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Bacterial Cell

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

peritrichous

b)

monotrichous

c)

lophotrichous

d)

amphitrichous

2.

these are transmitted via conjugation

a)

plasmid

b)

transposon

c)

chromosome

d)

DNA

3.

this has a characteristic thick peptidoglycan layer

a)

gram positive

b)

gram negative

c)

gram variable

4.

choose 2 components of a prokaryote

a)

nucleoid

b)

1 chromosome

c)

true nucleus

d)

mitochondria

5.

this arrangement is due to a side-to-side cell division of bacilli

a)

palisade

b)

clusters

c)

pairs

d)

chains

6.

what is the average size of bacteria?

a)

1 micron

b)

5 microns

c)

1 mm

d)

1 inch

7.

this stage in bacterial growth is in equilibrium

a)

stationary

b)

lag

c)

log

d)

death

8.

these bacteria can survive in the absence of oxygen. these are mostly pathogenic to man

a)

anaerobes

b)

arobes

c)

microaerophiles

d)

capnophiles

9.

capnophiles grow at this concentration of carbon dioxide

a)

5 - 10%

b)

pure

c)

0 - 5%

d)

10 - 15%

10.

pathogenic bacteria belong to this group according to osmotic pressure requirement

a)

non-halophile

b)

halophiles

c)

facultative

d)

acidophiles

11.

most pathogenic bacteria belong to this group according to pH requirement

a)

neutrophiles

b)

acidophiles

c)

alkaliphiles

d)

heterotrophs

12.

this is for the storage of nutrients in prokaryotes

a)

granules

b)

golgi apparatus

c)

ribosomes

d)

lysosomes

13.

these are also known as jumping genes

a)

transposon

b)

plasmid

c)

chromosomes

d)

flagella

14.

bacteria replicate by binary fission and it doubles its population which is determined by this formula.

a)

generation time

b)

replication time

c)

duplication time

d)

transfer time

15.

this structure functions for conjugation

a)

pili

b)

glycocalyx

c)

flagella

d)

spores