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