MICRO ORGANISMS QUIZ

The three domain version of life on earth is based on the

nucleic acid sequence data

morphological traits

characteristics of the cell wall

metabolic traits

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Which of the following structures is the smallest?

Hydrogen atom

Bacterium

Mitochondrion

Viriod

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The individual best remembered for bringing microbes to the world is

Masaki Ogata

Robert Hooke

Antony Van Leeuenhoek

Robert Koch

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Cell theory includes all of the following except

all organisms are composed of one or more cells

the cell is the structural unit of life

cells arise by division of preexisting cells

the cell is the most primitive form of life

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The Archaea include all of the following except

halophiles

cyanobacteria

thermoacidophiles

methanogens

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Various bacterial species can be subdivided into

all of these

biovarieties

serovarieties

subspecies

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Which of the following organelles contain DNA, divides and possesses some degree of autonomy?

Peroxisomes

Golgi apparatus

Ribosome

Chloroplast

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Genetic and biochemical similarities between contemporary cyanobacteria and eukaryotic chloroplasts are accepted to mean that

oxygenic photosynthesis first evolved in eukaryotes

eukaryotes evolved from archaea

eukaryotes evolved from bacteria

cyanobacteria arose from chloroplasts which escaped from plant cells

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The endosymbiosis hypothesis provides an explanation for how

prokaryotes developed from eukaryotes

eukaryotes developed from prokayotes

protozoa developed from algae

algae developed from protozoa

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All the following are considered eukaryotes except

protozoa

archaea

humans

fungi

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