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BIOS-2460 Final Exam Study Cards exam with correct answers

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BIOS-2460 Final Exam Study ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Cards exam with correct answers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are the groups of microorganisms that make up
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microbiology? - correct answers ✔✔Bacteria, archea, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




viruses, protozoa, and helminths. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are the branches of microbiology (for example,
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bacteriology)? - correct answers ✔✔Bacteriology, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




mycology


What are examples of serious worldwide infectious
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diseases? - correct answers ✔✔Influenza, tuberculosis, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




measles, or typhoid fever ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are some positive roles that microorganisms play in
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our lives? - correct answers ✔✔Microbes help us properly
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digest our food, help with decomposition, and also give
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us antibiotics.
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Bacteriophage help kill bad bacteria in our bodies. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

,What is the difference between eukaryotes and
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prokaryotes? - correct answers ✔✔Organisms that have a ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




nucleus.


Organisms that do not have a nucleus. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are relative sizes of microorganisms (smallest to
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largest, or largest to smallest) - correct answers ✔✔1
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micrometer is the relative size of microbes. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




smallest to largest: ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What is the difference between micrometers and
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nanometers? Know how to convert into scientific ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




notation. - correct answers ✔✔Move decimal to how ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




many 0's are in one unit of measurement. Example:
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1mm=1,000 micrometers= 1.0 x 10^3 micrometers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




or; 1 nm=0.001 micrometers= 1.0 x 10^-3 micrometers
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,What is the Germ Theory? - correct answers ✔✔Theory
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that microbes cause diseases.
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What were roles in microbiology played by Leeuwenhoek,
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Pasteur, Semmelweis? - correct answers ✔✔Leewenhoek ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




was the first to come across microbes.
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Pasteur disproved abiogenesis "without life beginning" ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Semmelweis came up with aseptic technique to wash ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




hands before handling medical conditions. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are parts of scientific method? - correct answers
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✔✔1. Ask a question ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




2. Form hypothesis
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3. Test hypothesis with experiments.
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4. Observe results
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5. Decided if its theory or law
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What are rules regarding use of binomial system? - correct
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answers ✔✔First letter of first word is upper-case
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, Second word is lower-case ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Genus word: Spelled out the first time, abbreviated after
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Whole name should be italicized ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Example: Staphylococcus aureus or S. aureus ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are the three Domains in the Woese-Fox system? -
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correct answers ✔✔Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archea. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




What are three categories of media classification? Be able
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to briefly describe each. - correct answers ✔✔Physical
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form: liquid @ room temp. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




||\\||\\ Example: Tryptic soy broth ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Semi-solid form: used for motility tests ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Solid form: solid @ room temp., but liquefiable
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||\\||\\ Example: agar ||\\||\\




What are fastidious organisms? - correct answers
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✔✔Microbes that require specialized conditions for ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




growth.

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