Viruses and Bacteria Lessons

Bacteria vs. Viruses

Multiple Choice

Bacteria are....

• single-celled organisms

• multi-cellular organisms

• non-living

Multiple Choice

How are bacterial cells different from plant and animal cells?

• Bacteria cells have more complex organelles

• Bacteria lacks complex organelles, like a nucleus

Multiple Choice

What does Tim mean when he says bacteria are the most abundant form of life on earth?

• They're the smallest form of life on earth

• There are more bacteria on earth than any other living thing

Multiple Choice

All bacteria are harmful

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What effect do antibiotics have on bacteria?

• Kills bacteria

• Provides energy

Multiple Choice

What helps bacteria move by whipping around?

• Flagellum

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

Multiple Choice

A student is trying to make a model of a eukaryote, a prokaryote, and a virus. Which of the following do they need to make sure they included in all 3 models?

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Ribosomes

• Genetic Material

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements is true?

• A virus is unicellular, it has only one cell.

• A virus may sometimes be multicellular, have many cells.

• A virus has no cells

Multiple Choice

Viruses require a host cell to

• Breathe and eat

• Replicate

• Move and sleep

• Make protein and carbohydrates

Multiple Choice

What is a host?

• An organism that eats another organism

• An organism or a cell that the virus needs to reproduce in

• Something that causes harm to the cell

• The person that greats you at a resturant

Multiple Choice

Antibiotics work to cure viruses?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Eukaryotes protect their genetic material inside a nucleus. What is the structure called that viruses protect their genetic material with?

• Capsid

• Nucleolus

• Glycoprotein

• McAfee