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Bacteria (prokaryotic cells)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the Bacteria cell is strong and rigid but also has the ability to adjust to pressure

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

Ribosomes

2.

Which of the following is found inside a prokaryote?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

DNA

c)

ribosomes

d)

all of these

3.

Unicellular means

a)

single-celled

b)

many cells

c)

multi-celled

4.

Prokaryotic cells include bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Where is the DNA found in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

floating around in the cytoplasm

b)

in the nucleus

6.

One example of a prokaryote is a...

a)

fungus

b)

bacteria

c)

animal

d)

plant

7.

Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

First type of cell to appear on Earth?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Prokaryotic

d)

Eukaryotic

9.
What type of cell is pictured?
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Plant
d)
Animal
10.

Bacteria that live in EXTREME environments are known as

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archea bacteria

11.

The _____ helps the bacteria move

a)

flagella

b)

cell wall

12.

The ____ controls what goes in and out of the bacteria cell

a)

cell membrane

b)

pili

13.

__________ help the bacteria cell make its proteins

a)

plasmid

b)

ribosomes

14.

Bacteria is responsible for? (Check all that apply)

a)

make cheese and yogurt

b)

strep throat

c)

clean up oil spills

d)

food poisoning

e)

making bleach

15.

A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides, forming two identical cells.

a)

Binary fission

b)

Sexual reproduction

c)

decomposer

16.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacili

c)

spirilla

17.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacilli

c)

spirilla

18.

What shape are these bacteria?

a)

cocci

b)

bacilli

c)

spirilla

19.

The scientist who discovered penicillin (a type of anitbiotic).

a)

Bill Nye

b)

Alexander Flemming

c)

Watson & Crick

20.

Type of medicine used to kill bacterial infections.

a)

virus

b)

antibiotics

c)

red blood cells

d)

vitamins

21.

Nitrogen fixing bacteria help put nutrients back into the soil and help plants grow.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

What might happen if you didn't have bacteria in your digestive tract?

a)

Your intestines would shut down

b)

Your body couldn't break down certain types of food

c)

You would never get sick

d)

You wouldn't be able to eat vegetables

23.

What term best describes the function of flagella in bacteria?

a)

Locomotion

b)

Digestion

c)

Absorption

d)

Reproduction

24.

Four common components of a cell are?

a)

plasma membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, and ribosomes.

b)

archaea, bacteria, nucleoid, protiens

c)

plants, fungi, protists, and animals

25.

What type of cell has a nucleus?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

26.

Phili are what type of structures?

a)

jelly like

b)

DNA

c)

Hair like

27.

Storage area for nutrients, cell energy

a)

Plasmid

b)

Food Granule

c)

Ribosome

28.

Archaea bacteria that can make food from chemicals

a)

autotroph

b)

chemotroph

c)

plasmid

29.

The "Process" that uses color dye to determine how thick the cell wall is

a)

Gram Positive

b)

Gram Staining

c)

Gram Negative

30.

Dark purple color will appear when a cell wall is thicker in bacteria and can help scientists determine the type of bacteria

a)

Gram Positive

b)

Gram Negative

31.

Bacteria that is found in uncooked eggs and raw chicken

a)

Salmonella

b)

E. Coli

c)

Dysteniary

32.

Bacteria that is found in food products. Its origins come from feces (poop).

a)

E. coli

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Commensalism

33.

Bacteria (shigella) or an amoeba can cause diarrhea, death, vomiting, fever & spread from contaminated food or water

a)

Dysteniary

b)

Mutualism

c)

Salmonella

34.

This relationship exists when one organism benefits while the other is unharmed

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

35.

This relationship is harmful for the host. A leech or tapeworm feeds off the host

a)

Parasite

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

36.

Bacteria found all over your body skin. Can cause boils, oozing blisters and vomiting

a)

Staph infections

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

meningitis

37.

Bacteria spread in water and will cause stomach pain, seizures, diarrhea, vomiting and death

a)

Cholera

b)

Staph infections

c)

Botulism

38.

Bacteria found in contaminated water. Coughing with blood and fever is common.

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Meningitis

c)

Monotrichous

39.

Bacteria that causes brain and spinal cord infections.

a)

Meningitis

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Cholera

40.

Bacteria causing poison toxins in the blood resulting in death

a)

Botulism

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Cholera