Bacteria Viruses

Which of the following is a true statement about viruses?

• They are only spread through person-to-person contact

• They can be spread in a number of different ways

• All of them are harmful to humans

• They can only be spread through exposure to animal waste

What does a virus do once it's inside one of your cells?

• It stays inside the cell for a while, and then leaves

• It eats up all of the machinery in the cell

• It uses the cell's machinery to make copies of itself

• It prevents the mitochondria from converting glucose to ATP

Which of the following is the correct shape for bacteria imaged here? 

• bacillus

• coccus

• sprial

TRUE or FALSE: both bacteria and viruses contain genetic material and reproduce. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which structure in a bacterial cell makes proteins?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which of the following is not true of bacteria? 

• they are prokaryotes

• they are multi-celled

• found pretty much everywhere

• they are on you right now! 

TRUE or FALSE: Bacteria are not alive. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which of the following works on bacteria? 

• antibiotics

• vaccines

Name this bacteria shape

• bacilli

• cocci

• spirilla

• crystal

Name this bacteria shape

• cocci

• spirilla

• bacilli

• spaceship