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What is the most common way to identify viruses?


A) Reaction with antibodies
B) Replication methods
C) Shape and size
D) All of the above

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Match the term with the correct definition. -Aerobic 


A) The study of microscopic organisms
B) A protein that accelerates a reaction by reducing the amount of energy required to initiate a reaction; also called a biological catalyst
C) A term that describes organisms that need oxygen to survive
D) The study of viruses
E) Requiring complex carbon and nitrogen for metabolic synthesis
F) A microorganism that can live with or without oxygen
G) A term that describes organisms that live in the absence of oxygen
H) The study of life
I) A microscopic organism that replicates exclusively inside the host's cell, using parts of the host cell including DNA, ribosomes, and proteins
J) Refers to microorganisms not visible without a microscope

K) B) and F)
L) B) and I)

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Robert Hooke is considered the Father of Microbiology.

A) True
B) False

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Match the term with the correct definition. -Microbial 


A) The study of microscopic organisms
B) A protein that accelerates a reaction by reducing the amount of energy required to initiate a reaction; also called a biological catalyst
C) A term that describes organisms that need oxygen to survive
D) The study of viruses
E) Requiring complex carbon and nitrogen for metabolic synthesis
F) A microorganism that can live with or without oxygen
G) A term that describes organisms that live in the absence of oxygen
H) The study of life
I) A microscopic organism that replicates exclusively inside the host's cell, using parts of the host cell including DNA, ribosomes, and proteins
J) Refers to microorganisms not visible without a microscope

K) C) and D)
L) B) and F)

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What is the most obvious difference between animal cells and bacterial and plant cells?


A) Lack of a chloroplast
B) Lack of a cell wall
C) Lack of cytoplasm
D) None of the above

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Which scientist is associated with the Golden Age of Microbiology?


A) Robert Hooke
B) Charles Darwin
C) Robert Whittaker
D) Louis Pasteur

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Which one of the following kingdoms does not consist of eukaryotic organisms?


A) Monera
B) Animalia
C) Fungi
D) Protista

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The average life span of an adult in the 1600s was 40 years.

A) True
B) False

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Match the term with the correct definition. -Virus


A) The study of microscopic organisms
B) A protein that accelerates a reaction by reducing the amount of energy required to initiate a reaction; also called a biological catalyst
C) A term that describes organisms that need oxygen to survive
D) The study of viruses
E) Requiring complex carbon and nitrogen for metabolic synthesis
F) A microorganism that can live with or without oxygen
G) A term that describes organisms that live in the absence of oxygen
H) The study of life
I) A microscopic organism that replicates exclusively inside the host's cell, using parts of the host cell including DNA, ribosomes, and proteins
J) Refers to microorganisms not visible without a microscope

K) B) and G)
L) D) and E)

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Louis Pasteur was able to show through his experiments that ____ was (were) responsible for spoilage of certain beverages,and thus paved the way for our understanding of germs.


A) Flies
B) Microorganisms
C) Bacteria
D) Spoilage

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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