Bacteria and Viruses

Which ones live in very extreme environments like hot acidic water and salty environments like the “DEAD SEA”

• True bacteria

• Archea

• Neither can do that!!!

Do forms of True Bacteria create the methane gas that is released with flatulence (passing gas)?

• Yes

• No

What structures help a bacteria stick and attach to a surface?

• Plasmids

• Centrioles

• flagella

• pili

What shape is the bacteria that looks like a small rod?

• bacillus

• coccus

• spirillum

What shape is the bacteria that looks like a sphere or ball?

• bacillus

• coccus

• spirillum

If a bacteria stained turns purple it is

• Gram positive

• Gram Negative

Which one oozes with pseudopods (false feet) to move?

• paramecium

• amoeba

• algae

Which is a long whip-like tail?

• cilia

• pili

• flagella

Small hair –like structures used for movement are called…

• Cilia

• pili

• flagella

Which reproductive form makes identical copies of genes (clones) where one bacteria becomes two.

• conjugation

• sexual reproduction

• binary fission