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U7 Archaea, Bacteria, Protists

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bacteria, along with having its main chromosome, has small circular pieces of DNA. What are these small pieces of DNA called?

a)

Plasmids

b)

Nucleoid

c)

Ribosome

d)

Flagellum

2.

The prefix "halo" such as in halophile most likely means...

a)

Salt

b)

High temperatures

c)

Self-serving

d)

Gram

3.

What kind of Archaea would you find in places such as volcanoes and hot vents on the ocean floor?

a)

Thermophiles

b)

Halophiles

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Plasmophiles

e)

Volcanophiles

4.

What does the suffix "troph" indicate?

a)

How a creature acquires its energy

b)

What kind of temperature a creature prefers

c)

Whether its gram positive or negative

d)

Whether its an Archaea or not

5.

Which of the following is not a characteristic that defines an Archaea?

a)

Live in extreme environments

b)

Have cell walls with weird lipid compositions

c)

Ancient prokaryotes

d)

Has a nucleolus

6.

Which of the following terms describes this group of creatures: slime molds, diatoms, red algae.

a)

Protists

b)

Archaea

c)

Bacteria

d)

Methanogens

7.

Can bacteria be photosynthetic?

a)

Yes, like cyanobacteria

b)

No, there are no phototrophic bacteria

8.

How do heterotrophs get their energy?

a)

By breaking down/eating other organisms

b)

By breaking down chemicals such as methane

c)

By doing photosynthesis

d)

By creating energy via the power of meditation

9.

Which of the following groups of organisms are all chemotrophs?

a)

Cyanobacteria

b)

Methanogens

c)

Slime molds

d)

Red algae

10.

The Dead Sea is a large salt lake bording Jordan and Israel. It has a salt concentration of 34.2%, which is too hypertonic for most life. What life might still survive and thrive there?

a)

Halophiles

b)

Thermophiles

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Cyanobacteria

11.

What would cyanobacteria be characterized as?

a)

Phototrophs

b)

Chemotrophs

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Tealotroph

12.

What is the difference between Gram positive bacteria and Gram negative bacteria?

a)

How their cell walls are set-up

b)

How long their flagellas are

c)

Whether they have a nucleus or not

d)

The rRNA composition of their ribosomes

13.

Peptidoglycan is the main structural compound found in the cell walls of what kinds of creatures?

a)

Slime molds

b)

Bacteria

c)

Algae

d)

Archaea

14.

How would a scientist describe the cell walls of Archaea?

a)

Weird compositions of lipids

b)

95% peptidoglycan

c)

Mostly composed of chitin

d)

Does not have a cell wall

15.

Plasmids are often used by scientists who are messing with the genetics of bacteria. They use the plasmids as a "delivery mechanism." Bacteria will happily "take up" the plasmid and integrate it into their own genome. What is the plasmid "delivering"?

a)

New DNA

b)

Monosaccharides

c)

Halogens