Bacteria

A(n) _____ is made from killed bacteria or damaged particles from bacterial cell walls or viruses. Its purpose is to prevent some diseases.
1. antibiotic
2. flagella
3. anaerobe
4. vaccine
_____ are long, thin whiplike structures that help organisms move.
1. Endospores
2. Flagella
3. Nodules
4. Bacilli
A(n) _____ is an organism that uses oxygen for respiration.
1. anaerobe
2. endospore
3. aerobe
4. saprophyte
A(n) _____ is an organism that lives without oxygen.
1. anaerobe
2. endospore
3. aerobe
4. saprophyte
A _____ is a plant that obtains nutrition from dead and decaying plant or animal tissue
1. saprophyte
2. pathogen
3. cocci
4. spirilla
_____ is the chemical transformation of nitrogen from the atmosphere into forms available to plants for growth.
1. Nitrogen-fixation
2. Fission
3. Cyanobacteria
4. Vaccination
A(n) _____ is a bacterium or virus that causes disease.
1. vaccine
2. saprophyte
3. antibiotic
4. pathogen
_____ inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria.
1. Vaccines
2. Bacilli
3. Pathogens
4. Antibiotics
A(n) _____ is a poison produced by certain animals, plants, or bacteria.
1. pathogen
2. toxin
3. endospore
4. cocci
The heat-resistant structure in bacteria is the _____.
1. saprophyte
2. flagella
3. anaerobe
4. endospore
_____ are sphere-shaped bacteria.
1. Bacilli
2. Cocci
3. Flagella
4. Nodules
_____ is a form of asexual bacterial reproduction.
1. Conjugation
2. Fission
3. Thermodynamics
4. Intersection
_____ are bacteria shaped like rods.
1. Cocci
2. Flagella
3. Pathogens
4. Bacilli
Growths on roots of pea plants where good bacteria live are _____.
1. nodules
2. bacilli
3. cocci
4. flagella
The globular groups containing many cyanobacteria are referred to as _____.
1. colonies
2. bacilli
3. cocci
4. niches
Below is a picture of the E. coli bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.
1. bacilli
2. cocci
3. spirilla
4. Hot Tamale
Below is a picture of bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.
1. bacilli
2. cocci
3. spirilla
4. raspberry
Below is a picture of bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.
1. bacilli
2. cocci
3. spirilla
4. macaroni
Making medicines is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Food for fish is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Producing cheese is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Decomposing other materials is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Fertilizer is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Cleaning up oil spills is a helpful use of _____.
1. other eubacteria
2. cyanobacteria
3. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Botulism is _____.
1. food poisoning
2. a bacteria that helps decompose other materials
3. a type of viral infection
4. a bacteria-eating organism
Botulism is caused by _____.
1. viruses
2. antibiotics
3. bacteria
4. vaccines
The letter "A" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. gelatinlike capsule
3. cell wall
4. cytoplasm
The letter "A" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. flagellum
2. chromosome
3. ribosome
4. cytoplasm
The letter "B" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell wall
2. cell membrane
3. gelatinlike capsule
4. cytoplasm
The letter "B" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. cell wall
3. gelatinlike capsule
4. cytoplasm
The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. cytoplasm
3. ribosome
4. cell wall
The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. ribosome
2. cytoplasm
3. flagellum
4. chromosome
The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. gelatinlike capsule
2. cytoplasm
3. cell wall
4. cell membrane
The letter "D" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. cell wall
3. gelatinlike capsule
4. flagellum
The letter "D" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. cell wall
3. cytoplasm
4. gelatinlike capsule
The letter "E" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. gelatinlike capsule
2. cell wall
3. cell membrane
4. ribsome
The letter "E" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. ribosome
2. cytoplasm
3. flagellum
4. chromosome
The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. chromosome
2. flagellum
3. cytoplasm
4. ribosome
The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. gelatinlike capsule
2. cell wall
3. cell membrane
4. candy-coated shell
The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. flagellum
2. ribosome
3. cytoplasm
4. chromosome
The letter "G" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cell membrane
2. cell wall
3. cytoplasm
4. flagellum
The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. cell wall
3. cell membrane
4. gelatinlike capsule
The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. flagellum
3. chromosome
4. ribosome
The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. chromosome
3. ribosome
4. flagellum
The letter "I" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. cell wall
3. gelatinlike capsule
4. cell membrane
The letter "J" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. inclusion
2. plasmid
3. pilus
4. flagellum
The letter "J" in the diagram below is the _____.
1. chromosome
2. plasmid
3. ribosome
4. cytoplasm
The cell shape in the picture below is _____.
1. flagellum
2. spirillum
3. coccus
4. bacillus
The cell shape in the picture below is _____.
1. flagellum
2. spirillum
3. coccus
4. bacillus
The cell shape in the picture below is _____.
1. flagellum
2. spirillum
3. coccus
4. bacillus
Cocci bacteria are ____-shaped.
1. sphere
2. spiral
3. rod
4. triangular
Spirilla bacteria are ____-shaped.
1. sphere
2. rod
3. spiral
4. octangular
Bacilli bacteria are ____-shaped.
1. sphere
2. rod
3. spiral
4. rectangular
The difference between aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is aerobic use _____ and anaerobic do not.
1. flagella
2. fission
3. oxygen
4. ribosomes
The two kingdoms of bacteria are _____.
1. cyanobacteria and magnabacteria
2. eucalyptic and archaeic
3. eubacteria ad archaebacteria
4. anaerobic and aerobic
Most bacteria reproduce through _____.
1. fission
2. mutation
3. cloning
4. conjugation
Bacteria live in groups called _____ which are usually circular.
1. flagella
2. kingdoms
3. niches
4. colonies
_____ are organisms that use dead organisms as a food source and help recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.
1. Sessiles
2. Saprophytes
3. Setae
4. Sporophytes
Chemicals produced by some bacteria that are used to limit the growth of other bacteria are _____.
1. antibiotics
2. antibodies
3. antigens
4. algae
_____ are poisons produced by pathogens.
1. Sporangium
2. Bacteria
3. Toxins
4. Lymphocytes
_____ bacteria save farmers millions of dollars every year in fertilizer costs.
1. Anaerobic
2. Nitrogen-fixing
3. Endosporic
4. Pathogenic
_____ can fight some bacterial diseases.
1. Antibiotics
2. Viruses
3. Pathogens
4. Toxins
The process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria without much effect on its taste is _____.
1. conjugation
2. fission
3. nitrogen-fixing
4. pasteurization
A(n) _____ uses oxygen to break down food to obtain energy.
1. eubacterium
2. anaerobe
3. aerobe
4. producer
A _____ is an organism that makes its own food using energy from the Sun.
1. producer
2. consumer
3. pathogen
4. plasmid
_____ help bacteria move around in moist areas.
1. Cytoplasm
2. Plasmids
3. Ribosomes
4. Flagella
Single-celled prokaryotic organisms that occur alone, in chains, or groups are _____.
1. bacteria
2. chromosomes
3. ribosomes
4. flagella
The kingdom of bacteria that lives in extreme environments is _____.
1. archaebacteria
2. eubacteria
3. arteriobacteria
4. antibacteria
_____ is a type of asexual reproduction in which two identical bacteria cells are produced from the original cell.
1. Conjugation
2. Fission
3. Mutation
4. Conjunction
_____ was the Dutchman who used a microscope to discover bacteria.
1. Van Leeuwenhoek
2. Pasteur
3. Bacilli
4. Von Bacitracin
An organism that breaks down and uses other organisms for energy is a _____.
1. consumer
2. producer
3. anaerobe
4. archaebacteria
During _____ bacteria exchange genetic material through sexual reproduction.
1. mutation
2. fusion
3. fission
4. conjugation
The largest bacteria kingdom which is classified into small groups by shape, structure, method of obtaining food, and their waste is _____.
1. eubacteria
2. archaebacteria
3. aerobacteria
4. anaerobacteria
The part of the bacterial cell which contains heredity material, and is the location of most of a cell's life processes is the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. flagella
3. capsule
4. plasmid
_____ are the small cytoplasmic structures on which cells make their own protein.
1. Plasmids
2. Ribosomes
3. Chromosomes
4. Protists
A small circular piece of DNA is a _____.
1. plasmid
2. chromosome
3. ribosome
4. cocci
The _____ encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria.
1. cell wall
2. cell membrane
3. capsule
4. cytoplasm
The _____ is the protective outer covering that regulates interaction between the cell and the environment.
1. cell wall
2. cell membrane
3. capsule
4. cytoplasm
The _____ protects bacterium from other cells that try to destroy them.
1. cell wall
2. cell membrane
3. capsule
4. cytoplasm
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria in the _____ century.
1. 16th
2. 17th
3. 18th
4. 20th

Bacteria

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2006 Debbie Smith; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

A(n) _____ is made from killed bacteria or damaged particles from bacterial cell walls or viruses. Its purpose is to prevent some diseases.

_____ are long, thin whiplike structures that help organisms move.

A(n) _____ is an organism that uses oxygen for respiration.

A(n) _____ is an organism that lives without oxygen.

A _____ is a plant that obtains nutrition from dead and decaying plant or animal tissue

_____ is the chemical transformation of nitrogen from the atmosphere into forms available to plants for growth.

A(n) _____ is a bacterium or virus that causes disease.

_____ inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria.

A(n) _____ is a poison produced by certain animals, plants, or bacteria.

The heat-resistant structure in bacteria is the _____.

_____ are sphere-shaped bacteria.

_____ is a form of asexual bacterial reproduction.

_____ are bacteria shaped like rods.

Growths on roots of pea plants where good bacteria live are _____.

The globular groups containing many cyanobacteria are referred to as _____.

Below is a picture of the E. coli bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.

Below is a picture of bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.

Below is a picture of bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.

Making medicines is a helpful use of _____.

Food for fish is a helpful use of _____.

Producing cheese is a helpful use of _____.

Decomposing other materials is a helpful use of _____.

Fertilizer is a helpful use of _____.

Cleaning up oil spills is a helpful use of _____.

Botulism is _____.

Botulism is caused by _____.

The letter "A" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "A" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "B" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "B" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "C" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "D" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "D" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "E" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "E" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "F" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "G" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "H" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "I" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "J" in the diagram below is the _____.

The letter "J" in the diagram below is the _____.

The cell shape in the picture below is _____.

The cell shape in the picture below is _____.

The cell shape in the picture below is _____.

Cocci bacteria are ____-shaped.

Spirilla bacteria are ____-shaped.

Bacilli bacteria are ____-shaped.

The difference between aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is aerobic use _____ and anaerobic do not.

The two kingdoms of bacteria are _____.

Most bacteria reproduce through _____.

Bacteria live in groups called _____ which are usually circular.

_____ are organisms that use dead organisms as a food source and help recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.

Chemicals produced by some bacteria that are used to limit the growth of other bacteria are _____.

_____ are poisons produced by pathogens.

_____ bacteria save farmers millions of dollars every year in fertilizer costs.

_____ can fight some bacterial diseases.

The process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria without much effect on its taste is _____.

A(n) _____ uses oxygen to break down food to obtain energy.

A _____ is an organism that makes its own food using energy from the Sun.

_____ help bacteria move around in moist areas.

Single-celled prokaryotic organisms that occur alone, in chains, or groups are _____.

The kingdom of bacteria that lives in extreme environments is _____.

_____ is a type of asexual reproduction in which two identical bacteria cells are produced from the original cell.

_____ was the Dutchman who used a microscope to discover bacteria.

An organism that breaks down and uses other organisms for energy is a _____.

During _____ bacteria exchange genetic material through sexual reproduction.

The largest bacteria kingdom which is classified into small groups by shape, structure, method of obtaining food, and their waste is _____.

The part of the bacterial cell which contains heredity material, and is the location of most of a cell's life processes is the _____.

_____ are the small cytoplasmic structures on which cells make their own protein.

A small circular piece of DNA is a _____.

The _____ encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria.

The _____ is the protective outer covering that regulates interaction between the cell and the environment.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Debbie Smith; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

**Below is a picture of the E. coli bacteria. It is a type of _____ bacteria.**