answer 67

F

Question 68

most protozoa are larger than bacteria

Answer 68

T

Question 69

All protists are microscopic

Answer 69

F

Question 70

Leeuwenhoek is known as the father of biology

Answer 70

f

Question 71

An amoeba has no visible internal structures except a nucleus

Answer 71

T

Question 72

Malaria parasites reproduces by both sporulation and schizogony depending on where they are in the life cycle

Answer 72

T

Question 73

Agar is a complex polysaccharide derived from these red algae

Answer 73

T

Question 74

Surgeon Major Ronald Ross found organisms similar to the malaria parasites in horses

Answer 74

F

Question 75

Free living protozoa are found

Answer 75

in fresh water, salt water, the soil, decaying organic matter everywhere

Question 76

Amoeba is derived from a greek word meaning

Answer 76

change

Question 77

an almost universal characteristic of protozoans is

Answer 77

locomotion

Question 78

the protozoan Euglena ingests food through its

Answer 78

gullet

Question 79

The cause of African trypanosomiasis is

Answer 79

Trypanosoma brucei

Question 80

the protozoan Giardia

Answer 80

has been known to infect man, causes the disease giardiasis, may have infected leeowenhoek, can exist in clear running springs

Question 81

The disease giardiasis can be avoided by

Answer 81

not drinking from streams, using iodine tablets, when camping, boiling water from streams

Question 82

These organisms are characterized by hundreds of short, hair-like process on their body

Answer 82

Ciliates

Question 83

Malaria means

Answer 83

bad air

Question 84

What needs to be present for a definitive diagnosis of malaria to be made?

Answer 84

Presence of an O ring in red blood cells