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WorksheetsViruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungus
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Vaccines are available for all of the following viral diseases except ______________.
chicken pox
common cold
polio
small pox
Bacteria that live in places with a supply of oxygen are _______.
anaerobes
aerobes
viruses
capsules
Of the following, where are archaebacteria not found?
boiling hot springs
freshwater ponds
salty lakes
cattle intestines
Of these foods, which was not produced with the help of bacteria?
milk (just plain milk)
cheese
yogurt
sauerkraut
Bacteria are unlike plant and animal cells because they _______.
are prokaryotic (no nucleus)
make their own food
have many organelles
are eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
Peanuts and peas contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, in their roots, in growths called _________________.
colonies
filaments
chains
nodules
An antibiotic is a drug used to kill ________________.
algae
viruses
bacteria
latent viruses
A process of the food industry that that is used to kill harmful bacteria is _________________.
fission
pasteurization
botulism
vaccination
Helpful bacteria can do all of the following except _________.
help clean up soils
preserve canned food
digest dead organisms (decompose)
make medicines
It is estimated that nitrogen-fixing bacteria save farmers several million dollars in ________________.
medicine
meat
dairy
fertilizer
Bacteria are used in __________________________.
farming
the medical industry
the food industry
all of these answers are correct
The name streptococcus tells you that the bacteria that cause strep throat are _______________.
spirals
rods
spheres
none of these are correct
One type of bio-remediation uses _______ to break down wastes and pollutants into harmless compounds.
viruses
fungus
protists
bacteria
All protists are eukaryotic which means they ____________.
have flagella
have a nucleus
are one-celled organisms
are many-celled organisms
Short hair-like structures, used for movement, extending from the cell membrane are called ________________.
chloroplasts
cytoplasm
cilia
pseudopods
Protists can be ________________.
animal-like
plant-like
fungus-like
all of these
An example of a protist that uses pseudopods to move through their environment is ________________.
algae
paramecia
amoebas
saprophytes
Organisms that obtain food by feeding on dead or decaying organisms are called _____________.
parasites
flagellates
algae
saprophytes
The body of a fungus is usually a mass of threadlike tubes called ____________.
Hyphae
ascis
gills
basidia
Which is not a characteristic of fungi?
They don't contain chlorophyll
They make their own food (photosynthesis)
They reproduce by spores
They decompose dead stuff
All of the following are reproductive structures of fungi EXCEPT ____________.
ascus
basidium
lichen
sporangium
Which group of fungi does not reproduce sexually?
club fungi
imperfect fungi
zygote fungi
sac fungi
Protists are divided into three groups based on ________.
color
how they reproduce
size
shared characteristics
Protists are _____________ to classify.
difficult
simple
impossible
easy
Viruses need a host cell in order to reproduce.
True
False
Rod shaped bacteria are called ______________________.
coccus
bacillus
spirillum
Oscar Meyer
Organisms that cause disease are called _________________.
antibiotics
vaccines
pathogens
toxins
Whip-like tails that help cells move are called _____________.
oars
flagella
endospores
spirilla
Bacteria reproduce in a process called _________________.
fusion
fission
budding
regeneration
Thick-walled structures that can protect bacteria or fungus cells are called _____________________.
exospores
endospores
mesospores
spores
Which of these cells are prokaryotic?
animal
fungus
protist
bacteria
Some bacteria produce antibiotics that can ____________.
help other bacteria
kill other bacteria
kill viruses
help protozoa
Anaerobic organisms can live without ________________.
oxygen
food
sunlight
water
Another name for a decomposer is _________________________
endospore
saprophyte
aerobe
anaerobe
A solution made from dead or weakened bacteria or viruses that is used to prevent disease is called a (an) ______________,
antibiotic
pathogen
vaccine
toxin
The fungus that grows in the roots of plants, that is helpful to the plant is called ______________________________.
sporangium
bacillus
lichen
mycorrhizae
The spore case of a sac fungus is called a (an) _____________.
ascus
basidium
sporangium
lichen
A many-celled brown algae that is a major food source for fish is called ____________________.
lichen
algin
kelp
fungus
Zygote fungi, like bread mold, have a spore case called a (an) _____________________________.
basidium
ascus
sporangium
Dinoflagellates are protists that move using __________ to propel them through the water like a spinning top.
flagella
cilia
pseudopods
