This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What term refers to a type of respiration that requires oxygen? A) Aerobic. B) Anaerobic. C) Hostile. D) Fermentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aerobic. 2. Colds are caused by A) Sporozoans. B) Protozoans. C) Bacteria. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viruses. 3. A type of spore formed when a bacterium produces a thick internal wall that encloses its DNA and a portion of its cytoplasm A) Conjugation. B) Prokaryote. C) Facultative anaerobe. D) Endospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endospore. 4. Coccus shaped bacteria are A) Rod-shaped. B) Spherical. C) Spiral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spherical. 5. Bacteria that obtain energy by taking in organic molecules for both energy and a source of carbon to obtain energy are called ..... A) Chemotrophic autotrophs. B) Phototrophic autotrophs. C) Chemoheterophs. D) Photoheterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoheterophs. 6. Bacteria that needs oxygen to survive is said to be A) Consuming. B) Photosynthetic. C) Aerobic. D) Decomposing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aerobic. 7. Unicellular (one-celled), prokaryotic organisms that can cause disease. There are 3 main shapes:Spirilla (spiral shaped), Baccilus (rod-shaped), and Cocci (round/sphere-shaped). A) Bacteria. B) Vaccine. C) Host. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 8. What is genetic material? A) The protective outer part of a virus. B) Contains the instructions for making new viruses. C) An organism that nourishes a and supports a parasite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contains the instructions for making new viruses. 9. What does a virus need in order to survive? A) Watery environment. B) To be able to move from cell to cell. C) A host cell. D) Energy from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A host cell. 10. The Dead Sea is a large salt lake bording Jordan and Israel. It has a salt concentration of 34.2%, which is too hypertonic for most life. What life might still survive and thrive there? A) Thermophiles. B) Halophiles. C) Cyanobacteria. D) Heterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Halophiles. 11. What is a virus? A) A tiny microscopic particle that can infect living cells. B) A prokaryote. C) An eukaryote. D) It is a type of cell similar to an animal or plant cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tiny microscopic particle that can infect living cells. 12. This is the word for a disease causing organism. A) Phagocyte. B) Pathogen. C) Pandemic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathogen. 13. What is the role of flagella in a bacterial cell? A) Makes the bactiria move. B) Makes the bacteria move. C) Wip. D) Tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes the bacteria move. 14. Which of the 3 microbes is the largest A) Virus. B) Bacteria. C) Protist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protist. 15. Reproduces using lytic or lysogenic cycles A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 16. An antibiotic is a drug that selectively kills A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Fungi. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 17. Where are protist found? A) Backyard. B) Dry areas. C) Moist areas. D) Homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moist areas. 18. Which of the following is not a way to prevent or treat viruses? A) Antibiotics. B) Antiviral medications. C) Vaccines. D) Wash your hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antibiotics. 19. Which of the following occurs after a virus attaches to a host cell A) The virus eats the cell. B) The host cell dies. C) The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell. D) The virus dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell. 20. A disease causing microorganism such as fungi, protozoans, parasites, bacteria, and viruses. A) Pathogen. B) Infectious Disease. C) Bacteria. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogen. 21. In our bird beak lab, we showed how ..... A) Different beaks are adapted to eat different food. B) How all birds will go extinct. C) How all birds need different amounts of food. D) Different beaks have no effect on survival. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different beaks are adapted to eat different food. 22. What types of cells do bacteriaphages infect? A) Bacteria. B) Humans. C) Pigs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 23. The organisma Felis catus and Felis silvestris belong to the same ..... A) Class. B) Family. C) Genus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus. 24. The reproductive cells of fungi are called: A) Mold. B) Pollen. C) Spores. D) Seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spores. 25. What is a pathogen? A) Protist. B) Virus. C) Type of disease infection. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type of disease infection. 26. Viruses destroy ..... A) All cells. B) Host cells. C) Prokaryotic cells. D) Any organism it comes in contact with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Host cells. 27. Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because A) They are not cellular. B) They cannot reproduce on their own. C) They cannot make proteins. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. Virus is latin for A) Poison. B) Disease. C) Bacteria. D) Illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison. 29. What is the piece of DNA that is embedded in the host's DNA called? A) Prophage. B) Prion. C) Pili. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prophage. 30. The best way to identify a bacteria cell is A) Single-celled, no nucleus. B) Single-celled, nucleus. C) Single-celled, cell wall. D) Single-celled, large vacuole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Single-celled, no nucleus. 31. Contains GENETIC MATERIAL-DNA or RNA A) Bacteria. B) Virus. C) Both bacteria & virus. D) Neither bacteria nor virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both bacteria & virus. 32. Eubacteria are part of ..... domain and Archeabacteria are in ..... domain. A) Archea, bacteria. B) Bacteria, archea. C) Archea, archea. D) Monera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria, archea. 33. What is one way viruses are like humans? A) They are eukaryotes. B) They eat. C) They are made of cells. D) They have genetic material (DNA). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They have genetic material (DNA). 34. What is prokaryotic? A) The organ that helps bacteria move. B) An organism that has a nucleus. C) An organism that lacks a nucleus. D) An organism that is harmful to bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An organism that lacks a nucleus. 35. Which is not an example of a pathogen? A) Virus. B) Protist. C) Bacteria. D) Tick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tick. 36. What level of classification is "picta" in "Chrysemys picta? " A) Class. B) Order. C) Genus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species. 37. What is the bacterial disease in lime fruits? A) White rust. B) Phytophthora. C) Citrus canker. D) Smut disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citrus canker. 38. Humans occasionally become infected with common colds and flu after flying on crowded airplanes. Which is MOST LIKELY responsible? A) Environmental mutagens. B) Airborne contagions. C) Vector borne parasites. D) Food borne bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Airborne contagions. 39. What does a virus do once it's inside one of your cells? A) It stays inside the cell for a while, and then leaves. B) It eats up all of the machinery in the cell. C) It uses the cell's machinery to make copies of itself. D) It prevents the mitochondria from converting glucose to ATP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It uses the cell's machinery to make copies of itself. 40. What's a parasite A) An organism that feeds on a living host. B) An organism that supports a host. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organism that feeds on a living host. 41. Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen A) Fungus. B) Protozoan. C) Virus. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fungus. 42. Single-celled organisms that don't have a nucleus are ..... A) Prokaryotes. B) Eukaryotes. C) Antibiotics. D) No-nucleus organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eukaryotes. 43. A type of reproduction that does not involve egg and sperm A) Asexual. B) Sexual. C) Meiosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asexual. 44. Can be a pathogen A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 45. What is an operon? A) One gene that is expressed. B) A group of genes that are expressed together. C) A group of genes that do not express a protein. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of genes that are expressed together. 46. Which of the following lists Linnaean taxomic grouping in the correct order from general to specific? A) Family, phylum, genus, species. B) Kingdom, order, class, phylum. C) Phylum, order, family, genus. D) Class, order, species, genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phylum, order, family, genus. 47. The outside of a virus is called a capsid and is made up of A) Cytoplasm. B) Carbohydrates. C) Lipids. D) Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protein. 48. Round shaped bacteria is called A) Coccus. B) Bacillus. C) Spirillum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccus. 49. These prokaryotes, similar to bacteria, live in extreme environments A) Archaea. B) Virus. C) Moneran. D) Molds and mildew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaea. 50. What is a vaccine? A) A purple fruit from France. B) Something completely different. C) A girl's name. D) Something that helps the body fight viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that helps the body fight viruses. 51. A ..... cannot live with oxygen. A) Obligate Aerobe. B) Obligate Anaerobe. C) Facultative Anaerobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obligate Anaerobe. 52. The type of bacteria that is spiral shaped is called: A) Capsule. B) Bacillus. C) Coccus. D) Spirillium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spirillium. 53. What is a dangerous substance bacteria can release in the body? A) Wheatgrass. B) Pathogen. C) Toxin. D) Rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxin. 54. Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a VIRUS? A) Chicken Pox. B) Strep throat. C) Measles. D) Polio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strep throat. 55. Ants belong to the ..... kingdom of organisms. A) Plantae. B) Fungi. C) Animalia. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animalia. 56. BONUS QUESTION:What pandemic was known to cause painful red rings, and killed nearly half of Europe's population? A) Yersinia pestis (The Black Death). B) Smallpox (Variola Virus). C) Spanish Flu. D) Malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yersinia pestis (The Black Death). 57. Which Kingdom is this? -Eukaryotic-Autotrophic-Multicellular-Immobile (cannot move) A) Protista. B) Animalia. C) Fungi. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plantae. 58. What's the main difference between viruses and bacteria? A) One is living and one is nonliving. B) One is multicellular and one is unicellular. C) One makes you sick and one doesn't. D) They aren't different at all they're actually really similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One is living and one is nonliving. 59. Before DNA animals were classified by ..... A) Visible characteristics. B) Types of cells. C) Geographical distribution. D) RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visible characteristics. 60. Which of these are bacteria sizes? A) Spherical, rodlike, spiral. B) Generally range up to 0.2um to 5um. C) Smaller than cells measured in nanometers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generally range up to 0.2um to 5um. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesVirus And Bacteria Quiz 1Virus And Bacteria Quiz 2Virus And Bacteria Quiz 3Virus And Bacteria Quiz 4Virus And Bacteria Quiz 5Virus And Bacteria Quiz 6Virus And Bacteria Quiz 7Virus And Bacteria Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books