Bacteria

Which disease is not caused by bacteria?

• Strep throat
• Pneumonia
• Food poisoning
• Influenza (the Flu)

Archaebacteria live in extreme environments

• True
• False

Bacteria help you digest food.

• True
• False

Bacteria are

• prokaryotes
• eukaryotes

How does pasteurization make food safe to eat?

• It changes dangerous chemicals in the food into safer chemicals
• It encourages the growth of important gut-bacteria
• It heats the food enough to kill all bacteria without affecting taste
• It causes milk to sour and turn into butter

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Which statement about bacteria is true?

• Bacteria help you breath
• Bacteria help you digest your food
• Bacteria help add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
• All bacteria need sunlight to make food

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All bacteria are harmful to humans

• True
• False

Process by which bacteria reproduce asexually

• binary fission
• transduction
• transformation

most bacteria reproduce by

• using a cell
• binary fission

A bacterium, virus, or protist that causes disease is called a ____.

• bioremediation

• antibiotic

• pathogen

• a retrovirus