Trivia Questions On Microbiology Exam! Quiz
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Have you just finished chapter one and two on your microbiology exam and will start on chapter 3 in the next class? The quiz below is designed to ensure that you have a good chance of remembering all you covered in the two chapters by asking you some questions. Try it out and tackle the quiz on chapters 3 and four later.
Questions and Answers
- 1._________________ are organisms that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye.
- 2.The six main types of microorganisms are (BAFPAV)
- 3.Microorganisms produce O2 and sugars via
- 4.
- 5.The genus is capitalized and the specific epithet is
- 6.Bacteria are prokaryotes and have
- 7.Archaea are prokaryotic and lack
- 8.Fungi are eukaryotes and have
- 9.Algae are eukaryotes and have
- 10.Viruses are
- A.
Acellular
- B.
Have DNA or RNA genome
- C.
Surrounded by protein coat or lipid envelope
- D.
Replicate only when they are in a living host cell
- E.
All of the above
- 11.The Germ theory of disease states that ____________ cause disease.
- 12.Antibiotics are synthetic drugs used to treat disease.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Chemotherapeutic agents used to treat infectious diseases can only be synthetic drugs.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.A pathogen that invades a susceptible host.
- 15._____________ is the study of interactions between atoms and molecules.
- 16.The ______ is the smallest unit of matter that enters into chemical reactions.
- 17.Atoms interact to form __________.
- 18.____________ are uncharged particles.
- 19.Protons and neutrons are in the __________.
- 20.
- 21.Electrons are arranged in _________ _________ corresponding to different energy levels.
- 22.The number of protons and electrons are _________ in an atom.
- 23._________ are atoms that have gained or lost electrons and are charged.
- 24._______ ________ are attractions between ions of opposite charge. One atom loses electrons and another gains electrons.
- 25.___________ __________ form when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons.
- 26.The sum of the atomic weights in a molecule is the _________ __________.
- 27.One ______ of a substance is its molecular weight in grams.
- 28.__________ reactions absorb energy.
- 29._____________ reactions release energy.
- 30.__________ reactions occur when atoms, ions, or molecules combine to form new, larger molecules.
- 31.___________ is the synthesis of molecules in a cell.
- 32.__________ reactions are part synthesis and part decomposition.
- 33._________ reactions can readily go in either direction.
- 34.An ______ is a substance that dissociates into one or more H+.
- 35.A _____ is a substance that dissociates into one or more OH-.
- 36.A ________ is a substance that dissociates into cations and anions, neither of which is H+ or OH-.
- 37.The amount of H+ in a solution is expressed as
- 38.Increasing [H+] increases
- 39.Increasing [OH-] increases
- 40.Organic compounds always contain carbon and ________.
- 41.Inorganic compounds typically lack _________.
- 42.___________ are the primary components of cell membranes.
- 43.Lipids are _____________ and insoluble in water.
- 44._________ ___________ are called fats or triglycerides.
- 45.__________ are proteins that speed chemical reactions.
- 46.Flagella are made of ___________.
- 47.The primary structure of a protein is a __________ _________. It is a chain of amino acids joined through peptide bonds.
- 48._________________ proteins consist of amino acids and other organic molecules such as glycoproteins, nucleoproteins, and lipoproteins.
- 49.Nucleic acids consist of __________.
- 50.Nucleotides consist of
- A.
Pentose
- B.
Phosphate group
- C.
Nitrogen-containing (purine or pyrimidine) base
- D.
All of the above
- 51.DNA has deoxyribose and exists as a
- 52.RNA has ribose and is
- 53.ATP has ribose, adenine, and 3 ___________ _________.
- 54.ATP is made by ___________ ____________
- 55.____________ is broken by hydrolysis to liberate useful energy for the cell.
- 56._________________ DNA is DNA made from two different sources.
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