Chapter 1 Quiz (B)

A  Needham placed a cork in his flask prior to heating

B  Spallanzani placed a cork in his flask prior to heating.

C  Needham allowed his flask to cool, without putting a cork in it

D  Spallanzani allowed his flask to cool without putting a cork int it.

A  Using extremely high temperature to kill food contaminating microorganisms.

B  Using extremely high pH to kill food contaminating microorganisms.

C  Using extremely low pH to kill food contaminating microorganisms.

D  Using extremely low temperature to kill food contaminating microorganisms.

A  In the near future, we will likely be able to prevent the next global disease.

B  The next global disease is likely to happen in the near future.

C  The next global disease is not very likely to happen in the near future.

D  Preventing the next global disease isn’t something that most scientists and health care professionals worry too much about.

A  A cheese cloth-covered jar with rotten meat in it.

B  An open jar with rotten meat in it.

C  A jar with rotten meat in it that was heated and then sealed.

D  A sealed jar with rotten meat in it.

A  When antibiotics are used between different microorganisms to compete for resourses.

B  When microorganisms make toxins that destroy other microorganisms.

C  When humans become resistant to antibiotics

D  When microorganisms become resistant to antibiotics.

A  They both looked exclusively at morphological characteristics.

B  There are more Domains than there are Kingdoms

C  Woese’s Domains were created using molecular data, whereas Whittaker’s Kingdoms were created using morphological data.

D  More than one of the above answers is correct.

E  There are fewer Domains than  there are Kingdoms

A  More than one of the above is correct.

B  The conversion of sugars to acids.

C  The conversion of proteins to fats.

D  The conversion of sugars to alcohols.

A  Environment

B  Pathogen

C  Fire

D  Host

A  It could allow air to enter the flask, but prevented dust from doing so.

B  Could be left open.

C  Could be sealed.

D  Could be sealed or left open.

A  the likelihood of human infections remains about the same.

B  the likelihood of human infectious deaths remains about the same.

C  the likelihood of human infections increases.

D  the the likelihood of human infectious deaths decreases