MICRO ORGANISMS QUIZ

Living organisms have many complex characteristics. Which one of the following is shared by non-living matter as well?

Tissues

Homeostasis

Reproduction

Molecules

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Micro organisms are found in which of the following kingdom of five kingdom concept (Whittaker's classification)?

Protista

Fungi

Monera

All of these

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Mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, and chlamydiae are

types of fungi

forms of viruses

small bacteria

species of protozoa

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All of the following individuals contributed to cell theory except

Matthias Schleiden

Rudolf Virchow

Theodor Schwann

Robert Hooke

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The membranes of which domains are chemically the most similar?

Archaea and Bacteria

Eukarya and Archaea

Bacteria and Eukarya

membranes of all three domains are chemically identical

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What are Blue-Green bacteria called?

Protozoa

Acquaobacteria

Cyanobacteria

None of these

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One of the reasons for the evolutionary success of the kingdom Monera is that its members are nutritionally diverse. Which of the following(s) is/are the way(s) of obtaining energy?

All of these

Chemoheterotrophy

Photoautotrophy

Photoheterotrophy

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The foundation for the germ theory of disease was set down by

Robert Koch

Ronald Ross

Walter Reed

Louis Pasteur

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All membranes of free-living organisms have phospholipid bilayers, but exception is

bacteria

protozoa

fungi

archaea

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The individual best remembered for bringing microbes to the world is

Robert Koch

Robert Hooke

Antony Van Leeuenhoek

Masaki Ogata

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