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Chapters 1-3

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is blue cheese blue?

a)

blue dye

b)

blueberries

c)

dead bugs

d)

mold

2.

What shape is spirillum?

a)

a circle

b)

a chain

c)

a cluster

d)

a squiggly line

3.

Where do bacteria thrive?

a)

only in wet, dark places

b)

almost anywhere

c)

only in cold spaces

d)

none of the above

4.

How many structures of viruses are there?

a)

3

b)

12

c)

4

d)

other

5.

What is a virus?

a)

a tiny particle that is a cell

b)

a living thing

c)

a tiny particle that contains nucleic acid encased in protein

d)

a microscope invented in 1931

6.

What is the name of a bacteria that is shaped like a comma?

a)

vibrio

b)

coccus

c)

bacillus

d)

spirillum

7.

What is cheese made of?

a)

mold

b)

fungi

c)

bacteria

d)

mushrooms

8.

How do fungi affect people?

a)

used in antibiotics

b)

cause serious disease

c)

helpful and harmful

d)

all of the above

9.

What is a retrovirus?

a)

A virus that has DNA for genetic material

b)

A virus that makes its own food

c)

A virus that has RNA as its genetic material

d)

The virus that causes the condition that destroys the body's immune system

10.

What is the name of the fungi that causes Athelete's Foot?

a)

Trichophyton

b)

Penicillium

c)

Mychorrhizal

d)

Sphongos

11.

What scientist discovered that penicillin kills bacteria?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Rudolph Virchow

12.

What is a chain of cocci called?

a)

streptobacilli

b)

streptococci

c)

straptococci

d)

stroptococci

13.

What is the purpose of a spore?

a)

To help the fungi grow

b)

helps reproduce

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

14.

Where do fungi thrive?

a)

in cheese only

b)

on the ground only

c)

as parasites on animals only

d)

all of the answers, and often in moist places

15.

What is the bottom part of a mushroom called?

a)

cap

b)

gills

c)

stem base

d)

volva

16.

How are viruses not like living things?

a)

They have protein, genetic material and reproduce

b)

Viruses are incapable of reproduction

c)

They do not have RNA

d)

One is living and one is not

17.

What invention enabled progress in learning about microorganisms?

a)

telescopes

b)

computers

c)

microscopes

d)

cell phones

18.

Canning helps to prevent what?

a)

bacterial contamination

b)

fungi

c)

Covid 19

d)

mold

19.

What are fungi?

a)

a rare animal species

b)

a diverse group of organisms in a variety of shapes

c)

a type of food

d)

a plant family

20.

How do fungi help keep the environment healthy?

a)

They eat deer predators

b)

They decompose dead animals

c)

They produce water

d)

I don't know

21.

What is a viral infection?

a)

A virus that carries genetic material in the form of RNA

b)

When a virus hijacks a host cell and puts its nucleic acid there

c)

A virus that infects bacteria

d)

It always causes HIV

22.

The 3 types of fungi are:

a)

hyphae, mycelium, spore

b)

spore, mold, mushrooms

c)

mushrooms, mold, yeast

d)

none of the above

23.

What is a heterotroph?

a)

It can make its own food

b)

It cannot make its own food

c)

None of the above

d)

IDK

24.

What is a complex virus that attacks bacteria called?

a)

Influenza

b)

Retrovirus

c)

Bacteriophage

d)

All of the above

25.

Bacteria lack what?

a)

flagellum

b)

ribosomes

c)

cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria

26.

Who discovered bacteria?

a)

Dr. Schulz

b)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Jonas Salk

27.

How do fungi reproduce?

a)

asexual reproduction (spores)

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

spores only

d)

They can reproduce both those ways

28.

Choose all that apply. Viruses cause...

a)

Mumps

b)

Chicken Pox

c)

Hepatitis

d)

Athlete's Foot

29.

Choose all the apply. Bacteria infections include...

a)

Tetanus

b)

Tuburculosis

c)

Athlete's Foot

d)

HIV

30.

Choose all the apply. Fungal diseases include...

a)

Athlete's Foot

b)

Mumps

c)

Chicken Pox

d)

Hepatitis