Chapter 19

Biology Concepts and Applications · 14 exercises

Problem 1

_______ can have a genome of either RNA or DNA. a. Bacteria b. Viroids c. Viruses d. Archaea

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Problem 2

Which is smallest? a. bacterium b. viroid c. virus d. archaeon

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Problem 3

In ________ viral DNA becomes integrated into a bacterial chromosome and is passed to descendant cells. a. binary fission c. the lysogenic pathway b. the lytic pathway d. both \(b\) and \(c\)

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Problem 4

During HIV replication, reverse trancriptase reads viral ________ to produce viral ___________. a. DNA; RNA c. RNA; proteins b. RNA; DNA d. DNA; proteins

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Problem 5

Viral genomes can be altered by ______________. a. binary fission c. mutation b. recombination d. both \(b\) and \(c\)

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Problem 6

Prokaryotic conjugation is a type of ___________. a. sexual reproduction c. horizontal gene transfer b. asexual reproduction d. both \(\mathrm{b}\) and \(\mathrm{c}\)

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Problem 7

How many chromosomes do bacteria have?

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Problem 8

_________ are oxygen-releasing photoautotrophs. a. Spirochetes c. Cyanobacteria b. Archaeans d. Viroids

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Problem 10

Vitamin-producing \(E\). coli cells in your gut are __________. a. normal flora c. proteobacteria b. chemoheterotrophs d. all of the above

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Problem 11

A chemical that is released into the environment by bacteria and causes symptoms of disease is a(n) ____________. a. endospore b. endotoxin c. exotoxin d. vector

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Problem 12

Infection by some ________ can cause cancer. a. viruses c. archaea b. bacteria d. both a and \(b\)

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Problem 13

A Gram-positive coccus is __________. a. spherical b. rod-shaped c. spiral-shaped

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Problem 14

Match each disease with the type of pathogen that causes it. Choices may be used more than once. ___tuberculosis ___AIDS ___influenza (flu) ___Lyme disease ___cholera a. virus b. bacteria

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Problem 15

Match each group with the most suitable description. ___cyanobacteria ___methanogens ___viroids ___retroviruses ___extreme halophiles ___extreme thermophiles a. contain no protein b. live in salty places c. live in hot places d. release oxygen e. release methane f. RNA genome inside a protein coat

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