Helpful or Harmful?
Shapes and Types of Bacteria
True or false
Structure
Miscellaneous
100

Helpful or Harmful?

Other bacteria can get into and damage tissues.



 Harmful

100
Name one of the common names of any of the three common shapes of bacteria

Sphere

Rod

Spiral


100

True or False?

All Bacteria is Harmful.

False

Not all Bacteria are harmful. Some bacteria help you digest food and make vaccines for sickness.

100

Does bacteria have cytoplasm?

Yes

100

Is bacteria a living organism?

Yes, bacteria is a living organism.

200

Is the bacteria that causes strep throat helpful or harmful?

Harmful

200

Do all bacteria have the same shared shape/form?


No, they do not.

200

True or false? 

Do all bacteria cause disease?





False: 

Some bacteria can be beneficial – for instance, gut bacteria help us to digest food – but some are responsible for a range of infections.
200

What is the whip-like tail on bacteria called?

The Flagellum 

200

Do bacteria reproduce?

Yes they do, Bacteria reproduce primarily by binary fission, an asexual process whereby a single cell divides into two.

300

Bifidobacteria is a bacteria that digests fibers and produces vitamin d.

Helpful or Harmful

Helpful because they are extremely important for your health.

300

List the common names for the three basic shapes of bacteria.

rod, spiral, sphere

300
True or False:

Bacteria found everywhere



Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet's ecosystems.


True

Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet's ecosystems.
300

What is the whiplike tail on some bacteria used for?

It is used to help bacteria move through water.

300

Do bacteria have cells?

Yes, they are small single-celled organisms. 

400

Name two sicknesses that you get from bacterial infections. 

strep throat

colera

food poisening

whooping cough

Tuberculosis

Salmonella

Pneumonia


400

What is the name of this shape?

Spirillum

400

True or False:

 Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and fungi.

True

Antibiotics are chemicals produced by bacteria and fungi that kill or inhibit the growth of other bacteria and are thus used to treat bacterial infections.

400

What does the cell wall do?

The cell wall forms a rigid structure of uniform thickness around the cell and is responsible for the characteristic shape of the cell. 

400

What do Nitrogen Fixation bacteria do?

Nitrogen Fixation bacteria supply plants with the vital nutrients that they cannot obtain from the air themselves.

500

Are the following bacteria helpful or harmful?

Listeria 

Norovirus

These are harmful types of bacteria.

500

Name all three of the scientific names for the main shapes of bacteria.

Spirillum, Coccus, Bacillus

500

True or False: 

Bacteria can help to control our metabolism.

False: 

Bacteria cannot directly control our metabolism

500

Do bacteria cells have Chromosones?

Yes

500

What's the difference between aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria? Explain.

Aerobic bacteria live and thrive in an environment with the presence of oxygen. Anaerobic bacteria grow in the absence of oxygen.

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