The Monera Kingdom (Bacteria)

Where do we find bacteria?

• Only in rotten food

• Only outside

• Everywhere

• Only in our digestive system

All bacteria are bad

• True

• False

The name for bad bacteria is:

Examples where bacteria are useful include:

• In the nitrogen cycle

• Breaking down food in the digestive system

• Fighting pathogens

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Pathogens cause diseases such as:

• Tooth decay

• Salmonella

• Tuberculosis

• All of the above

An organism that produces its own food is called a

• heterotroph

• autotroph

An organism that feeds off organic material is called a

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name one bacterial shape:

Bacteria reproduce via

• Binary fission

• Spores

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Bacteria will produce spores when:

• Conditions are unfavourable to reproduce

• Conditions are favourable to reproduce