Module 3 pt. 1 Prokaryotic cell

Question 1

Resistance to phagocytosis, adherence to surfaces

Answer 1

Capsules

Slime layers

Question 2

Gives bacteria shape and protection from lysis(rupture) in dilute
solutions

Answer 2

Cell wall

Question 3

Survival under harsh environmental conditions

Answer 3

Endospore

Question 4

Attachment to surfaces, bacterial mating

Answer 4

Fimbriae and pili

Question 5

Provides the power of motility or self-propulsion

Answer 5

Flagella

Question 6

Buoyancy for floating in aquatic environments.

Answer 6

Gas vacuole

Question 7

Storage of carbon, phosphate, and other substances

Answer 7

Inclusion bodies

Question 8

Localization of genetic material (DNA)

Answer 8

Nucleoid

Question 9

Contains hydrolytic enzymes and binding proteins for
nutrient processing and uptake’

Answer 9

Periplasmic space

Question 10

Selectively permeable barrier

Mechanical boundary of the cell

Nutrient and waste transport

Metabolic processes

Detection of environmential cues for chemotaxis (movement of a cell towards a concentration of a particular substance)

Answer 10

Plasma membrane

Question 11

Protein synthesis

Answer 11

Ribosomes