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Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungus

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vaccines are available for all of the following viral diseases except ______________.

a)

chicken pox

b)

common cold

c)

polio

d)

small pox

2.

Bacteria that live in places with a supply of oxygen are _______.

a)

anaerobes

b)

aerobes

c)

viruses

d)

capsules

3.

Of the following, where are archaebacteria not found?

a)

boiling hot springs

b)

freshwater ponds

c)

salty lakes

d)

cattle intestines

4.

Of these foods, which was not produced with the help of bacteria?

a)

milk (just plain milk)

b)

cheese

c)

yogurt

d)

sauerkraut

5.

Bacteria are unlike plant and animal cells because they _______.

a)

are prokaryotic (no nucleus)

b)

make their own food

c)

have many organelles

d)

are eukaryotic (have a nucleus)

6.

Peanuts and peas contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, in their roots, in growths called _________________.

a)

colonies

b)

filaments

c)

chains

d)

nodules

7.

An antibiotic is a drug used to kill ________________.

a)

algae

b)

viruses

c)

bacteria

d)

latent viruses

8.

A process of the food industry that that is used to kill harmful bacteria is _________________.

a)

fission

b)

pasteurization

c)

botulism

d)

vaccination

9.

Helpful bacteria can do all of the following except _________.

a)

help clean up soils

b)

preserve canned food

c)

digest dead organisms (decompose)

d)

make medicines

10.

It is estimated that nitrogen-fixing bacteria save farmers several million dollars in ________________.

a)

medicine

b)

meat

c)

dairy

d)

fertilizer

11.

Bacteria are used in __________________________.

a)

farming

b)

the medical industry

c)

the food industry

d)

all of these answers are correct

12.

The name streptococcus tells you that the bacteria that cause strep throat are _______________.

a)

spirals

b)

rods

c)

spheres

d)

none of these are correct

13.

One type of bio-remediation uses _______ to break down wastes and pollutants into harmless compounds.

a)

viruses

b)

fungus

c)

protists

d)

bacteria

14.

All protists are eukaryotic which means they ____________.

a)

have flagella

b)

have a nucleus

c)

are one-celled organisms

d)

are many-celled organisms

15.

Short hair-like structures, used for movement, extending from the cell membrane are called ________________.

a)

chloroplasts

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cilia

d)

pseudopods

16.

Protists can be ________________.

a)

animal-like

b)

plant-like

c)

fungus-like

d)

all of these

17.

An example of a protist that uses pseudopods to move through their environment is ________________.

a)

algae

b)

paramecia

c)

amoebas

d)

saprophytes

18.

Organisms that obtain food by feeding on dead or decaying organisms are called _____________.

a)

parasites

b)

flagellates

c)

algae

d)

saprophytes

19.

The body of a fungus is usually a mass of threadlike tubes called ____________.

a)

Hyphae

b)

ascis

c)

gills

d)

basidia

20.

Which is not a characteristic of fungi?

a)

They don't contain chlorophyll

b)

They make their own food (photosynthesis)

c)

They reproduce by spores

d)

They decompose dead stuff

21.

All of the following are reproductive structures of fungi EXCEPT ____________.

a)

ascus

b)

basidium

c)

lichen

d)

sporangium

22.

Which group of fungi does not reproduce sexually?

a)

club fungi

b)

imperfect fungi

c)

zygote fungi

d)

sac fungi

23.

Protists are divided into three groups based on ________.

a)

color

b)

how they reproduce

c)

size

d)

shared characteristics

24.

Protists are _____________ to classify.

a)

difficult

b)

simple

c)

impossible

d)

easy

25.

Viruses need a host cell in order to reproduce.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Rod shaped bacteria are called ______________________.

a)

coccus

b)

bacillus

c)

spirillum

d)

Oscar Meyer

27.

Organisms that cause disease are called _________________.

a)

antibiotics

b)

vaccines

c)

pathogens

d)

toxins

28.

Whip-like tails that help cells move are called _____________.

a)

oars

b)

flagella

c)

endospores

d)

spirilla

29.

Bacteria reproduce in a process called _________________.

a)

fusion

b)

fission

c)

budding

d)

regeneration

30.

Thick-walled structures that can protect bacteria or fungus cells are called _____________________.

a)

exospores

b)

endospores

c)

mesospores

d)

spores

31.

Which of these cells are prokaryotic?

a)

animal

b)

fungus

c)

protist

d)

bacteria

32.

Some bacteria produce antibiotics that can ____________.

a)

help other bacteria

b)

kill other bacteria

c)

kill viruses

d)

help protozoa

33.

Anaerobic organisms can live without ________________.

a)

oxygen

b)

food

c)

sunlight

d)

water

34.

Another name for a decomposer is _________________________

a)

endospore

b)

saprophyte

c)

aerobe

d)

anaerobe

35.

A solution made from dead or weakened bacteria or viruses that is used to prevent disease is called a (an) ______________,

a)

antibiotic

b)

pathogen

c)

vaccine

d)

toxin

36.

The fungus that grows in the roots of plants, that is helpful to the plant is called ______________________________.

a)

sporangium

b)

bacillus

c)

lichen

d)

mycorrhizae

37.

The spore case of a sac fungus is called a (an) _____________.

a)

ascus

b)

basidium

c)

sporangium

d)

lichen

38.

A many-celled brown algae that is a major food source for fish is called ____________________.

a)

lichen

b)

algin

c)

kelp

d)

fungus

39.

Zygote fungi, like bread mold, have a spore case called a (an) _____________________________.

a)

basidium

b)

ascus

c)

sporangium

40.

Dinoflagellates are protists that move using __________ to propel them through the water like a spinning top.

a)

flagella

b)

cilia

c)

pseudopods