MICRO-ORGANISMS AND MICROSCOPES

Question 1: Which of the following micro-organisms is NOT considered

a living entity

Viruses

Question 2: Which infectious agent is responsible for diseases like

athlete's foot and ringworm?

Fungi

Question 3: How is a disease that can be spread from person to person

classified?

Infectious

Question 4: Which type of microscope would be best to view the

intricate structures of a virus?

Transmission electron microscope

Question 5: Malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, is caused by

which type of micro-organism?

Protozoans

Question 6: Which disease is non-infectious and cannot be spread

from person to person?

Asthma

Question 7: What is the primary mode of transmission for vector-

borne diseases?

Animals

Question 8: Which micro-organism is responsible for causing the

common cold?

Viruses

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Question 10: Which of the following is a single-celled eukaryotic

organism?

Protozoans

Question 11: How is a disease spread through contaminated doorknobs

or shared utensils classified?

 Indirect contact

Question 12: Which of the following micro-organisms lacks a nucleus?

Bacteria

Question 13: Diseases like HIV/AIDS and influenza are contagious.

What does "contagious" mean in this context?

 Easily spread from person to person

Question 14: Which type of microscope would be most appropriate for

viewing a live amoeba in a water sample?

Light microscope

Question 15: Which micro-organism forms a part of the natural human

gut flora and can be beneficial?

Bacteria

Question 16: What is the primary method of transmission for a disease

like rabies?

Through infected saliva

Question 17: Athlete's foot, a skin condition, is primarily caused by

which type of infectious agent?

Fungi

Question 18: Which of the following is the smallest micro-organism?

Viruses

Question 19: An illness that cannot be passed from one individual to

another is termed:

Non-infectious

Question 20: Which type of microscope provides three-dimensional

images of the specimen's surface?

 Scanning electron microscope

Question 21: What type of infectious agent is responsible for

conditions like candidiasis?

Fungi

Question 22: Which micro-organism is responsible for causing

bacterial pneumonia?

Bacteria

Question 23: Which mode of transmission involves diseases spread by

ticks or mosquitoes?

Vector-borne

Question 24: Which type of microscope uses a beam of electrons

instead of light to view specimens?

Scanning electron microscope

Question 25: Which micro-organisms can exist as single-celled yeast

or multicellular molds?

Fungi

Question 26: Which disease is spread primarily through the bite of an

infected mosquito?

Malaria

Question 27: How do infectious diseases like the common cold

primarily spread?

Direct contact

Question 28: Which micro-organism causes diseases by producing

toxins?

Bacteria

Question 29: For observing the fine structures inside a cell, which

microscope would be most suitable?

Transmission electron microscope

Question 30: Which type of infectious agent is responsible for diseases

like AIDS?

Viruses

Question 31: Which disease is non-infectious and results from an

individual's own immune system attacking healthy cells?

 Rheumatoid Arthritis

Question 32: Which of the following is NOT a way in which infectious

diseases can spread?

Through genetic inheritance

Question 33: Which type of microscope provides a detailed, high-

resolution view of small specimens but kills the sample in the process?

Transmission electron microscope

Question 34: Which micro-organism is responsible for causing the

majority of UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections)?

Bacteria

Question 35: Which disease is spread through the bite of a tick?

Lyme disease

has a cell wall a very thick structure of a thick cell wall that has a hard structure and cellulose

plant cell wall

water storage tank

vacuole

is the most important for cells to use to do photosynthesis(which can make their own food)

chlorplast

what is both in plants and animals

mitochondria

is in mitochonria which has folds of inner membrane

cristae

which of the following organeles performs catabolism

mitochondria

dna can be found in which organelles

mitochondria, chloroplast and nuclue

is a jelly like substance

cytosol

has a interior space of a cell which doesn’t contain organelle

cytopplasm

who discovered microspoces

robert hooke and antonie van

can be decomposers, help our bodies, absorb nutrients and create o2

microbes

aren’t made of cells and not condered living thing

viruses

made of cells and living thinfs

bacteria, fungi and protozoan

is prokarytoe, sm, simple and has no nuclues and no organelles but with membrane

bacteria

is large complex, has a nuclue and organellls membrane bound

eukaryote

is animals, plants, fungi and protozoan

eukaryote

is non-living, not made of cells and can’t grow on their own and cannot reproduce

viruses

what only contains nuclie acid (rna and dna

virus

which of the following r present in fungi protozoa but are not present in bacteria

membrane bound nuclues and mitochondria