This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Viruses are considered to be nonliving because ..... A) They are not made of cells. 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. 2. Contain ribosomes A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 3. Viruses enter the host cell by using A) Receptor proteins. B) Force. C) Magic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptor proteins. 4. A viral infection that weakens a person's immune system for the rest of their life is.. A) HIV/AIDS. B) The plague. C) Strep throat. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HIV/AIDS. 5. Which of the following is a true statement about bacteria? A) Bacteria exist in only a few environments on earth. B) Bacteria can grow to extremely large sizes. C) Most bacteria are harmful to humans. D) Bacteria can be both harmful and helpful to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria can be both harmful and helpful to humans. 6. Examples are amoebas and parameciums A) Protista. B) Plantae. C) Animalia. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protista. 7. If conditions are not right, bacteria can form a protective coat called a? A) Spore. B) Capsule. C) Box. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spore. 8. An organism made up of more than one cell would be called: A) Unicellular. B) Autotroph. C) Multicellular. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multicellular. 9. To what would the phrase "is not a cell but has the ability to reproduce within a living cell" best describe? A) A yeast. B) An alga. C) A virus. D) A bacterium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A virus. 10. Organelle that helps create proteins in the cell A) Ribosome. B) Cell Wall. C) Mitochondria. D) Lysosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribosome. 11. Archaea that live in salty environments, like the Dead Sea ..... A) Halophiles. B) Acidophiles. C) Thermophiles. D) Methanogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Halophiles. 12. What are the three shapes of bacteria? A) Circle, triangle, and square. B) Rods, spheres, and spirals. C) Spirals, rods, and circles. D) Rods, rectangles, and ovals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rods, spheres, and spirals. 13. What do nitrogen fixing bacteria do for plants? A) Nothing. B) Change unusable atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form. C) Allow plants to take in carbon dioxide. D) Release water from the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change unusable atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form. 14. Which of the following plant diseases is not a bacterial disease? A) Heart rot of beets. B) Red stripe of sugarcane. C) Citrus canker. D) Brown rot of potatoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart rot of beets. 15. Bacterial cells are ..... A) Eukaryotic. B) Viruses. C) Fungal. D) Prokaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prokaryotic. 16. The actual organism (i.e. animal or plant) in/on which a parasite lives. A) Mutation. B) Host Cell. C) Vector. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Host. 17. Bacteria hurt us by breaking down our cells and producing? A) Viruses. B) Protein. C) Toxins. D) Other bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxins. 18. What "Super Scientist" would most likely study organisms in kingdom Fungi? A) Mycologist. B) Ichthyologist. C) Botanist. D) Hydrologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mycologist. 19. How do chemoautrophs obtain energy? A) From sunlight. B) From plants. C) From chemicals. D) From other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From chemicals. 20. Which is not an extremophile? A) Halophile. B) Thermoacidophiles. C) Proteobacteria. D) Methanogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteobacteria. 21. What type of fungi make bread rise? A) Bacteria. B) Yeast. C) Mushrooms. D) Club Mushrooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeast. 22. Having students wash their hands frequently with soap and water will limit the spread of infectious diseases by A) Protecting harmless bacterial cells. B) Changing viral and bacterial nucleic acids. C) Releasing mutated cells from pores. D) Removing viruses and bacteria from the skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Removing viruses and bacteria from the skin. 23. What is one question a scientist could ask when trying to find out if a cell belong in the Kingdoms Plantae, Fungi, or Eubacteria? A) What is the cell wall made of?. B) Does it have genetic material?. C) Does it belong to a living organism?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is the cell wall made of?. 24. The process by which prokaryotes exchange genetic material is called ..... A) Binary fission. B) Conjugation. C) Asexual reproduction. D) Meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjugation. 25. A tiny nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell. A) A Virus. B) Hidden Virus. C) Bacteria. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Virus. 26. What is the name of the protein coat surrounding a virus? A) Capsule. B) Envelope. C) Spike. D) Capsid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capsid. 27. A microorganism that causes disease. There are 4 major types:viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. A) Virus. B) Fungi. C) Pathogen. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathogen. 28. Can a virus be good? A) Naw, son . B) Yes, when a scientist uses it for gene therapy. C) Maybe. D) Only when it kills my enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, when a scientist uses it for gene therapy. 29. (Taxonomy) How many scientific names does an organism have? A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 30. Rod-shaped bacteria is called A) Bacillus. B) Coccus. C) Spirillum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacillus. 31. Which taxonomic level includes the least number of organisms? A) Kingdom. B) Order. C) Genus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species. 32. Which of these can reproduce only when inside a host cell? A) Virus. B) Bacteria. C) Fungus. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virus. 33. Particles of protein without a nucleic acid that affect the shapes of the host's proteins are calle: A) Bacteriophages. B) Emerging viruses. C) Prions. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prions. 34. ..... is when members of the same species have differences. A) Adaptation. B) Natural selection. C) Evolution. D) Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variation. 35. Living things are classified into 3 domains. A) Animalia, Plantae and Bacteria. B) Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, and Eukarya. C) Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. D) Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. 36. May contain genetic information in the form of RNA A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 37. Some bacteria move by using a long, whip-like structure called a(n) ..... A) Tail. B) Organs. C) Cillia. D) Flagellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flagellum. 38. Which of the following is a non-living particle? A) Eukaryotic cell. B) Virus. C) Prokaryotic cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virus. 39. What would happen to a virus if it couldn't find a host cell to invade? A) It wouldn't be able to travel through the air. B) It wouldn't be able to multiply. C) . It would survive indefinitely. D) Its genetic information would wither away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It wouldn't be able to multiply. 40. A substance that blocks the production of bacteria or treats bacterial infections is called? A) Asprin. B) Antibiotic. C) Band-Aid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotic. 41. One-celled living organisms classified by their body shpae A) Spirilla. B) Bacteria. C) Virus. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 42. Prokaryotic means A) No nucleus. B) No ribosomes. C) Has a nucleus. D) Has a mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No nucleus. 43. Bacterium are 1-5 $\mu$m wide, or 1-5 ..... A) Millimeters. B) Centimeters. C) Micrometers. D) Nanometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micrometers. 44. A disease causing agent is called a A) Pathogen. B) Poison. C) Vaccine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogen. 45. Which carbohydrate is found in the cell wall of the Kingdom Fungi? A) Cellulose. B) Peptidoglycan. C) Chitin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chitin. 46. An organism that requires a constant supply of oxygen in order to live A) Anaerobe. B) Obligate aerobe. C) Obligate anaerobe. D) Falcultative anaerobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obligate aerobe. 47. Mold and mushrooms belong to which kingdom? A) Protista. B) Plantae. C) Fungi. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fungi. 48. Bacteria cells are lacking a A) Nucleus. B) Cell wall. C) Tail. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 49. What is defined as " A group of similar species? " A) Class. B) Kingdom. C) Genus. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus. 50. What is the process by which a bacteria cell replicates its DNA and divides in half? A) Prophage. B) Conjugation. C) Binary Fission. D) Lysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binary Fission. 51. Bacteria come in all of the following shapes EXCEPT which? A) Spiral. B) Rod-like. C) Rectangular. D) Spherical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rectangular. 52. A virus is made of A) Nucleic acid. B) Protein coat. C) Neither of these. D) Both of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both of these. 53. Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce? A) Bacteria. B) Fungus. C) Virus. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virus. 54. ..... is when every member of a species has died. A) Evolution. B) Variation. C) Adaptation. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 55. A way to prevent viruses where a weakened pathogen is introduced to the body is a(n) A) Antivirus. B) Vaccine. C) Antibiotic. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaccine. 56. Which BEST describes the treatment of a bacterial infection? A) Vaccines. B) Insulin injections. C) Antibiotics. D) Fungal creams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antibiotics. 57. Which of the following move using a whiplike structure? A) Sporozoan. B) Flagellate. C) Amoeba. D) Ciliate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flagellate. 58. What do you need to be able to see bacteria? A) Telescope. B) Microscope. C) 3D Glasses. D) Sunglasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microscope. 59. Antibiotics only work against what organisms? A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Prions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 60. Organisms such as fungi return chemicals to the soil and the atmosphere and are called ..... A) Prokaryotes. B) Decomposers. C) Autotrophs. D) Photosynthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposers. ← 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