The _______ Theory of Disease asserted that many human diseases were the result of infection with microbes, as opposed to other non-biological reasons.

Spontaneous

Micro

Germ

Modern Microbiology began in the 17th century with the invention of the telescope.
2 points

True

False

In eukaryotic reproduction, two haploid gametes fuse to produce a diploid zygote, which will grow into a new living organism with characteristics from both parents.

True

False

The structure of DNA is a triple helix, made up of 3 strands of DNA.

True

False

Cytokinesis is when the cell now divides into two new cells, each with a full set of chromosomes.

True

False

The first microscopes were built by Robert Hooke and Antoine van Leeuwenhoek.

True

False

Every living organism is made up of cells.

True

False

Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus.

True

False

All the animals, trees, and plants are made up of cells that share many similar ________.

characteristics

DNA

Nucleus

_______ is the process by which artificial means are used to protect an individual from a specific disease.

Cowpox

Microbes

Vaccination

_______ disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation.

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

_______ is credited with the discovery of Mycobacterium.

Robert Hooke

Edward Jenner

Robert Koch

Telocentric chromosomes have their centromere located at the beginning of the chromosome.

True

False

Your body is composed of microscopic cells that are visible all the time.

True

False

Robert Hooke, a French scientist, published Micrographia in which he described many of his microscopic observations.

True

False

In the DNA double helix, archaic pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine.

True

False

_________ is the causative agent of anthrax.

bacillus anthracis

micro anthracis

micro bacterium

In eukaryotes, Mitosis is the process that produces 4 identical cells from two cells.

True

False

The nucleus is where DNA is stored and where RNA transcription occurs.

True

False

The _______ is the structure composed of a lipid bilayer that separates the cell from the outside environment.

cell wall

nucleus cell

cell membrane

Louis Pasteur demonstrated that people could be vaccinated against smallpox through exposure to cowpox.

True

False

The body is composed of microscopic cells that are only visible if viewed under a _______.

microscope

telescope

nucleus

________ cells are made from already existing cells.

New

Old

Neutral

The chloroplast is responsible for the reactions of photosynthesis.

True

False

Mitosis requires the chromosome to be replicated into _________ copies.
2 points

2

6

1

_________ is often referred to as the powerhouse of a cell.

Nucleus

Mitochondria

Chloroplast

During mitosis, the 2 identical copies of chromosomes are called sister _________.

Meiosis

chromatids

homologous

Meiosis is similar to Mitoses.

True

False

All the animals, trees, and plants are made up of cells that share many similar characteristics.

True

False

"Tele" is often used in biology to mean the ________.

beginning

end

middle

_______ cells do not have any membrane-bound organelles but they do have a nucleus.

DNA

Prokaryotic

Lysosomes

In Metaphase, the chromosomes are all aligned in the center of the cell.

True

False

Robert Koch is credited with the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1876.

True

False

__________ used the microscope to observe living cells.

Robert Hooke

Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur was a German microbiologist and chemist during the 1860s.

True

False

A non-direct application of the study of microbes is vaccination.

True

False

Eukaryotic cells have organelles within each cell that are bound by their own lipid bilayer membrane.

True

False

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax.

True

False

Telo is often used in biology to mean the beginning.

True

False

If garbage is left on the street, flies and microbes can arise from nothing to feed on it.


True

False