A cell without any membrane bound structures prokaryotic 1
What type of bacteria uses dead organisms as a food source? saprophytes 2
A rod shaped bacteria cell bacillus 3
Which of gram negative or gram positive bacteria cells has a thinner cell wall? Gram negative 4
Name two types of bacteria cell reproduction fission, conjugation 5
Which of fission and conjugation produces two new identical cells? fission 6
An organism that causes disease pathogen 7
A sphere shaped bacteria cell cocci 8
Who is given credit for first discovering bacteria? Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 9
What is the name associated with blue-green bacteria? Is it a producer or consumer bacteria? Cyanobacteria, producer 10
A spiral shaped bacteria cell spirilla 11
The name of the structure that helps bacteria move in wet environments flagella 12
The name of the structure that helps bacteria stick to surfaces gelatin-like capsule 13
A poisonous substance produced from pathogens toxin 14
What are the two kingdoms of bacteria? Underline the one that is associated with extreme conditions Eubacteria and Archaebacteria 15
Give 3 examples of good, or helpful, bacteria antibiotics, medicines, decomposers, food, fuels, bioremediation 16
The type of bacteria that does not require oxygen to survive anaerobe 17
Cyanobacteria contains what pigment? chlorophyll 18
The process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food much pasteurization 19
Using organisms to help clean up or remove environmental pollutants by breaking them down into harmless compounds bioremediation 20
The process of removing or killing all forms of microbial life sterilization 21
Thick walled outer structures produced by some bacteria that allows a bacterium to stay alive without growth when conditions would otherwise be unfavorable for survival endospore 22
A substance made from killed bacteria or particles from damaged bacterial cell walls that can help prevent some bacterial diseases vaccines 23
Chemicals produced from bacteria that help limit the growth or kill other bacteria antibiotics 24
What chemical may be found in cattle intestines or muddy swamps, and may also be used as a fuel? methane 25
What disease is associated with a unique bacteria that does not have cell walls? pneumonia 26
It changes the nitrogen in the air into forms that plants and animals can use nitrogen-fixing bacteria 27
An organism that requires oxygen to survive aerobe 28
Give two examples of foods that are made using helpful bacteria cheese, yogurt, pickles, sauerkraut 29
Why isn’t an antibiotic effective against viruses? Viruses are not living organisms 30
Give two examples of extreme environments where archaebacteria can survive salty, very hot, very acidic 31
The part of the bacteria cell that contains the hereditary material chromosome 32
How do colonies of cyanobacteria harm aquatic organisms? Algae blooms are produced which consume much of the oxygen supply 33
The kingdom which contains most bacteria Eubacteria 34
Globular groups in which many cyanobacteria live colonies 35
What type of bacteria lives in the Great Salt Lake or in hot springs or deep ocean vents? Archaebacteria 36