Microbiology Overview and Major Groups Quiz
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Microbiology Overview and Major Groups Quiz

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What is the best way to describe viruses?

  • Dead entities
  • Infectious particles (correct)
  • Alive entities
  • Infectious organisms

    • What is the size range of viruses?

  • 1 micron to 50 microns
  • 10 nm to 1000 nm
  • 100 nm to 500 nm
  • 20 nm to 200 nm (correct)

    • Which of the following cells can viruses infect?

  • Only animal cells
  • Every type of cell (correct)
  • Only plant cells
  • Only bacterial cells

    • Compared to animal cells, how small are viruses?

    <p>$50$ times smaller</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can bacteria be best described?

    <p>Prokaryotic microorganisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most appropriate term for viruses in terms of being alive or dead?

    <p>Active or inactive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe viruses as they are unable to carry out their life-sustaining functions or reproduce without a host cell?

    <p>Obligate intracellular parasites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best describes the function of viruses once they infect a host cell?

    <p>Viruses use the ribosomes of their host cells to synthesize viral proteins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do viruses use to generate or store energy, and for all other metabolic functions?

    <p>Host cell's ATP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Latin word for 'poison', which is now used to refer to viruses?

    <p>Poison</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which discovery led to the identification of agents now known as viruses?

    <p>Fluid extract from diseased animals and plants passing through a filter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a common disease caused directly by viruses?

    <p>Diabetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are viruses recognized as, in addition to causing diseases?

    <p>Gene carriers</p> Signup and view all the answers

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