university of texas arlington biol 2460 module 1 lecture
university of texas arlington biol 2460 module 1 lecture exam
university of texas arlington biol 2460 module 1 lecture
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BIOL 2460 MODULE 1
Question 1
•5 out of 5 points
The fossil record has established that prokaryotes existed on earth forapproximately
2 billion years before eukaryotes appeared.
Selected Answer: True
• Question 2
•5 out of 5 points
All prokaryotes have mitochondria.
Selected Answer: False
• Question 3
•5 out of 5 points
All microorganisms are parasites.
Selected Answer: False
• Question 4
•5 out of 5 points
demonstrated that boiling instruments and applying carbolic acidto
dressings covering wounds dramatically reduced the incidence of disease.
Selected Answer: D.
Lister
• Question 5
•0 out of 5 points
In respect to the history of microbiology, the 2000s are widely called:
Selected Answer: B.
(No valid response)
• Question 6
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Which of the following is not considered one of the six main types of microorganisms?
Selected Answer: A.
Helminth
• Question 7
•5 out of 5 points
,Which of the following genera(genus) of bacteria have an appearance of a bunch of grapes and is a common bacterial
pathogen of humans?
Selected Answer: C.
Staphylococcus
• Question 8
•5 out of 5 points
Which of the following is responsible for changing the atmosphere of theearth from
one without oxygen to one with oxygen?
Selected Answer: A.
Photosynthesis
• Question 9
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The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called .
Selected Answer: C.
Phylogeny
• Question 10
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What is another name for exobiology?
Selected Answer: B.
Astrobiology
• Question 11
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A scientist that constructs a hypothesis and then tests its validity by outlining
predicted events of the hypothesis followed by experiments to testfor those events is
using the approach.
Selected Answer: D.
Scientific method
• Question 12
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What is the assignment of scientific names to the various taxonomic categories and individual organisms?
Selected Answer: E.
Nomenclatur
e
• Question 13
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, Using microbes to detoxify a site contaminated with heavy metals is anexample
of .
Selected Answer: C.
Bioremediation
• Question 14
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discovered microorganisms using a microscope that achieved
magnification of 30-500x.
Selected Answer: D.
Leeuwenhoek
• Question 15
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Which scientist showed that anthrax was caused by the bacterium Bacillusanthracis?
Selected Answer: B.
Robert Koch
• Question 16
•5 out of 5 points
The orderly arrangement of organisms into a hierarchy of taxa is called
.
Selected Answer: C.
Classification
• Question 17
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The number one worldwide infectious diseases are .
Selected Answer: D.
Respiratory diseases
• Question 18
•5 out of 5 points
What is evolution?
Selected C.
Answer: The accumulation of changes that occur in organisms as they adapt to theirenvironments.
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