,CHAPTER 1 m
TRUE/FALSE m-mWritem'T'mif mthemstatementmismtruemandm'F'mif mthemstatementmismfalse.
1) Membersmof mthemsamemspeciesmsharemmanym moremcharacteristicsmcompared mtomthosemshar
ed mbymmembersmof mthemsamemkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Virusesmarem notmclassified minmanymof mWhittaker'smfivemkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Membersmof mthemkingdommFungimaremphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A mscientist mstudyingmhelminthsmismworkingmwithmbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Themfossilmrecord mhasmestablished mthat mprokaryotesmexisted monmEarthmformapproximatelymt
wombillionmyearsmbeforemeukaryotesmevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) It mhasmbeenmoverm25myearsmsincemamnew minfectiousmdiseasemhasmemerged minmthemworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Themterm msterilemmeansmfreemofmallmlife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Allmmicroorganismsmaremparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Duringmamscientificmexperiment,mthemcontrolmgroupmismused mtomdirectlymtest mormmeasuremt
hemconsequencesmof mamvariableminmthemstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Themscientificmmethod minvolvesmformulatingmamtentativemexplanation,mcalled mthemhypothesi
s,mtomaccount mformwhat mhasmbeenmobserved mormmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Oncemanmorganismmismassigned mtomamparticularmtaxonomicmhierarchy,mit mismpermanent ma
nd mcannot mbemrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Whenmthemresultsmof manmexperiment msupport mamhypothesis,mthemhypothesismcanmnow
mbem
considered mamtheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Themnamesmof mthemthreemproposed mdomainsmare:mBacteria,mProtista,mEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) Onemdistinguishingmcharacteristicmof marchaeaismthat mtheymliveminmextrememenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Somemmicroorganismsmcanmphotosynthesize,mbut mtheirmoverallmcontributionmtomEarth
'smatmosphericmoxygenmismverymsmallm inmcomparisonmtomplant mphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Anymmicroorganismmonmorminmthemhumanmbodymismconsidered mampathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theoriesmaremsupported mbymmoremevidencemthanmhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEmCHOICEm-
mChoosemthemonemalternativemthatmbestmcompletesmthemstatementmorm
answersmthemquestion
.
18) Disease-causingmmicroorganismsmaremcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) Themmicroorganismsmthat mrecyclemnutrientsmbymbreakingmdownmdead mmattermand mwastesm
aremcalled
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TRUE/FALSE m-mWritem'T'mif mthemstatementmismtruemandm'F'mif mthemstatementmismfalse.
1) Membersmof mthemsamemspeciesmsharemmanym moremcharacteristicsmcompared mtomthosemshar
ed mbymmembersmof mthemsamemkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Virusesmarem notmclassified minmanymof mWhittaker'smfivemkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Membersmof mthemkingdommFungimaremphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A mscientist mstudyingmhelminthsmismworkingmwithmbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Themfossilmrecord mhasmestablished mthat mprokaryotesmexisted monmEarthmformapproximatelymt
wombillionmyearsmbeforemeukaryotesmevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) It mhasmbeenmoverm25myearsmsincemamnew minfectiousmdiseasemhasmemerged minmthemworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Themterm msterilemmeansmfreemofmallmlife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Allmmicroorganismsmaremparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Duringmamscientificmexperiment,mthemcontrolmgroupmismused mtomdirectlymtest mormmeasuremt
hemconsequencesmof mamvariableminmthemstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Themscientificmmethod minvolvesmformulatingmamtentativemexplanation,mcalled mthemhypothesi
s,mtomaccount mformwhat mhasmbeenmobserved mormmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Oncemanmorganismmismassigned mtomamparticularmtaxonomicmhierarchy,mit mismpermanent ma
nd mcannot mbemrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Whenmthemresultsmof manmexperiment msupport mamhypothesis,mthemhypothesismcanmnow
mbem
considered mamtheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Themnamesmof mthemthreemproposed mdomainsmare:mBacteria,mProtista,mEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) Onemdistinguishingmcharacteristicmof marchaeaismthat mtheymliveminmextrememenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Somemmicroorganismsmcanmphotosynthesize,mbut mtheirmoverallmcontributionmtomEarth
'smatmosphericmoxygenmismverymsmallm inmcomparisonmtomplant mphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Anymmicroorganismmonmorminmthemhumanmbodymismconsidered mampathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theoriesmaremsupported mbymmoremevidencemthanmhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEmCHOICEm-
mChoosemthemonemalternativemthatmbestmcompletesmthemstatementmorm
answersmthemquestion
.
18) Disease-causingmmicroorganismsmaremcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) Themmicroorganismsmthat mrecyclemnutrientsmbymbreakingmdownmdead mmattermand mwastesm
aremcalled
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