Virus And Bacteria Quiz 31 (20 MCQs)

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1. What's a parasite

Correct Answer: A) An organism that feeds on a living host.

2. Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen

Correct Answer: C) Fungus.

3. Single-celled organisms that don't have a nucleus are .....

Correct Answer: B) Eukaryotes.

4. A type of reproduction that does not involve egg and sperm

Correct Answer: A) Asexual.

5. Can be a pathogen

Correct Answer: C) Both.

6. What is an operon?

Correct Answer: B) A group of genes that are expressed together.

7. Where is bacteria located?

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

8. Which of the following lists Linnaean taxomic grouping in the correct order from general to specific?

Correct Answer: A) Phylum, order, family, genus.

9. The outside of a virus is called a capsid and is made up of

Correct Answer: B) Protein.

10. Round shaped bacteria is called

Correct Answer: A) Coccus.

11. These prokaryotes, similar to bacteria, live in extreme environments

Correct Answer: A) Archaea.

12. What is a vaccine?

Correct Answer: B) Something that helps the body fight viruses.

13. A ..... cannot live with oxygen.

Correct Answer: B) Obligate Anaerobe.

14. The type of bacteria that is spiral shaped is called:

Correct Answer: C) Spirillium.

15. What is a dangerous substance bacteria can release in the body?

Correct Answer: A) Toxin.

16. Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a VIRUS?

Correct Answer: D) Strep throat.

17. Ants belong to the ..... kingdom of organisms.

Correct Answer: D) Animalia.

18. BONUS QUESTION:What pandemic was known to cause painful red rings, and killed nearly half of Europe's population?

Correct Answer: A) Yersinia pestis (The Black Death).

19. Which Kingdom is this? -Eukaryotic-Autotrophic-Multicellular-Immobile (cannot move)

Correct Answer: B) Plantae.

20. What's the main difference between viruses and bacteria?

Correct Answer: A) One is living and one is nonliving.