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Homework 1
About yourself:
1. What is your biggest concern about taking Bio 260?
2. What is your end goal? That is, what are your next steps in your career?
3. What do you hope to get out of this class?
4. What classes or experiences have prepared you for this class?
Lecture Questions:
5. What are “Normal Microbiota?”
a. Microbes present on our bodies that cause disease
b. Bacteria that can exist in high pH environments
c. Microbes normally found in food and food products
d. Bacteria that live in and on our bodies that may have a symbiotic function
6. Which of the following is NOT a Prokaryote?
a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Archaebacteria
d. The Bubonic Plague
7. What is the Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis and how was it disproved?
8. What is the difference between a simple and differential stain?
a. Simple stains will stain all bacteria regardless of composition
b. Differential stains will only stain certain components of a bacteria
c. Differential stains are used to categorize bacteria
d. All of the above
9. Match the following:
_____Prions
a. Made up of only RNA and not protein
_____Virus
b. Abnormal folding of a protein
c. Intracellular agent made up of either DNA or
_____Viroid
RNA and surrounded by a protein coat
10. What are endospores?