1. Why would your doctor swab your throat to see if you have strep throat?

• Your doctor needed to practice looking under the microscope for different types of cells.
• Your doctor needed to be sure you had a bacterial infection before he or she prescribed an antibiotic.
• Your doctor needed to be sure if you had Covid.

2. Bacteria are microscopic members of planet Earth that are neither plant nor animal.

• True
• False

3. Bacteria, Fungi, and protist all have unique characteristics and belong to their own groups or kingdoms.

• True
• False

4. What are examples of Protists? (3)

• amoeba
• euglena
• paramecium
• molds
• mushrooms

5. According to the charts, Kingdoms Fungi, Bacteria, and Protista all have organisms that can be either unicellular or multicellular.

• True
• False

6. prokaryotes

• unicellular organisms that have simple structures without a distinct nucleus and without membrane-covered organelles
• multicellular organisms that have simple structures without a distinct nucleus and without membrane-covered organelles
• unicellular organisms that have complex structures without a distinct nucleus and without membrane-covered organelles
• multicellular organisms that have complex structures without a distinct nucleus and without membrane-covered organelles

7. eukaryotes

• organisms without a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
• organisms with a nucleus but no membrane-bound organelles
• organisms with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
• organisms with no nucleus but many membrane-bound organelles

8. Examples of harmful bacteria: (2)

• staph
• flagellum
• strep
• enzymes

9. Examples of helpful bacteria would be those _____.

• that are pilliated
• that aid in digestion
• that move using flagella
• that secrete enzymes

10. Bacteria cannot eat directly; they must first secrete enzymes that break down nearby food sources, and then the bacteria can absorb the nutrients.

• True
• False