BIOL 2604 EXAM 1 EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Basic vs. Applied Biological Science - CORRECT-ANSWERSBasic: foundation of
understanding processes in different sciences
Applied: allows us to solve real world problems
Six characteristics of life - CORRECT-ANSWERSMetabolism - uptake of nutrients
Reproduction - growth
Differentiation - formation of new cell structure
Communication - interact with other cells
Movement - self-propulsion
Evolution - evolve to display new properties
Robert Hooke - CORRECT-ANSWERSfirst to describe microorganism
named "cells"
Antoni Von Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT-ANSWERSfirst described BACTERIAL cells
(couldn't see)
"wee animalcules"
, Ferdinand Cohn - CORRECT-ANSWERSest. first scientific journal
described endospore-forming bacteria
basic antiseptic techniques
initial classification scheme
Martinus Beijerinck - CORRECT-ANSWERSMicrobial Selection (Enrichment Culture):
growth conditions to find species of interest AND inhibit other species
Differentiation: same growth conditions, species look/grow differently
described viruses (couldn't see) - small things that cause disease
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT-ANSWERSmicrobes in lactic acid fermentation, yeast in
alcohol fermentation
disproved Spontaneous Generation
developed vaccines (rabies, chicken cholera, anthrax)
Robert Koch - CORRECT-ANSWERSdeveloped methods to separate pure cultures
postulates for determination of agents of disease (Germ Theory of Disease)
discovered cause of TB
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Basic vs. Applied Biological Science - CORRECT-ANSWERSBasic: foundation of
understanding processes in different sciences
Applied: allows us to solve real world problems
Six characteristics of life - CORRECT-ANSWERSMetabolism - uptake of nutrients
Reproduction - growth
Differentiation - formation of new cell structure
Communication - interact with other cells
Movement - self-propulsion
Evolution - evolve to display new properties
Robert Hooke - CORRECT-ANSWERSfirst to describe microorganism
named "cells"
Antoni Von Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT-ANSWERSfirst described BACTERIAL cells
(couldn't see)
"wee animalcules"
, Ferdinand Cohn - CORRECT-ANSWERSest. first scientific journal
described endospore-forming bacteria
basic antiseptic techniques
initial classification scheme
Martinus Beijerinck - CORRECT-ANSWERSMicrobial Selection (Enrichment Culture):
growth conditions to find species of interest AND inhibit other species
Differentiation: same growth conditions, species look/grow differently
described viruses (couldn't see) - small things that cause disease
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT-ANSWERSmicrobes in lactic acid fermentation, yeast in
alcohol fermentation
disproved Spontaneous Generation
developed vaccines (rabies, chicken cholera, anthrax)
Robert Koch - CORRECT-ANSWERSdeveloped methods to separate pure cultures
postulates for determination of agents of disease (Germ Theory of Disease)
discovered cause of TB
