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Bio Ch 12 Bacteria

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of archaea?

a)

Many live in extreme environments such as volcanoes and acidic springs.

b)

Peptidoglycan is absent from their cell walls.

c)

They include species that produce methane.

d)

They are eukaryotic.

2.

Refer to the three images above. A doctor treated several patients who were sick from food poisoning. They had all eaten lunch at the Greasy Spoon restaurant. A state health inspector was immediately sent to inspect the restaurant and found Staphylococcus aureus in a sample of chicken salad. Which image did the inspector see under his microscope? Only one choice is correct.

a)

image A

b)

image B

c)

image C

3.

Refer to the three images above. None of the ill patients from the previous question had eaten the chicken salad. However, the health inspector found Bacillus cereus in the potato salad of the restaurant. All the people who had food poisoning had eaten the potato salad. Which image did the food inspector see under his microscope? Only one choice is correct.

a)

image A

b)

image B

c)

image C

4.

Refer to the three images above. Rhodospirillum rubrum was one of the three bacterial species that a student prepared to view under his microscope. Which image did he see when viewing this bacteria? Only one choice is correct.

a)

image A

b)

image B

c)

image C

5.

Gram staining

a)

is used to classify bacteria.

b)

detects amounts of peptidoglycan in the cell walls of bacteria.

c)

can predict whether a particular antibiotic will be effective for treating a certain bacteria.

d)

all of the above

6.

Antibiotics control bacteria by __________

a)

directly killing them

b)

slowing their growth

c)

both A and B

d)

neither A nor B

7.

Which bacterial structure protects a bacterium from drying out?

a)

nucleoid

b)

capsule

c)

flagellum

d)

none of these

8.

A bacterium can transfer a plasmid to another bacterium during

a)

binary fission.

b)

conjugation.

c)

transduction.

d)

transformation.

9.

Autotrophic bacteria that photosynthesize belong to the group known as

a)

cyanobacteria.

b)

opportunistic pathogens.

c)

decomposers.

d)

microbiota.

10.

Which cellular structures do viruses lack?

a)

mitochondria

b)

ribosomes

c)

both A and B

d)

neither A nor B

11.

Which of the following is not a virus?

a)
b)
c)
d)

all are viruses

12.

Which of the following is not a viral disease?

a)

Ebola

b)

Lyme disease

c)

HIV/AIDS

d)

polio

13.

You discover a unicellular organism in a pool in an abandoned salt mine. The organism has cell walls, but the walls do not contain peptidoglycan. The new organism is likely a species of bacteria.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Gram staining is used to determine whether a bacteria causes disease.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

A bacterium’s capsule serves mainly as a means of movement.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

The most common form of bacterial reproduction is binary fission.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

All bacteria are heterotrophic.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Pneumonia and food poisoning are both caused by bacteria that are a normal part of the human microbiota.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

The lytic cycle of viral reproduction causes rapid infection and destruction of host cells.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

A virus may reproduce through either the lytic cycle or the lysogenic cycle, but not both.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Cold sores are an example of a disease caused by a bacteria.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

HIV/AIDS is a retrovirus that can force its host cell to transcribe the viral RNA into the host cell’s DNA.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Viruses are sometimes used as pest control agents.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

The use of specific chemicals such as sulfa drugs to treat or prevent disease is called?

a)

drug therapy

b)

chemotherapy

c)

chemosynthesis

d)

immune therapy

25.

The redness, rise in temperature, and pain caused by the toxins of a pathogen are:

a)

an inflammation

b)

the specificity

c)

an incubation period

d)

bacteriostatic

26.

The individual who developed the smallpox vaccine was:

a)

Fleming

b)

Ehrlich

c)

Jenner

d)

Koch

27.

A heating process that kills bacteria in milk is called:

a)

homogenization

b)

pasteurization

c)

radiation

d)

dehydration

28.

Bacteria are not used to:

a)

form cheese

b)

tan leather

c)

make sauerkraut

d)

pasteurize milk

29.

What is #4?

a)

head

b)

collar

c)

tail fibers

d)

base plate

e)

sheath

30.

What is #2?

a)

head

b)

sheath

c)

tail fibers

d)

collar

e)

base plate

31.

What is #5?

a)

head

b)

collar

c)

sheath

d)

tail fibers

e)

base plate

32.

What is #1?

a)

head

b)

collar

c)

sheath

d)

base plate

e)

tail fibers

33.

What is #3?

a)

head

b)

collar

c)

sheath

d)

base plate

e)

tail fibers

34.

Although an antibiotic may be very effective against one type of bacterium, it may be useless against another type of bacterium.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

A carcinogen is believed to cause aging.

a)

true

b)

false