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Chapter 2 and 3 quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A media that is created by adding undefined animal extracts would be called a

a)

complex

b)

enumeration

c)

synthetic

d)

reducing

e)

enriched

2.

This scientist perfected a method of sterilizing foods.

a)

van Leeuwanhoek

b)

Pasteur

c)

Redi

d)

Tyndall

3.

Strange bacteria that live in extreme environments are are in which domain

a)

Animalia

b)

Fungi

c)

eubacteria

d)

archea

4.

Humans are Homo sapiens. What is our genus?

a)

Homo

b)

sapien

c)

animalia

d)

mamalia

5.

Parasitic worms belong to what creature group?

a)

bacteria

b)

fungi

c)

helminths

d)

mammalia

6.

All animals that have a nucleus are part of what group

a)

prokaryotes

b)

eukaryotes

c)

mammalia

d)

fungi

7.

Which of the following will not isolate individual bacteria?

a)

filtration plate

b)

streak plate

c)

spread plate

d)

pour plate

8.

Red algae can be used to isolate what

a)

mold

b)

agar

c)

fructose

d)

complex fatty acids

9.

Five types of bacteria are added to a plate, but only one grows on the plate. Why?

a)

Contamination

b)

differential media

c)

selective media

d)

Ultrapurification media

10.

Tyndall established the existence of what in bacteria?

a)

endospore

b)

nucleus

c)

sugar regulation

d)

parasitic nature

11.

Creating new creatures via alteration of their DNA is called

a)

Biotechnology

b)

Genetic Enginering

c)

bioremediation

d)

organic agriculture

12.

What is the lowest taxon level?

a)

domain

b)

genus

c)

phylum

d)

family

13.

How many domains are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

In the simplest experiments using the scientific method, we have a control and a(n)

a)

experimental group

b)

established group

c)

observed group

d)

original group

15.

If an established idea is proven correct by all experiments, the highest level of certainty we can call it is a(n)

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

law

d)

book

16.

Dividing creatures into different group is difficult, but we can do so with new evidence from

a)

physical characteristics

b)

colony formation

c)

DNA sequencing

d)

Nuclear staining

17.

The absence of any life forms and viral particles is called

a)

pasteurized

b)

sterilized

c)

Organic

d)

European

18.

In the scientific method, a person observes phenomena, does background reading, and generates a testable ___________.

a)

theory

b)

hypothesis

c)

Law

d)

anarch

19.

Guidelines for establishing a cause of a microbiology infection are derived from _________.

a)

Koch's postulate

b)

Pastur's Pasturization

c)

van Leeuwenhoek's microscopy

d)

Kant's philosophy

20.

The theory that life must come from life is called

a)

Cell theory

b)

Germ Theory

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

biogenesis