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Bacteria Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered bacteria?

a)

Francesco Redi

b)

Anthony Leeuwenhoek

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Aristotle

2.

What type of cell is bacteria and why?

a)

Eukaryote because has membrane-bound organelle.

b)

Multi-cellular because it has one cell.

c)

Prokaryote cell because it doesn’t have any membrane-bound organelle.

d)

Unicellular because it has many cells.

3.

Is bacteria Multi-cellular or Unicellular ?

a)

Neither

b)

Both

c)

Multi-cellular

d)

Unicellular

4.

Do bacteria have a nucleus?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

Most likely

5.

What are the three prime ways bacteria obtain food?

a)

Performing photosynthesis (sunlight), Chemosynthesis (chemicals), Decomposing (wastes).

b)

Performing photosynthesis (chemicals), Chemosynthesis (sunlight), Decomposing (sunlight).

c)

Performing photosynthesis (wastes), Chemosynthesis (sunlight), Decomposing (chemicals).

d)

Performing photosynthesis (sunlight), Chemosynthesis (chemicals), Decomposing (chemicals).

6.

Are bacteria Autotrops or Heterotrophs?

a)

Neither

b)

Autotrops

c)

Both

d)

Heterotrophs

7.

Bacteria share similar structures that plants have. What are two of these structures?

a)

Nucleus and Mitochondria

b)

Cell wall and Cell membrane

c)

Golgi Body and Ribosome

d)

Everything

8.

What are some of the foods that contain bacteria?

a)

Cheese, Bread, Yogurt

b)

Apple, Seeds

c)

Fish, Meat

d)

Cabbage, Strawberries

9.

How is bacteria used in the medical field?

a)

cancer, tumors

b)

surgery

c)

vaccines and antibiotics

d)

cuts, burns, scratches

10.

Name the structure # 8

a)

Tail

b)

Nucleoid

c)

Plasmid

d)

Flagellum

11.

Name the structure # 6

a)

Nucleoid

b)

Plasmid

c)

Flagellum

d)

Mitochondrion

12.

Name the structure # 7

a)

Nucleoid

b)

Plasmid

c)

Flagellum

d)

Nucleolus

13.

What are some ways we use bacteria?

a)

Agriculture and Medicine

b)

Hunting and Fishing

c)

Microscope and Telescope

d)

Eating and Working out

14.

What are the 3 different shapes of bacteria?

a)

Coccus, Spiral, Bacilli

b)

Circle, Triangle, Hexagon

c)

Double, Helix, Spiral

d)

Codon, Gene, Bacilli

15.

What bacterial shape is pictured?

a)

Coccus

b)

Spiral

c)

Bacilli

16.

What bacterial shape is pictured?

a)

Bacilli

b)

Coccus

c)

Spiral

17.

What bacterial shape is pictured?

a)

Coccus

b)

Bacilli

c)

Spiral

18.

How does the Cilium move?

a)

Like the leg of the swimmer

b)

Like the arm of a swimmer doing the breaststroke

c)

Like the tail of a fish

d)

Like the fingers of the swimmer

19.

What are the two different types of strokes?

a)

Power stroke and Recovery Stroke

b)

Storm stroke, Swift stroke

c)

Waddle stroke, Turning stroke

d)

Strong stroke, Advancing stroke

20.

How does the Flagellum move?

a)

Whiplike pattern

b)

Whip cream

c)

Power Stroke

d)

Recovery Stroke