Bacteria

Question 1

What domain is bacteria in?

Answer 1

Domain Bacteria.

Question 2

What size are bacteria cells?

Answer 2

1-3 Mm and are smaller than human cells (10-15 Mm) but bigger than Viruses (0.03-0.3 Mm).

Question 3

What organisms are the smallest?

Answer 3

Bacteria if you do not consider viruses to be living.

Question 4

What protective plant-like structure do most bacteria have?

Answer 4

Cell wall

Question 5

What is another protective structure that some bacteria have?

Answer 5

capsule

Question 6

What stucture used for motion do some bacteria have?

Answer 6

Flagella

Question 7

What are the three types of Bacteria?

Answer 7

Coccus, Bacillus, Spirillum

Question 8

What shape is a coccus bacteria?

Answer 8

Round.

Question 9

What shape is a bacillus bacteria?

Answer 9

hot-dog shaped

Question 10

What shape is a spirillus bacteria?

Answer 10

Spiral shaped

Question 11

Is a colony of bacteria considered one organism?

Answer 11

Yes.

Question 12

What types of bacteria exist in colonies?

Answer 12

Coccus and bacillus.

Question 13

What is a colony of two bacteria called (prefix)?

Answer 13

Diplo

Question 14

What are the types of diplo colonies called?

Answer 14

Diplococcus and diplobacillus

Question 15

What is a colonoy of many bacteria in a straight line called?

Answer 15

Strepto

Question 16

What are the types of strepto colonies?

Answer 16

Streptococcus, streptobacillus

Question 17

What is a colony of many bacteria group together in a clump called?

Answer 17

Staphylo

Question 18

What are types of staphylo colonies?

Answer 18

Staphlyococcus

Question 19

What are the two states of bacteria?

Answer 19

vegetative and spore states

Question 20

What state are bacteria in most of the time?

Answer 20

vegetative state

Question 21

When are bacteria in the vegetative state?

Answer 21

When conditions are favorable.

There is water, neutral ph

Question 22

When are bateria in a spore state?

Answer 22

In unfavorable conditions.

Such as no water, ph is to acidic or basic,

Question 23

Why do bacteria go into a spore state?

Answer 23

It’s a survival technique. Like hibernation, but with no cellular activity. Like a time freeze

Question 24

What happens during the spore state?

Answer 24

The cytoplasam condenses and the cell wall gets thicker

Question 25

What does an autoclave provide?

Answer 25

high pressure and high temperature to kill spores

Question 26

Are bacteria good or bad?

Answer 26

Some are good, some are bad.

Question 27

Are bacteria autotrophs or heterotrophs?

Answer 27

Bacteria can be either autotrophs or heterotrophs, but most are heterotrophs (saphrotrophs).

Question 28

What process do autotrophic bacteria go through?

Answer 28

Chemosynthesis.

Question 29

What are the 6 different ways that Bacteria is helpful?

Answer 29

Nitrogen Fixation, Decay, Sewage, Dairy products, Medicine, Industrial Uses.

Question 30

What is nitrogen fixation?

Answer 30

a processs by which N₂ becomes NO₃

Question 31

Which organisms need nitrogen?

Answer 31

all organisms need nitrogens

Question 32

In What form do plants get nitrogen?

Answer 32

Plants get it by NO^--₃ (Nitrate)

Question 33

How do plants get nitrate?

Answer 33

The bacteria in knobs on the roots turn the N₂ in the air into NO--3 (Nitrate)

Question 34

What is decay?

Answer 34

The decomposing of cells.

Question 35

Why is decay useful

Answer 35

It creates space for living organisms. Also helps recycle nutrients.

Question 36

How do bacteria help with sewage?

Answer 36

Waste is broken down by bacteria and is made is less harmful.

Question 37

How is bacteria useful in creating dairy products

Answer 37

Bacteria is necessary to produce buttermilk, cheese, lassi, curd, kheer, sour cream, etc.

Question 38

How is bacteria useful for medicines?

Answer 38

Bacteria is used to create vaccines, antibiotics, and steriods.

Question 39

What are some other industrial uses for bacteria

Answer 39

Used for vinegar, acetone, and vitamins.

Question 40

Name some harmful bacteria

Answer 40

Rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, pneumonia, gonnorhea.