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Microbiology C1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

How did scientists use microorganisms to clean up the 1989 oil spill from the Exxon Valdex skin in Alaska?

a)

By using chemicals to dissolve the oil

b)

By using microorganisms to consume the spilled oil

c)

By using robot to clean up the oil spill

2.

Whar are viruses composed of?

a)

A nucleic acid and a few proteins

b)

A nucleus and intracellular structures

c)

A cell membrane and cytoplasm

3.

What did Francesco Redi's experiment with meat in jars demonstrate?

a)

That flies are attracted to meat

b)

That maggots come from fly eggs

c)

That meat can generate new life

4.

What is microbiology?

a)

The study of human body

b)

The study of microscopes

c)

The study of small organisms that can be seen with a microscope

5.

What is one of the importances of microbiology to human daily life?

a)

Microorganisms can degrade oil spills

b)

Microorganisms cannot remove toxic maferials from soil

6.

What is spontaneous generation?

a)

The study of how living things evolve over time

b)

The hypothesis that nonliving things are capable of producing life

7.

Which of the following is not a major group of organisms studied in microbiology?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Plants

d)

Viruses

8.

Which of the following is not true about algae?

a)

Theu can photosynthesize their own food

b)

They have a clearly defined cell nucleus

9.

Which of the following is true about bacteria?

a)

Most can only be seen under the highest magnification of a light microscope

b)

They are multicellular organisms

10.

Which of the following is true about fungi?

a)

They can only be found in the human body

b)

They absorb ready made nutrients from their environment

11.

Which of the following is true about protozoa?

a)

They are single celled microscopic organisms

b)

They do not have a cell nucleus

12.

Who designed an experiment to test the spontaneous creation of maggots?

a)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

b)

Francesco Redi

13.

Why is microbiology important to human health?

a)

Microorganisms cannot cause diseases

b)

Microorganisms can help to cure diseases