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WorksheetsMicrobiology C1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
How did scientists use microorganisms to clean up the 1989 oil spill from the Exxon Valdex skin in Alaska?
By using chemicals to dissolve the oil
By using microorganisms to consume the spilled oil
By using robot to clean up the oil spill
Whar are viruses composed of?
A nucleic acid and a few proteins
A nucleus and intracellular structures
A cell membrane and cytoplasm
What did Francesco Redi's experiment with meat in jars demonstrate?
That flies are attracted to meat
That maggots come from fly eggs
That meat can generate new life
What is microbiology?
The study of human body
The study of microscopes
The study of small organisms that can be seen with a microscope
What is one of the importances of microbiology to human daily life?
Microorganisms can degrade oil spills
Microorganisms cannot remove toxic maferials from soil
What is spontaneous generation?
The study of how living things evolve over time
The hypothesis that nonliving things are capable of producing life
Which of the following is not a major group of organisms studied in microbiology?
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Viruses
Which of the following is not true about algae?
Theu can photosynthesize their own food
They have a clearly defined cell nucleus
Which of the following is true about bacteria?
Most can only be seen under the highest magnification of a light microscope
They are multicellular organisms
Which of the following is true about fungi?
They can only be found in the human body
They absorb ready made nutrients from their environment
Which of the following is true about protozoa?
They are single celled microscopic organisms
They do not have a cell nucleus
Who designed an experiment to test the spontaneous creation of maggots?
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Francesco Redi
Why is microbiology important to human health?
Microorganisms cannot cause diseases
Microorganisms can help to cure diseases
