BACTERIA

Which of the bacteria is the cause of pneumonia?

• staphylococci
• rikettsia
• Treponema pallidum
• Streptococcus pnemoniae

Bacteria are used in

• farming
• the medical industry
• the food industry
• all of these

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of bacteria?

• reproduce rapidly
• high rate of mutation
• CANNOT exist under adverse(harmful) conditions
• can use substances harmful to other conditions

Which of the following processes brings about an exchange of genetic information between bacterial cells?

• binary fission
• mutulaism
• conjugation
• replication

Penicillin kills bacteria by

• consuming them
• causing holes in cell walls
• imprisoning them
• depriving them of nutrients

The name streptococcus tells you the bacteria are arranged as ___.

• pairs of round cells
• long chains of round cells
• groups of spirals
• chains of rods

Cyanobacteria are

• eubacterial heterotrophs
• photosynthetic autotrophs
• self-loving archaebacteria
• chemosynthetic autotrops

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Process by which bacteria reproduce asexually

• binary fission
• transduction
• transformation
• conjugation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

simple form of sexual reproduction

• budding
• binary fission
• conjugation
• replication

process by which some bacteria convert N₂ into ammonia

• reverse transcriptase
• binary fission
• nitrogen fixing
• conjugation