Bacteria, Protists, Plants

The process by which bacteria use sunlight to produce food.

• autotroph
• chemosynthesis
• heterotroph
• photosynthesis

What is the organism known for causing harmful algal blooms like Red Tide? 

• dinoflagellates
• amoebas
• paramecium
• zooplankton

How many prochlorococcus are in the ocean? 

• one billion
• three billion 
• three billion billion
• an octillion

New research suggests that the rise of ______ is attributed to prochlorococcus.

• dinosaurs
• disease
• oxygen
• bacteria

Each are negative effects of red tides except what? 

• lethal to birds and marine creatures
• consumption of contaminated seafood is poisonous to people
• fishermen cannot make a living with all of the dead fish washing up on shore
• it causes el Nino

The new antibiotic found off the coast of California has shown effectiveness against anthrax and what other difficult-to-treat infection? 

• strep throat
• AIDS
• MRSA
• ingrown toenail

What cleaned up most of the spilled oil in the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill? 

• Corexit - a chemical dispersant
• oil-eating bacteria
• skimmers and booms
• sand

What other pollution problem might be helped to clean up by oil-eating microbes? 

• acid rain
• smog 
• plastic 
• global warming

What is the name of the typically relatively harmless bacteria that is responsible for 10 deaths in Florida in 2014? 

• Vibrio Calcutta
• Tursiops truncatus
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Vibrio vulnificus 

Patients not treated within 3 days of being infected by the flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters have a death rate of ______.

• 10%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%