Portage Learning Microbiology Exam #1
Questions With Correct Answers
Microorganism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Single cell (bacteria, archaeons,
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fungi, protozoa, algae)
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Virus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not living, not considered
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microorganisms, considered microbes | |
Microbes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Include microorganisms and viruses,
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can be advantageous or harmful
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Cell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Smallest, most basic biological unit of life
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All cells are compromised of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Macromolecules
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(building bloacks) |
Four main types of macromolecules found ing cells - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides | | | | |
, Proteins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Comprised of amino acids, facilitate
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movement of materials, act as enzymes to speed up biochemical
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processes, structural role | |
Amino Acid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Way proteins are formed by
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varying combinations, 20 different kinds
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Each protein - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-has its own unique sequence of
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amino acids |
Essential Amino Acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-human body cannot
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produce them, they must be taken in from the environment through
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other sources (food you eat)
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Nucleic Acid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chemical molecules that carry
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genetic information within the cell
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Two types of nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-DNA and RNA
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DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-deoxyribonucleic acid, contains vast
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amount of hereditary info and is responsible for the inheritable
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characteristics of living organisms, made from nucleotides | | | | | |
Questions With Correct Answers
Microorganism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Single cell (bacteria, archaeons,
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fungi, protozoa, algae)
| | |
Virus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not living, not considered
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microorganisms, considered microbes | |
Microbes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Include microorganisms and viruses,
| | | | | | |
can be advantageous or harmful
| | | |
Cell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Smallest, most basic biological unit of life
| | | | | | | | |
All cells are compromised of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Macromolecules
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(building bloacks) |
Four main types of macromolecules found ing cells - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides | | | | |
, Proteins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Comprised of amino acids, facilitate
| | | | | | | |
movement of materials, act as enzymes to speed up biochemical
| | | | | | | | | |
processes, structural role | |
Amino Acid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Way proteins are formed by
| | | | | | | | |
varying combinations, 20 different kinds
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Each protein - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-has its own unique sequence of
| | | | | | | | | |
amino acids |
Essential Amino Acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-human body cannot
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produce them, they must be taken in from the environment through
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other sources (food you eat)
| | | |
Nucleic Acid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chemical molecules that carry
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genetic information within the cell
| | | |
Two types of nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-DNA and RNA
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DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-deoxyribonucleic acid, contains vast
| | | | | | |
amount of hereditary info and is responsible for the inheritable
| | | | | | | | | |
characteristics of living organisms, made from nucleotides | | | | | |
