Microbiology 2600 William Carey
University exam 1 Questions With
Outlined Answers
/. spontaneous generation (abiogenesis) - Answer-✅life from non-living things
/.Acids - Answer-✅compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water
/.Acute infection - Answer-✅do not result in hospitalization, epically when one considers
widespread diseases such as colds, measles, chickenpox, influenza, herpes, and warts
(rapid onset and short duration)
/.Amino acid - Answer-✅Building blocks of protein
/.amphipathic - Answer-✅A molecule that has both a hydrophilic region and a
hydrophobic region.
/.Anion - Answer-✅A negatively charged ion
/.Anotoine van Leuwenoek - Answer-✅built single lens magnifier with sample holder
and focus adjustment. First to observe single-celled microbes; observation of microbes
/.Asepctic Technique - Answer-✅methods of handling microbial cultures, patient
specimens, and other sources of microbes in a way that prevents infection of the
handler and others who may be exposed
/.asymptomatic - Answer-✅an infection that produces no noticeable symptoms even
though the microbe is active in the host tissue
/.atomic number - Answer-✅the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
/.atomic weight/mass - Answer-✅the average of the mass numbers of all the isotopic
forms for a particular element number (protons plus the number of neutrons)
/.Atoms - Answer-✅the smallest particle of an element to retain all the properties of that
element
/.Bacteremia - Answer-✅the presence of viable bacteria in circulating blood
, /.Bacteriology - Answer-✅study of bacteria
/.Bases - Answer-✅Compounds that reduce the concentration of hydrogen ions in a
solution.
/.Binomial system - Answer-✅scientific method of assigning names to organisms that
employs two names to identify every organism genus name plus species name
/.Biogenesis - Answer-✅belief that living things can only arise from other of the same
kind
/.Bioremediation - Answer-✅the use of microbes to reduce or degrade pollutants,
industrial wastes, and household garbage
/.Biotechnology - Answer-✅the use of organisms (microbes, plants, animals) or their
products in the commercial or industrial realm
/.Carrier - Answer-✅in epidemiology a person who asymptomatically harbors infectious
agents and inconspicuously spreads them to others
/.Cation - Answer-✅A positively charged ion
/.chronic infection - Answer-✅An infection that progresses and persists over a long
duration, with symptoms being mild or absent
/.coliforms - Answer-✅A collective term that includes normal enteric bacteria that are
gram-negative and lactose-fermenting.
/.communicable - Answer-✅capable of being transmitted from one individual to another
/.contagious - Answer-✅very readily communicable; transmissible by direct contact with
infected people and their fresh secretions or excretions
/.Covalent bond - Answer-✅A chemical bond formed when two atoms share electrons
/.decomposition reaction - Answer-✅the breakdown of dead matter and wastes into
simple compounds that can be directed back into the natural cycle of living things (a
chemical change in which a single compound is broken down into two or more simpler
products)
/.dehydration reaction - Answer-✅A chemical reaction in which molecules combine by
removing water
University exam 1 Questions With
Outlined Answers
/. spontaneous generation (abiogenesis) - Answer-✅life from non-living things
/.Acids - Answer-✅compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water
/.Acute infection - Answer-✅do not result in hospitalization, epically when one considers
widespread diseases such as colds, measles, chickenpox, influenza, herpes, and warts
(rapid onset and short duration)
/.Amino acid - Answer-✅Building blocks of protein
/.amphipathic - Answer-✅A molecule that has both a hydrophilic region and a
hydrophobic region.
/.Anion - Answer-✅A negatively charged ion
/.Anotoine van Leuwenoek - Answer-✅built single lens magnifier with sample holder
and focus adjustment. First to observe single-celled microbes; observation of microbes
/.Asepctic Technique - Answer-✅methods of handling microbial cultures, patient
specimens, and other sources of microbes in a way that prevents infection of the
handler and others who may be exposed
/.asymptomatic - Answer-✅an infection that produces no noticeable symptoms even
though the microbe is active in the host tissue
/.atomic number - Answer-✅the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
/.atomic weight/mass - Answer-✅the average of the mass numbers of all the isotopic
forms for a particular element number (protons plus the number of neutrons)
/.Atoms - Answer-✅the smallest particle of an element to retain all the properties of that
element
/.Bacteremia - Answer-✅the presence of viable bacteria in circulating blood
, /.Bacteriology - Answer-✅study of bacteria
/.Bases - Answer-✅Compounds that reduce the concentration of hydrogen ions in a
solution.
/.Binomial system - Answer-✅scientific method of assigning names to organisms that
employs two names to identify every organism genus name plus species name
/.Biogenesis - Answer-✅belief that living things can only arise from other of the same
kind
/.Bioremediation - Answer-✅the use of microbes to reduce or degrade pollutants,
industrial wastes, and household garbage
/.Biotechnology - Answer-✅the use of organisms (microbes, plants, animals) or their
products in the commercial or industrial realm
/.Carrier - Answer-✅in epidemiology a person who asymptomatically harbors infectious
agents and inconspicuously spreads them to others
/.Cation - Answer-✅A positively charged ion
/.chronic infection - Answer-✅An infection that progresses and persists over a long
duration, with symptoms being mild or absent
/.coliforms - Answer-✅A collective term that includes normal enteric bacteria that are
gram-negative and lactose-fermenting.
/.communicable - Answer-✅capable of being transmitted from one individual to another
/.contagious - Answer-✅very readily communicable; transmissible by direct contact with
infected people and their fresh secretions or excretions
/.Covalent bond - Answer-✅A chemical bond formed when two atoms share electrons
/.decomposition reaction - Answer-✅the breakdown of dead matter and wastes into
simple compounds that can be directed back into the natural cycle of living things (a
chemical change in which a single compound is broken down into two or more simpler
products)
/.dehydration reaction - Answer-✅A chemical reaction in which molecules combine by
removing water
