WorksheetsKingdom Bacteria
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do you call the type of cocci that occurs in pairs?
Diplococcus
Streptococcus
Staphyloccocus
Tetracoccus
Which among the following phylum of bacteria plays an important role in the Nitrogen cycle?
Chlamydiae
Chlorobi
Fusobacteria
Nitrospira
Which of the following BEST describes Cyanobacteria?
Cyanobacteria are often called "blue-green algae"
Cyanobacteria are quite small and usually unicellular
They are round in shapes, and often grow in colonies large enough to see
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic oxygenic phototrophs that contain blue and green pigments
Why are bacteria important to life on Earth?
They help in digestion, nitrogen cycle, and decomposition
They cause diseases in humans, and animals
They serve important roles in the food chain only
They are not used in biotechnology applications due to their small size
What bacteria is surrounded by an outer sheath-like envelope referred to as "toga"?
Caldiserica
Firmicutes
Proteobacteria
Thermotogae
What makes up a bacterial cell wall?
Cellulose
Chitin
Peptidoglycan
All of the above
Which of the following phyla below share characteristics of both bacteria and fungi?
Actinobacteria
Bacteroidetes
Fibrobacteres
Fusobacteria
Which of the following BEST describes the importance of gram staining?
Identify the presence of bacteria
To identify the thickness of the cell walls of the bacteria
Determine the cell morphology, arrangement and grouping of bacterial cells
Determine the difference between a gram positive bacteria and a gram negative bacteria
Identify which of the following statements is INCORRECT.
Chlamydiae are nonmotile coccoid bacteria
Chlamydiae cannot be propagated in a bacterial culture media
Chlamydiae are gram-positive intracellular bacteria
Chlamydiae are most successfully isolated while still inside the host cell
According to the Catalogue of Life (COL), how many phyla does kingdom bacteria have?
19
29
39
49
