Microbial Ecosystems - Biology of Microorganisms

Course

Microbiology

Study Pack

Set 1: The Microbial World

Set 2: Microbial Cell Structure and Function

Set 3: Microbial Metabolism

Set 4: Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing

Set 5: Microbial Growth and Its Control

Set 6: Microbial Regulatory Systems

Set 7: Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth

Set 8: Viruses and Their Replication

Set 9: Microbial Systems Biology

Set 10: Viral Genomics, Diversity, and Ecology

Set 11: Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea

Set 12: Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology

Set 13: Microbial Evolution and Systematics

Set 14: Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms

Set 15: Functional Diversity of Microorganisms

Set 16: Diversity of Bacteria

Set 17: Diversity of Archaea

Set 18: Diversity of Microbial Eukarya

Set 19: Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems

Set 20: Microbial Ecosystems

Set 21: Nutrient Cycles

Set 22: Microbiology of the Built Environment

Set 23: Microbial Symbioses

Set 24: Microbial Symbioses with Humans

Set 25: Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis

Set 26: Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses

Set 27: Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses

Set 28: Clinical Microbiology and Immunology

Set 29: Epidemiology

Set 30: Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases

Set 31: Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases

Set 32: Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases

Set 33: Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoans, and Helminths

Set 20 Microbial Ecosystems

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Set 20 Microbial Ecosystems

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

In a stratified lake, the warmer and less dense layer is called the

A) epilimnion.
B) hypolimnion.
C) hyperlimnion.
D) thermocline.

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which is the correct order of increasing size in soil particles?

A) clay > sand > silt
B) clay > silt > sand
C) sand > clay > silt
D) silt > clay > sand

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Some nitrifying prokaryotes carry out metabolic cooperation by a process known as

A) competition.
B) niche partitioning.
C) syntrophy.
D) antagonism.

Answer