Power Point Clicker Questions prepared by Heather Williamson

Power. Point® Clicker Questions prepared by Heather Williamson Jordan, Ph. D. , University of Tennessee, Knoxville CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of Microbiology © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Who is responsible for building the first simple microscope? a) b) c) d) Isaac Newton the Royal Society of London Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Louis Pasteur © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

In the 1700 s, a system was developed for naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together. What is this system called? a) b) c) d) the taxonomic system the life categories system the descriptive grouping system the phylogeny system © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe and describe ____. a) b) c) d) fungi algae bacteria parasitic worms © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Viruses were first seen with an electron microscope around what year? a) b) c) d) 1713 1933 1972 1823 © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

In the early years of microbiology, microorganisms were referred to as ____. a) b) c) d) cooties animalcules zygotes prokaryotes © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

What is the main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes? a) Prokaryotes are bacteria and eukaryotes are not. b) Prokaryotes can only live in water and eukaryotes can live anywhere. c) Prokaryotes do not have a defined nucleus and eukaryotes do. d) Prokaryotes are not capable of locomotion and eukaryotes are. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Bacteria and archaea reproduce ____. a) b) c) d) only sexually only asexually both sexually and asexually neither sexually nor asexually © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Which of the following is NOT a form of locomotion used by protozoa? a) b) c) d) pseudopods cilia flagella budding © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Where are you most likely to find archaea? a) b) c) d) hot springs a local stream soil in your backyard the scum of an aquarium © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

What is one way that a technician is able to diagnose a patient with a parasitic worm infection? a) b) c) d) examining the patient's skin with a magnifying glass growing the parasites in a Petri dish finding eggs in a blood sample culturing a sputum sample © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Who was responsible for demonstrating that cell -produced proteins called enzymes were responsible for chemical reactions in a cell? a) b) c) d) Eduard Buchner Robert Koch Lazzaro Spallanzani Louis Pasteur © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Which of the following methods provided scientists with a framework for scientific investigation? a) b) c) d) the swan-necked method the abiogenesis method theory method the scientific method © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

In the context of a scientific experiment, what is a control group? a) a group that is treated differently than others except for the variable being tested b) a group that is treated the same as other groups except for the variable being tested c) a group assembled only under environmentally controlled conditions d) a group treated the same as others except that it has fewer subjects © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

A possible answer to a research question asked by a scientist is referred to as a ____. a) b) c) d) concept theory hypothesis law © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Who discovered that yeast cells can ferment grape juice to make wine? a) b) c) d) Eduard Buchner Robert Koch Francesco Redi Louis Pasteur © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

In 1857, Louis Pasteur hypothesized that disease in people was caused by ____. a) b) c) d) bad weather fermentation microbes imbalances in body fluid © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Who was the first person to isolate microbes from disease victims by smearing blood, pus, or sputum samples onto gelatin media? a) b) c) d) Louis Pasteur Hans Christian Gram Albert Neisser Robert Koch © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

John Snow's work with cholera cases laid the foundation for the science now known as ____, which investigates the occurrence, spread, and distribution of human disease. a) b) c) d) immunology chemotherapy epidemiology parasitology © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

What disease did Edward Jenner develop a vaccine for in the late 1700 s? a) b) c) d) cholera cowpox tuberculosis smallpox © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

What was Joseph Lister's contribution to fighting infection and disease? a) b) c) d) antiseptics chemotherapy latex gloves chlorine © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Microbes today are used in many ways to help improve our lives. Which of the following is NOT a contribution by microbes? a) b) c) d) electronics laundry detergent antibiotics vitamins © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

The study of how our body fights infection by pathogenic microbes is called ____. a) b) c) d) immunology epidemiology molecular biology epistemiology © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

What process uses living microorganisms to detoxify polluted environments? a) b) c) d) biochemistry bioremediation biofueling biocleaning © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Scientists have begun to manipulate genes in microbes, plants, and animals for practical applications. What is this cutting-edge technology called? a) b) c) d) immunology taxonomy genealogy genetic engineering © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Which of the following is NOT one of Koch's postulates? a) The agent must be found in every case of disease and absent from healthy hosts. b) The agent must be isolated and grown outside the host. c) When the agent is introduced to a healthy host, the animal must get the disease. d) Fifty percent of the experimentally infected must make a full recovery. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

Who is considered to be the Father of Microbiology? a) b) c) d) John Snow Louis Pasteur Robert Koch Antoni van Leeuwenhoek © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.