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Economic Uses of Bacteria and Fungi

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

bacteria can be found in the shape of....

a)

rods

b)

spirals

c)

spheres

d)

all of the above

2.

Bacteria are eukaryotic

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A bacteria's flagellum is

a)

tubes inside the cell

b)

tail-like structure for movement

c)

a long chain of chemical proteins for energy

4.

What are chemicals that are capable of destroying the growth of bacteria?

a)

aspirin

b)

antibiotics

c)

anchovies

5.

Fungi cannot make their own food

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Bacteria is added to cheese

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Mould likes to grow in warm and ________ places.

a)

dark

b)

moist

c)

bright

8.

Fungi and bacteria obtain food by _______________.

a)

making their on food

b)

feeding on other living things, dead or alive

c)

moving from place to place, looking for food.

9.

Living things that can only be seen using a microscope are called _______________________.

a)

yeast

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

micro-organisms

10.
Fungi are decomposers
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The best environment for fungi is...
a)
Cool and damp
b)
Warm and dry
c)
Cool and dry
d)
Warm and moist
12.
What are some examples of food made by fungi
a)
Bread
b)
Cheese
c)
Mushrooms
d)
All of the above
13.
What do fungi use to reproduce?
a)
Hyphae
b)
Branches
c)
Spores
d)
They split apart
14.

Bacteria reproduce by....

a)

spores

b)

splitting into two identical cells

c)

seeds

15.

Sexual reproduction, though rare, is possible in bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Choose all correctly matched pairs

a)

Bacillus - Rod shaped Bacteria

b)

Spiralli - Spiral Bacteria

c)

Coccus - Spherical Bacteria

d)

Diplococcus - Bacteria appear in pairs

e)

Streptococcus - Bacteria appear in chains

17.

Spores are used for reproduction in:

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Both

d)

Neither

18.

The liquid is first heated to 60 degrees Celsius and then cooled. What process is being described here?

a)

Sterilisation

b)

Pasteurisation

c)

Mushroom cultivation

19.

Pasteurisation is effective against all types of bacteria except:

a)

Spores

b)

Mold

c)

Vibriococci

20.

Bacterium is a unicellular microorganism. Each bacterial cell contains a ___________ chromosome which is not enclosed in a _____________________________.

(a)  

21.

_____________ are the smallest living organisms on earth.

a)

Viruses

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

22.

Choose the option that fills in the blanks in the correct order:


The Cell Wall of a bacteria is made up of ________ and not ____________. Right under the cell wall is the _________________, which surrounds the ________________.

a)

Peptides, Cellulose, Cell Membrane, Protoplasm

b)

Peptidogylcan, Cellulose, Cell wall, Cytoplasm

c)

Peptidogylcan, Cellulose, Cell membrane, Cytoplasm

d)

Peptidogylcan, Cellulite, Cell membrane, Protoplasm

23.

Plants are autotrophic, but bacteria and fungi are heterotrophic. They may be either ____________ (feeding on dead material) or ______________ (drawing nutrition from a living host).

a)

Saprophytic, parasitic

b)

saprotrophic, Parasitic

24.

Heterotrophic, saprotrophic, parasitic: These keywords pertain to which biological function?

a)

Respiration

b)

Excretion

c)

Reproduction

d)

Nutrition

25.

In bacteria, respiration may be __________ or _______________.

(a)  

26.

What causes dough to rise when yeast is added into it?

a)

Carbon dioxide is released

b)

Temperature of the dough increase

c)

Amount of dough increase

d)

mount of yeast particle increase

27.

Choose the option that lists A, B, C, D in any order.

a)

Serums, Toxoids, Tea Flavouring, Nitrifying

b)

Serums, Toxoids, Leather Tanning, Denitrifying

c)

Serums, Toxoids, Leather Tanning, Nitrifying