Human Bio Unit 1 - Bacteria

Question 0

Parts of a bacterium

Answer 0

Capsule

Flagellum

Ribosome

Plasmid

Pili

Question 1

Size of a bacterium

Answer 1

About 50x smaller than a human cell

Question 2

Capsule

Answer 2

Protects the bacterium

Often slimy

Question 3

Flagellum

Answer 3

Propulsion system

Tail

Only some have these

Question 4

Ribosome

Answer 4

Synthesises proteins

Question 5

Plasmid

Answer 5

Contains genes

Can be passed between bacteria in a form of sexual reproduction

Question 6

Pili

Answer 6

Hollow hairlike structures

Made of proteins

Allow bacteria to attach to other cells

Used in sexual reproduction when they pass the plasmid from one to another

Question 7

What do bacteria have instead of what animal and plant cells have?

Answer 7

Nucleiods instead of a nucleus

Question 8

Something a bacterial cell doesn’t have but animal cells do

Answer 8

Organelles

Question 9

Nucleiod

Answer 9

Contains one chromosome

Question 10

Prokaryotes

Answer 10

Simple cells

Bacteria

Question 11

Eukaryotes

Answer 11

Complex cells

Animal and plant cells

Question 12

How do bacteria reproduce?

Answer 12

Most of the time its asexual

Occasionally they reproduce using th plasmid and pili

Question 13

Where are bacteria found?

Answer 13

Everywhere