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Chapter 10: Bacteria and Viruses

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When bacteria reproduce by binary fission:

a)

two cells produce a third cell.

b)

two cells produce two more cells.

c)

one cell produces two cells.

d)

one cell produces three or more cells.

2.

A way to prevent viral infections is through:

a)

genetic engineering

b)

bioremediation

c)

antibiotics

d)

vaccinations

3.

Which of the following is NOT true of bacteria?

a)

Bacteria change nitrogen into a form plants can use.

b)

Bacteria change oxygen into nitrogen.

c)

Bacteria change the sugar in milk to lactic acid.

d)

Bacteria change harmful chemicals into harmless ones.

4.

What organisms can live where nothing else lives?

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

cyanobacteria

d)

archaea

5.

All bacteria have:

a)

one cell

b)

two cells

c)

three cells

d)

four or more cells

6.

Which of the following art shapes of bacteria?

a)

crystal

b)

bacilli

c)

sprilla

d)

cocci

7.

What is one function that viruses share with living things?

a)

They eat.

b)

They move

c)

They reproduce

d)

They grow

8.

Viruses reproduce by:

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

they lysogenic cycle and the lytic cycle

c)

the lytic cycle only

d)

binary fission

9.

What is one way bacteria help the environment?

a)

They change oxygen to a form plants can use.

b)

They change nitrogen to a form plants can use.

c)

They change oxygen to nitrogen.

d)

They change nitrogen into oxygen.

10.

What type of medicine is used to kill bacteria?

a)

antiviral

b)

insulin

c)

vaccine

d)

antibiotic

11.

Which of the following is an example of bioremediation?

a)

Using microorganisms to clean up an oil spill.

b)

Using bacteria to make yogurt.

c)

Creating plants that are resistant to bacteria.

d)

Adding nitrogen-fixing bacteria to the soil before planting crops.

12.

Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?

a)

using microorganisms to clean up an oil spill

b)

using bacteria to make yogurt

c)

creating plants that are resistant to bacteria

d)

adding nitrogen-fixing bacteria to the soil before planting crops

13.

Which of the following stops viruses from reproducing?

a)

antibiotics

b)

vaccines

c)

antiviral medication

d)

radiation

14.

Which of the following can not live on its own?

a)

cyanobacteria

b)

virus

c)

decomposers

d)

bacteria

15.

Which can make their own food?

a)

prokaryotes

b)

cyanobacteria

c)

producers

d)

viruses

16.

Which break down dead organisms?

a)

producers

b)

viruses

c)

decomposers

d)

protist

17.

A prokaryote does not have:

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Nucleus

d)

to go to school

18.

Bacteria that contain chlorophyll are known as:

a)

cyanobacteria

b)

endospores

c)

viruses

d)

bioremediation

19.

Bacteria is the most common type of:

a)

Eukaryote

b)

Prokaryote

c)

Virus

d)

Host

20.

Bacteria store genetic material in thick-walled cells called:

a)

hosts

b)

endospores

c)

bioremediation

d)

prokaryotes

21.

An organism that invades a cell and uses it to create more organisms:

a)

host

b)

pathogenic bacteria

c)

cyanobacteria

d)

virus

22.

Pathogenic bacteria cause:

a)

disease

b)

yeast

c)

COVID 19

d)

endospores

23.

Use of bacteria to change harmful chemicals to harmless ones are known as:

a)

bioremediation

b)

viruses

c)

producers

d)

host

24.

Viruses can only reproduce in a:

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

virus

d)

host