Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16th Edition (Madigan & Martinko) |All 1-34 Chapters Covered With Questions And Verified Solutions With Detailed Rationales And Case Study

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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
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1.1 Multiple Choice Questions b& b&

Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 15e (Madigan et al.)
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1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
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C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
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D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
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2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
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B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
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C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
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D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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A) cellular differentiation.
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B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.




4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
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5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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D) enzymes.



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A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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