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Microbiology 101 Exam 1

Total questions: 143

Worksheet time: 36hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

-when tissue freezes

- it's going to shunt blood from your toes, fingers, & nose --> to the heart, lungs, & brain

-The tissue has died

--> the cells aren't rupturing

--> water in the cells freeze

--> The cells expand and burst

a)

Polio

b)

Streptococcus

c)

Frostbite

d)

Lyme disease

2.

--> True anaerobic organism (dies in the presence of oxygen)

--> thrives in dead tissue

- gets into the tissue & kills it --> which could lead to amputation from sent toxins out to kill tissue

--> soil organism

--> its everywhere (in the environment)

a)

streptomyces

b)

Clostridium Perfrigens

c)

coccobacillus

d)

Streptoccus mutans

3.

- an organism that can cause "strep throat"

- in right situation --> cause necrotizing flesh eating bacteria (loosing skin)

a)

Streptococcus

b)

Syphilis

c)

MRSA

d)

Polio

4.

- causes MRSA --> bacteria (very resistant) causes diseases

a)

Measles

b)

Black Death

c)

Staphylococcus aureus

d)

Yersinia Pestis

5.

- STD

- gets into tissue/bone --> it will eat the bone away

- if it gets into the brain --> person goes crazy

a)

Staph

b)

Yersinia Pestis

c)

Black Death

d)

Syphilis

6.

-from tick bite

- likes to attack & lodge itself in joints, knees, fingers, shoulders

- only treatment --> 6 weeks of strong tetracycline or Erythromycin

- put something in your heart for the drug to spread throughout the body

a)

Lyme Disease

b)

measles

c)

flu

d)

rabies

7.

- huge charity (non-profit)

- developed in 1951 by a group of mothers because their children had polio

- research for polio

a)

Lyme disease

b)

Polio

c)

March of Dimes

d)

Antibiotics that don't wear me out

8.

- get the vaccine as a kid (2 days old)

- oral vaccine

- an outbreak (New York) --> immigrants coming into the country w/o being vaccinated and people not getting vaccinated during COVID

- attacks the muscles & cause paralysis

- enters through the mouth (contaminated water), to the stomach and intestinal tract

- sometimes to the blood & attacks the nervous system or muscles

a)

salmonella

b)

ovarian cancer

c)

polio

d)

penicillin

9.

- huge problem in the 50s, w/ the swimming pools. That's why they started to add chlorine to swimming pools

- secreted by an infected person via people material

a)

Flu

b)

Rabies

c)

measles

d)

Polio in swimming pools

10.

- fined $250 for cats & dogs that aren't vaccinated for Rabies

- any warm-blooded animal can transmit it

- The virus --> sits at the base of the brain, then travels to the salivary glands and replicates itself. There it injects contaminated saliva

- humans can transmit the virus as well

- positive test from the nipper bodies (stain them) cut out from the brain

a)

measles

b)

Rabies

c)

elephant mushroom

d)

salmonella

11.

- very infectious

- passes easily through Brinks aerosols

- get extremely hot body temp (fever)

- no treatment --> try to bring body temp down

a)

measles

b)

flu

c)

E.Coli

d)

Listeria

12.

- dogs can get it

- transmits a lot from animal to animal

- "Fido's Food could be making your kids sick"

- Dog food contaminated --> made from all different parts of (bad quality) meat

- dogs eat contaminated food --> gives you wet kisses --> you get it

a)

Salmonella

b)

rabies

c)

Flu

d)

measles

13.

-dog foods contaminated are with ____

- produces lots of toxins

--> alpha toxins, which are very dangerous to you and the dog

- There are species of _________ where they're highly poisonous --> could be dead within a half hour

(a)  

14.

- making artificial bacon from 3 million (a)  

15.

What gives the violin its amazing sound?

- Stradivarius violin --> the tree used has (a)   , which changes the structure of the wood

16.

Ovarian cancer cure? --> A chemical in the bark of the ____ ____

- Found ____ that makes the chemical in the bark --> extract the chemical to make a treatment

(a)  

17.

Antibiotics Don't Wear Me Out

Overusing antibiotics --> _______ _____ (resistant)

_____ (harsh environment) --> if you can survive here, you can survive anywhere



(a)  

18.

______ ______ was one of the first antibiotics

- A natural anesthesia & anti microbial component

(a)  

19.

Discovered by medical doctor named Fleming

Still used today --> _______ grown on canelo

Pharmaceutical Company will purposely infected canelo w/ _______ --> extract the mold & chemicals, you now have insulin

(a)  

20.

Designer Jeans --> Made By Microbes

Classic bleached jeans --> added w/ _____ breaks the material down. Gives the washed jean look

Jean clad material --> use microorganisms

Cant plant lots of cotton? --> Instead, microorganisms to make cotton fiber, we spin it and get the material

Bleaching Jeans --> use ________ crocodiles

____ used to make the blue color

(a)  

21.

What are Anti Microbial Tiles?

(a)  

22.

What is Sherwin Williams Antibacterial Paint?



(a)  

23.

What Astronauts Do?

- To stay clean & healthy --> ____ & _____

- keeps microbial organisms down

- keeps the odor down

- heavy metals to combat microorganisms

- put their water in grass containers --> kills _______

(a)  

24.

- treatable early

- soaked materials, excellent way of killing organisms —> phenol

- thought to be transmitted through the air you breathe, but it’s actually from a bite (fleas)

- not really any controls in 1700s

a)

E. Coli

b)

Streptococcus mutans

c)

Lyme Disease

d)

Black Death

25.

- Bacteria digests & metabolizes —> produces energy

- The Engineering & Environmental Science (Solan Hall), took a bucket of sludge out of a pond and powered Christmas lights

a)

Bacterial Battery

b)

Ovarian Cancer

c)

Antibiotic Treatments

d)

Methane Gas

26.

Round Structure (Prokaryotic cell)

(a)  

27.

What is a Coccus example?

(a)  

28.

Long rod structure (Prokaryotic cell)

(a)  

29.

What is a Bacillus example?

(a)  

30.

Cucumber shape, pretty individual, curved rod (prokaryotic cell)

(a)  

31.

What is a Vibrio example?

(a)  

32.

wavy structure organisms

(a)  

33.

cork screw shape organism

(a)  

34.

cocci in clusters

(a)  

35.

clusters of 4

(a)  

36.

spiral-shaped cells

(a)  

37.

fungi

(a)  

38.

fruiting bodies

(a)  

39.

Diplo --> ___ _____

(a)  

40.

Strepto --> ____ __ ______

EX: Streptococcus

(a)  

41.

packets in groups

(a)   ---> looks like grapes

42.

Biofilms

-a little ecosystem

- distinct ______

- can withstand high ______ & _____

a)

pressures

&

temps

b)

volume

&

pressures

c)

temps

&

volume

d)

attachment

e)

motility

43.

Slime Layer

- loose structure Glycocalyx (sugar/protein)

Ex: ______ _____ ____

a)

Manatees

b)

dry itchy throat

c)

bad breath bacteria

d)

Teeth

("Morning Yuck")

44.

_____________ ______ ---> normal flora bacteria

a)

Streptococcus pneumonia

b)

Lysteria

c)

staplococcus

aureus

d)

Streptoccus Mutans

45.

Problems with Normal Flora Bacteria

1. Teeth cleaning _____ _____ supply then attaches to heart values and causes Endocarditis

2. _____ Joints

--> (surgery) can't get your teeth cleaned for a year

3. Cathers- medical use

4. River Rocks

5. Manatees

a)

enters blood, Artificial

b)

leaves blood, weak

c)

attacks blood, fragile

d)

circulates blood, tensile

46.

_______ ---> Glue of Life

- tight structure Glycocalys (sugar/protein)

- Ex: Disease cause microbes

a)

Pilus

b)

Slime layer

c)

Biofilm

d)

Capsule

47.

___________ ___________ (capsule)

1) Attaches to lung tissue

--> causes pneumonia

2) Protects microbe

--> Prevents "phagocytosis by

macrophages"

a)

E. Coli

b)

Gonorrhea

c)

Streptococcus Pheumoniae

d)

Bacillus Anthracis

48.

________ ________ (capsule)

-Bioterroism Microbe

(After 911)

a)

Lysteria

b)

Bacillus Anthracis

c)

Streptococcus Pheumoniae

d)

Staphylococcus aureus

49.

- protein/sugar

- dense structure

- attach to host cells movement

- Ex: E.Coli. (GI Tract)

- Tract --> produce cytotoxins

- Gonorrhea --> STD

a)

Flagellum

b)

Pilus

c)

Capsule

d)

Fimbriae

50.

- protein/sugar

- loose structure

- attachment to host cells

- E. coli --> GI Tract

--> produce cytotoxins & endotoxins

a)

Flagellum

b)

Pilus

c)

Fimbriae

d)

Capsule

51.

What prokaryotes is used for anchoring?

—> very unique structure

- Energy source (ATP) produced in cell membrane ( Electron Transport Chain)

- Filament—> breaks, regrow

a)

Flagellum

b)

Pilus

c)

Capsule

d)

Fimbriae

52.

what is the structural feature of a Flagella?

(a)  

53.

What is the 2nd function of the Flagellum—-> ______ - attachment

-Ex: Helibacter pylori

—> stomach/ ulcers

-Ex: campylobacter jejuni

—-> cattle, chicken

—-> intestinal tract

—> food borne pathogen

a)

Anchor

b)

Morph

c)

water absorption

d)

Equilibrium

54.

What is the 3rd function of the Flagellum—-> _____ _____ _____

- Ex: Lysteria Sp.

-travels to fetus —> kills fetus

a)

Develops peptoglycogin layer

b)

Dilutes pH content

c)

Absorbs into membrane

d)

Move through tissue

55.

___ ___ —> tells shape of bacteria

-Gram positive

—> purple stain

-Gram negative

—> pink stain

-Atypical

(a)  

56.

Gram (a)   cell wall

- thick peptidoglycan layer

- protein/ sugar structure

- a series of of glycan rods held together by tetra peptide chains

- very sensitive to heating acids

- penicillin

57.

An example of a Gram Positive cell wall?

a)

E. Coli

b)

Mycolic acid

c)

Staphylococcus aureus

d)

Streptococcus perifigin

58.

Gram (a)   Cell wall

- thin peptidoglycan layer

- Has LPS —> Lipopoly Saccharide

59.

What is an example of a Gram Negative Cell Wall—-> __ ____



(a)  

60.

What is a Gram Negative bacteria that…

1. Releases endotoxins causing—> Full

Body Shut Down (destroys heart, liver, kidneys)

2. Hard to treat

3. Can’t use antibiotics



(a)  

61.

(a)   Cell Wall

- comprised of a thick hydrophobic waxy lipid (mycolic acid) and cholesterol cell wall

- pleomorphic (various) structure ( very long, branching, etc.)

-very hard to treat

62.

What is are examples of a Atypical cell wall—-> __________ &

_____

—> Erodes tissue (likes fingers, toes, nose, cheeks)

—-> Armadillo (very common carrier)

(a)  

63.

___ _______ —-> selective barrier

- Cholesterol

—> makes sure the cell won’t freeze or melt

a)

Cytokines

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Cytoplasm

64.

(a)   Diffusion

- water, some acids, vitamins, and minerals can passively go across the cell membrane

65.

(a)   Diffusion

- use transporter proteins (channels)

66.

(a)   Transport

- goes against the concentration gradient

67.

(a)   —-> a very specific protein that allows the movement of water.

- brings water into cell quickly (to dilute/equilibrium of cell)

68.

A prokaryotic cell membrane has

______, ______ ______, ________

a)

Flagella

b)

Electron transport chain (ATP)

c)

Mitochondria

d)

No mitochondria

e)

Ribosome

69.

_________ ——> internal protein structure (shape)

-attached inside cell membrane

- Has Binary Fission (bacteria replication)

-protein structure

- helps during cell division

a)

Cytokines

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Cytoplasm

70.

________ ——> semi-solid materials

1) stores nutrients

- minerals

- vitamins

- Amino Acids

-Carbs

- Lipids

- Water

2) Location of Protein Synthesis

a) Transription

b) Translation

3) Energy Production

4) Organize Cellular Materials

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Cytokines

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Cell Membrane

71.

________ ________ ——> storage of materials

-nutrients

- metals —> Iron, Lead, Zinc, Oil (eating bacteria)

a)

Plasmid

b)

Inclusion Granules

c)

Gas Vesicles

d)

Ribosome

72.

___ _____ —-> small rigid structures that allow buoyancy of the cell (float up or down)

a)

Plasmid

b)

Ribosome

c)

Gas Vesicles

d)

Inclusion Granules

73.

_______ —-> made up of two subunits (prokaryote)

—> 1 small (30)

—-> 1 large (50)

Complete (70)

a)

Gas Vesicle

b)

Ribosome

c)

Inclusion Granules

d)

Plasmid

74.

______ ________ ——> “ To make Protein”

——> “S” Suedberg Unit- sedimentation rate

(a)  

75.

Ribosome Structure in Bacteria:

Small Subunit :__s

Large Subunit: __s

70s structure very sensitive to antibiotics

Ex: Streptomycin

Gentamicin

(a)  

76.

Ribosome Structure in You:

-Small Subunit: __s

-Large Subunit: __s

Complete: __s

(a)  

77.

(a)   (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

- Alpha helix ∝

- Double Bonded

- 5 carbon sugar --> deoxyribose phosphate backbone

- Base Pairs

-Adenine (A)--(T) Thymine

-Guanine (G)--(C) Cytosine

78.

What is the structural shape of bacterial DNA---> (a)  

- DNA --> circular

--> gene ties protein "cookbook"/ information

79.

What is the name of the extra piece of DNA in bacterial cells? What is its function? ----> (a)  

- extra piece of DNA

- can code for "antibiotic resistance"

80.

What is the name for Bacterial Replication? --> _____ _______



(a)  

81.

Why are Endospores Formed?

(a)  

82.

What are two unique structural features of an Endospore

a)

thin waxy membrane

b)

thicker peptidoglycan layer (cell wall)

c)

double membrane

d)

thin peptidoglycan layer (cell wall)

83.

Give two examples of bacteria that produces endospores

a)

Streptococcus pneumonia's

b)

Clostridium Tetani ---> Tetanus

c)

Escherichia coli --> E. Coli

d)

Bacillus Anthracis ---> anthrax

84.

What is Biofilm and give an example

a)

- mixtures of flagella and cholesterol in the membrane

-ex: streptococcus pheumoniae

b)

-a little ecosystem

- ex: Streptoccus Mutans

c)

- surrounding layer over membrane

-- ex: Streptoccus Mutans

d)

-a little ecosystem

-ex: streptococcus pheumoniae

85.

Give two examples why we need food macromolecules?

(a)  

86.

Our Building Blocks Consist of:

__ Minerals

__ Vitamins (water soluble)

__ Vitamins (fat soluble)

____ ---> sugars

____ --> produce 20 Amino Acids

___ --> Triglycerides

____ --> H20

(a)  

87.

What are some of our Fat soluble Vitamins

(a)  

88.

What is the function for Vitamin K

a)

cell health

b)

Blood clots

c)

Energy production

d)

Eye sight

89.

What is the function for Vitamin A

a)

blood clots

b)

Eyes, produce mucus (goblet cells)

c)

calcium absorption

d)

cell health

90.

What is the function for Vitamin D

a)

bone health

b)

cell health

c)

calcium absorption

d)

blood clots

e)

eye sight

91.

What is the function for Vitamin E

a)

blood clots

b)

cell health

c)

calcium absorption

d)

antioxidant

e)

cellular division

92.

What are some of our water soluble vitamins

(a)  

93.

What is the functions for Vitamin C

a)

Bone health

b)

Collegen production

c)

Energy production (ATP)

d)

antioxidant

e)

Calcium absorption

94.

What are some Vitamin B examples?

(a)  

95.

Carbon is the ____ __ ____ in both Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

(a)  

96.

Oxygen is used for ___ _______ in both Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

(a)  

97.

Hydrogen is used for __, __ ____, ___ ______ in Prokaryotes

(a)  

98.

Hydrogen is used for __, __ ____, ___ ______, _____ ______, __ in Eukaryotes

(a)  

99.

What is Nitrogen used for with Prokaryotes & Eurkayotes

a)

DNA/mRNA

b)

Protein

c)

pH

d)

Amino Acids

e)

lipid bilayer

100.

What is Phosphate used for with Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

a)

ATP

b)

phospholipids

c)

DNA backbone

d)

pH

e)

mRNA

101.

What is Sulfur used for with Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

a)

Protein Structure

b)

H+ protons

c)

Disulfide bonds

d)

DNA

e)

ATP Production

102.

What is Iron used for with Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

a)

DNA

b)

ATP Production

c)

Protein Synthesis

d)

RBC Production

103.

What is Zinc used for with Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes

a)

ATP Production

b)

Cell growth

c)

Antioxidant

d)

Eyesight

104.

What are some carbohydrate examples in Prokaryotes

(a)  

105.

What are some carbohydrate examples in Eukaryotes

(a)  

106.

What is the path of ATP Production in YOU

4 lines
107.

What is the path of ATP Production in Bacteria

4 lines
108.

What are the functions of Triglycerides in Prokaryotes

a)

1 Tri. = 129 ATP

b)

helps cell membrane

c)

Protection

d)

Insulation

e)

cell regrowth

109.

What are the functions of Triglycerides in Eukaryotes

a)

1 Tri= 129 ATP

b)

Cell regrowth

c)

Protection

d)

Insulation

e)

Antioxidant

110.

All Cell Membranes (Eukaryote & Prokaryote) have a (a)   bilayer

- Animals

-Plants

-Bacteria

-Organelles

111.

-Delay in puberty (2 to 5yrs) --> lack of (a)  

-(for women only) --> don't make sex hormones until ≈ 10yrs

-males have sex hormones when they're born

112.

What is Cholesterol involved in with Prokaryotes ---> ___ ________ & ______ ____ _____

(a)  

113.

What is Cholesterol involved in with Eukaryotes ---> ____________ & ____ __________

(a)  

114.

How are Protein functions involved with Prokaryotes:

a)

Has a high heat capacity

b)

Antibiotic Transport Cell

c)

Involved w/ Hair, nails, muscles, transport proteins, sperm

d)

Gram + Cell Wall

e)

Involved w/ capsule, slime layer, pili, fimbrae, sex pili, flagella, enzymes, & toxins

115.

What are the functions of water?

1) High ____ Capacity

--> H-bonds absorb heat & maintain body heat

2) _____ Chemical Bonds

---> Hydrolysis

3) ____Chemical Bonds

---> Dehydration & Condensation (water --> subproduct)

4) Transport System/ Solvent

--> Hydration Shell

5) Cooling/_____

6) pH Potential Hydrogen

H20---> H+ + OH-

(Donate/accept H+)

7) H+ ---> proton for energy production

8) Impact/_______

-Joints, eyes, spinal fluid, fetal development



(a)  

116.

What is osmosis?

a)

How your cells are regulating water

b)

process of moving water from hight to low concentrations

c)

process of moving water against the concentration gradient

d)

the movement of water when its in Isotonic stage

117.

______ ________ —-> no net movement of water; cells do not change in size or shape



(a)  

118.

________ _________ —-> water diffuses outward; cells shrink

(a)  

119.

________ __________ ——> water diffuses inward; cells swell

(a)  

120.

Explain three methods by which "Genetic Variation" occurs in prokaryotic cells?

(a)  

121.

___________: some bacteria take up outside genetic information (naked DNA) from the environment.

-Griffith's Experiment 1928

—> 2 strains (forms) Streptococcus Pneumoniae

-Smooth (capsule) cause disease (mouse dies)

-Rough (no capsule) don't cause disease (mouse doesn’t die)

a)

Transformation

b)

Transduction

c)

Translation

d)

Conjugation

122.

_________: process where one bacteria transfers genetic information to another bacteria through direct contact (sex pili).

- 1 Donor Bacteria —> carries DNA sequence (F-factor)

—> F-Factor produces the pili, which connects the two together

- 1 Receiver Bacteria

a)

Transduction

b)

Transformation

c)

Conjugation

d)

Translation

123.

_________: process by which a bacteria transfers genetic information from one bacteria to another.

- the bacteriophages are able to infect bacterial cells and use them as hosts to make more bacteria

a)

Conjugation

b)

Translation

c)

Transformation

d)

Transduction

124.

List two unique structures or characteristics of bacterial flagellum

1) Located on ___ ________

2) Rotate ______

(a)  

125.

List two positives and negative stimuli that bacteria use their flagella for:

Positives: ______, _______

Negatives: ______, _____

(a)  

126.

List bacteria w/ an Atypical cell wall: _______, _______

What animal is a carrier of an Atypical Cell Wall Microbe: _______

(a)  

127.

Define "Denature"

Why is this concept important?

(a)  

128.

What Phospholipids (Function) does humans have?

(a)  

129.

Give two examples of bacteria that produce endospores

(a)  

130.

What Structure protects a microbe from phagocytosis?

(a)  

131.

List two mineral and their function in prokaryotic cells

a)

Oxygen- ATP production

b)

Nitrogen- ATP production

c)

Hydrogen- ATP production

d)

Carbon-ATP production

132.

List one function of human flagella: ____

What type of eukaryotic cell has a flagella: _______________

(a)  

133.

List two unique structural features of an Endospores

a)

spins 1000 times

b)

double cell membrane

c)

thin peptidoglycan layer

d)

thick peptidoglycan layer

134.

Why is the ribosome size difference important?

(a)  

135.

List two unique anatomical structure that allow bacteria to produce Biofilms

a)

Fimbriae

b)

Capsule

c)

Biofilm

d)

Slime layer

136.

What Cholesterol (function) does E. Coli have?

a)

Endospores

b)

Gram Positive Cell Wall

c)

Atypical cell wall

d)

Gram Negative Cell Wall

137.

Microbiology encompasses a large area of microbes. What are some benefits or some that cause disease of bacteria.

Benefits: _________ ______

Disease: _______ _________, __________ __________

(a)  

138.

What phospholipid (function) does E. coli have?

(a)  

139.

What structure would an antibiotic NOT be used and why: ______ ______ cell wall

- it has two peptidoglycan layer between membranes which makes it harder to penetrate

(a)  

140.

What Triglyceride (function) does E. Coli have

a)

Bone growth

b)

Cell growth

c)

Insulation

d)

ATP Production

141.

Which structure would an antibiotic be used: _____ ______ Cell Wall

- has one outer layer of peptidoglycan layer which antibiotics can inhibit the production, making the wall weak

(a)  

142.

What are protein structures found in humans (eukaryotic)

a)

nails

b)

hair

c)

Flagellum

d)

Pilus

e)

sperm

143.

What is the structural shape of bacterial DNA: ______ shaped

What is it called: ______

(a)