University of Texas Arlington BIOL 2460 Module 1 Lecture

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
•0 out of 5 points

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
•5 out of 5 points

The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called .
Selected Answer: C.
Phylogeny


• Question 10
•5 out of 5 points

What is another name for exobiology?
Selected Answer: B.
Astrobiology



• Question 11
•5 out of 5 points

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
•5 out of 5 points

What is the assignment of scientific names to the various taxonomic categories and individual organisms?
Selected Answer: E.
Nomenclatur
e



• Question 13
•5 out of 5 points

, Using microbes to detoxify a site contaminated with heavy metals is anexample
of .
Selected Answer: C.
Bioremediation


• Question 14
•0 out of 5 points

discovered microorganisms using a microscope that achieved
magnification of 30-500x.
Selected Answer: D.
Leeuwenhoek


• Question 15
•5 out of 5 points

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
•5 out of 5 points

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.