Preparation of Spread and Streak Plates Review Quiz:
1. Which of these is the nutrient substance that filled our growth plates?
Jell-O Agar Floe Angst
2. Which of these is the correct name for our growth plates?
Growth plates Colony plates Petri plates Malthus plates
3. Which term is the correct name for the glass elbow?
Spreader Glass rod Inoculation rod Growth rod
4. Which name refers to the type of growth tube used for stock cultures?
Culture tube Tube Bacterial tube Screw-cap storage tube
5. Which term best describes disease-causing bacteria?
Mutualistic Symbiotic Commensal Pathogenic
6. Which technique is used in plate preparation?
Careful Aseptic Septic Careless
7. Which term applies to groups of bacteria growing in a growth chamber?
Clumps Groups Colonies Yurts
8. Which term applies to the metal stick used to create a bacterial growth plate?
Inoculation loop Metal stick Spreader Alcohol stick
9. When bacteria are applied to a growth plate with a metal stick, which pattern is used?
A zigzag pattern. A circular pattern. A smooth spread of poured liquid. A square pattern.
10. What do we call a plate used to isolate a type of bacteria from a group of various bacterial forms?
Spread plate Streak plate
11. After you open a tube of bacterial organisms, what is the first thing you must do?
Pour the contents on a plate. Shake the tube up and down Flame the opening of the tube. Turn the tube upside down for storage.
12. After you use the tube of bacterial organisms, what is the first thing you do?
Pour the contents on a plate. Shake the tube up and down. Flame the opening of the tube. Turn the tube upside down for storage.
13. Why are finished bacterial plates stored upside down?
To let air in for cell respiration. To keep water off the growth surface. To allow more plates per rack. To prevent leakage.
14. Which of these organisms produces creamy yellow colonies?
E. coli S. marcescens M. luteus T. pallidum
15. Which of these organisms produces red colonies?
