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Exam 1-Sharma | BIOL 207 - GEN MICROBIOLOGY, Quizzes of Biology

Class: BIOL 207 - GEN MICROBIOLOGY; Subject: Biology (Univ); University: Western Kentucky University; Term: Spring 2013;

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2012/2013

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Size of a
microorganism?
DEFINITION 1
Micron-10 to the -6
TERM 2
Organisms not visisble to the naked
eye:
DEFINITION 2
bacteriavirusesprotozoafungi
TERM 3
Pathogenic
DEFINITION 3
-causes diseases and infections examples: chlora, plague
(TB), Anthrax, small pox, AIDS, SARS, Avian flu
TERM 4
Roles of microorganisms
DEFINITION 4
-pathogenic (causes disease and infections)-nutrient
recycling on earth (significant role)-industrial use (yeasts and
fermentation)
TERM 5
"father of microbiology"
DEFINITION 5
Leeuwenhock
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Size of a

microorganism?

Micron-10 to the -

TERM 2

Organisms not visisble to the naked

eye:

DEFINITION 2

bacteriavirusesprotozoafungi

TERM 3

Pathogenic

DEFINITION 3

-causes diseases and infections examples: chlora, plague

(TB), Anthrax, small pox, AIDS, SARS, Avian flu

TERM 4

Roles of microorganisms

DEFINITION 4

-pathogenic (causes disease and infections)-nutrient

recycling on earth (significant role)-industrial use (yeasts and

fermentation)

TERM 5

"father of microbiology"

DEFINITION 5

Leeuwenhock

Leeuwenhock

-described "animacules"-first descrition of bacteria in water

samples-made a lens system

TERM 7

Does life generate itself

spontaneously?

DEFINITION 7

Yes

TERM 8

T/F: Life comes spontaneous from non living

thing?

DEFINITION 8

True

TERM 9

Redi's experiment

DEFINITION 9

-first experiment in biology-used maggots and meat(he said

life generates spontaneously)

TERM 10

Needham's objections

DEFINITION 10

british clergyman opposed Redi's view

What British scientist discovered the Cholera

spread?

Snow

TERM 17

Who studies epidemiology?

DEFINITION 17

CDC

TERM 18

Edward Jenner

DEFINITION 18

-developed his method of vaccination-used inoculation

TERM 19

T/F: Edward Jenner was against small pox?

DEFINITION 19

True

TERM 20

Pasteur

DEFINITION 20

-proposed that germs cause infectious diseases-

experimented with the souring of wine

Fermentation process was explained by

who?

Pasteur

TERM 22

The germ theory of disease

DEFINITION 22

science requires definite proof -germs cause infectious

diseases

TERM 23

Pasteurization

DEFINITION 23

kills organisms by heat

TERM 24

Robert Koch

DEFINITION 24

formalizes standards to identify germs with infectious

disease

TERM 25

What scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize

for working with TB?

DEFINITION 25

Robert Koch

Luria and Dullbruck

-spontaneous mutation in baceria-development of resisitance

TERM 32

what are used to cure infectious

diseases?

DEFINITION 32

Antibiotics

TERM 33

Alexander Flemming

DEFINITION 33

-discovered the antibacterial action of a mold- penicillin

TERM 34

Florey and Chain

DEFINITION 34

further refined and tested penicillin

TERM 35

Who coined the word "antibiotic"?

DEFINITION 35

Waksman

2nd leading cause of mortality?

infectious diseases

TERM 37

T/F: U.S president signed "HIV/AIDS, TB, and

Malaria act of 2003"

DEFINITION 37

True

TERM 38

Peptide bond

DEFINITION 38

bridges a chain of amino acids

TERM 39

Who was the first to observe and describe

bacteria?

DEFINITION 39

Leeuwenhock

TERM 40

Microbes range in___ size

DEFINITION 40

micrometers

Polymers

monomers link with other monomers to form polymers

TERM 47

Monomers-----Polymers

DEFINITION 47

Monomers------------Polymers Monosaccharide--------

Carbohydrate/starch/sugarAmino Acids----------

ProteinNucleotide---------nucleic acid/DNA/RNAFatty Acid---------

lipids/fats

TERM 48

Carbohydrates

DEFINITION 48

an organic compound composed of atoms of C, H, and 0

TERM 49

Monosaccharide

DEFINITION 49

most basic unit of carbsGlucose, fructose

TERM 50

Disaccharide

DEFINITION 50

formed when two monosaccharides

condenseSucrose=glucose + fructose

Polysaccharide

-formed by very long sugar chains -not solute in water

TERM 52

Insulin

DEFINITION 52

Glucose--> Glycogen

TERM 53

Primary function of carbs

DEFINITION 53

short term energy storage (sugars for energy)

TERM 54

Secondary function of carbs

DEFINITION 54

intermediate term energy storage (starch in plants, Glycogen

in Fungi and animals)

TERM 55

Lipids

DEFINITION 55

-fatty acid chains (C-H)-not soluble in water

T/F: All enzymes are proteins

true

TERM 62

DNA

DEFINITION 62

Gentic material-polynucleotide chains

TERM 63

RNA

DEFINITION 63

Genetic Material-sugar, phosphate, and base

TERM 64

Watson, Crick, and Wilkins

DEFINITION 64

won nobel prize for finding DNA (double stranded helix)

TERM 65

Hydrogen bonds

DEFINITION 65

holds the 2 strands of a double helix of DNA together

Adenine is paired with?

Thymine

TERM 67

Gvanine pairs with?

DEFINITION 67

cytosine

TERM 68

Messenger RNA

DEFINITION 68

-carries codons-inside nucleus

TERM 69

Transfer RNA

DEFINITION 69

transfers amino acids

TERM 70

Ribosomal RNA

DEFINITION 70

part of ribosomes

Ribosomes

RNA-protein bodies-Prokaryotes have free ribsomes-

Eukaryotes- ribosomes attatched to ER

TERM 77

T/F: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes are

structurally distinct

DEFINITION 77

true

TERM 78

Endomembrane system

DEFINITION 78

transport channel in the eukaryotic cell-no prokaryotes

TERM 79

Endoplasmic Reticulum

DEFINITION 79

-sites for proteins and lipid synthesis

TERM 80

Rough ER

DEFINITION 80

protein synthesis

Smooth ER

Lipid synthesis

TERM 82

Golgi Apparatus

DEFINITION 82

processing and packaging proteins and lipids for outside

transport

TERM 83

Lysosome

DEFINITION 83

circular sacs from golgi apparatus- contain digestive

enzymes

TERM 84

Mitochondria

DEFINITION 84

power house of c ell-converts chemical to cellular energy

TERM 85

T/F: prokaryotes are absent in the

mitochondria

DEFINITION 85

true

T/F Eukaryotes have a flagella membrane?

true (enveloped flagella)

TERM 92

T/F: flagella are smaller than cilia?

DEFINITION 92

False- cilia is smaller and more numerous

TERM 93

Cell wall is made up of?

DEFINITION 93

peptidoglycan=complex carb

TERM 94

When talking about the cell wall, fungi =?

DEFINITION 94

chitin

TERM 95

When talking about the cell wall, Algae =?

DEFINITION 95

Cellulose

T/F: bacteria is among the most abundant

organisms on earth?

True

TERM 97

Rickettsiae

DEFINITION 97

tiny nonmotile bacteria-cause several human diseases

(Rocky Mtn spotted fever, Trench fever, ect)

TERM 98

Rickettsiae is transmitted by

DEFINITION 98

ticks and lice cultivated only in living tissues

TERM 99

Chlamydiae

DEFINITION 99

smaller than rickettsiae. -causes STD's (ex. NGU and PIP)

TERM 100

Mycoplasmas

DEFINITION 100

smallest bacteria-naked (without a cell wall)-causes a type of

pneumonia