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Biology Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This scientist created our system for naming and classifying organisms.

a)

Koch

b)

Pasteur

c)

Hooke

d)

Linnaeus

2.

Which of the following statements about fungi is INCORRECT?

a)

fungi are eukaryotes

b)

molds are multicellular

c)

fungi have a cell wall

d)

fungi are photosynthetic

e)

yeasts are unicellular

3.

Which of the following types of microbial cells are most similar to animal cells in terms of their structure and nutrition?

a)

prokaryotes

b)

fungi

c)

protozoa

4.

Which of the following is an incorrect pairing?

a)

protozoa; multicellular

b)

fungi; cell walls

c)

algae; aquatic and marine habitats

d)

viruses; acellular parasites

5.

Are viruses alive?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

Antiseptic surgery was discovered by

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

John Tyndall

7.

In which domain would you find organisms with nuclei?

a)

Domain Eukarya

b)

Domain Bacteria

c)

Domain Archaea

8.

The study of fungi is called _______.

a)

MYCOLOGY

b)

BIOLOGY

c)

ZOOLOGY

d)

BOTANY

9.

All microorganisms are pathogenic.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Who performed the Swan neck experiment to disprove the theory of abiogenesis?

a)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

b)

John Tyndall

c)

Francisco Redi

d)

Louis Pasteur

11.

This type of microorganism is not living and cannot reproduce without a host.

a)

VIRUS

b)

BACTERIA

c)

FUNGI

d)

PROTOZOA

12.

Extreme thermophiles belong to

a)

A) Eubacteria

b)

B) Archae

c)

C) Both

d)

D) None

13.

Hand Washing to prevent childhood fever was introduced by

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Ignaz Semmelweis

d)

Edward Jenner

14.

The device invented by Anton van Leeuwenhoek was a(n)

a)

simple microscope.

b)

compound microscope.

c)

electron microscope.

d)

covered dish used in the culturing of microorganisms.

15.

Louis Pasteur demonstrated that particles of dust, carrying bacteria on their surface were the main cause of the spoilage of a broth in a container. This research led to the

a)

germ theory of disease.

b)

rejection of the theory of spontaneous generation.

c)

discovery of the Domain Archaea.

d)

development of the antibiotic penicillin.

16.

Which scientist coined the term "animalcules"

a)

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Francesco Redi

d)

Louis Pasteur

17.

Disease causing microorganisms are called ________

a)

Pathogens

b)

Virus

c)

Bacteria

18.

In Microbiology John Snow is known for what?

a)

Joining the Night’s Watch

b)

Determining the cause of cholera transmission

c)

Disproving spontaneous generation

d)

Discovering penicillin

19.

Protection from disease is called

a)

medication

b)

vaccination

c)

immunity

d)

regeneration

20.

This concept states that life forms only from preexisting life.

a)

Koch’s postulates

b)

biogenesis

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

germ theory of disease

21.

The first scientist to observe a cell was

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Alexander Fleming

22.

Microbiology is the study of

a)

small animals

b)

microscopic organisms

c)

diseases

d)

health

23.

All of the following types of microbes were viewed and described by Leeuwenhoek EXCEPT ___________.

a)

algae

b)

prokaryotes

c)

viruses

d)

protozoa

24.

Protozoa moves using

a)

cilia

b)

flagella

c)

pseudopodia

d)

all of the above

25.

How is the antibiotic penicillin made?

a)

Secreted from a fungus

b)

Secreted from a bacteria

c)

Synthesized in a lab

d)

Secreted from a plant

26.

Smallpox vaccine was first discovered by

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

Edward Jenner

27.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to:

a)

Ause a magnifying glass.

b)

develop a taxonomic system.

c)

view microorganisms and record these observations.

d)

disprove spontaneous generation.

28.

How do viruses reproduce?

a)

They take over the living cells machinery

b)

They slide in the cell on their own

c)

They can reproduce themselves

d)

They put themselves in our bloodstream first