Helpful or Harmful?
Other bacteria can get into and damage tissues.
Harmful
Sphere
Rod
Spiral
True or False?
All Bacteria is Harmful.
False
Not all Bacteria are harmful. Some bacteria help you digest food and make vaccines for sickness.
Does bacteria have cytoplasm?
Yes
Is bacteria a living organism?
Yes, bacteria is a living organism.
Is the bacteria that causes strep throat helpful or harmful?
Harmful
Do all bacteria have the same shared shape/form?
No, they do not.
True or false?
Do all bacteria cause disease?
What is the whip-like tail on bacteria called?
The Flagellum
Do bacteria reproduce?
Yes they do, Bacteria reproduce primarily by binary fission, an asexual process whereby a single cell divides into two.
Bifidobacteria is a bacteria that digests fibers and produces vitamin d.
Helpful or Harmful
Helpful because they are extremely important for your health.
List the common names for the three basic shapes of bacteria.
rod, spiral, sphere
What is the whiplike tail on some bacteria used for?
It is used to help bacteria move through water.
Do bacteria have cells?
Yes, they are small single-celled organisms.
Name two sicknesses that you get from bacterial infections.
strep throat
colera
food poisening
whooping cough
Tuberculosis
Salmonella
Pneumonia
What is the name of this shape?
Spirillum
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.
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.
What do Nitrogen Fixation bacteria do?
Nitrogen Fixation bacteria supply plants with the vital nutrients that they cannot obtain from the air themselves.
Are the following bacteria helpful or harmful?
Listeria
Norovirus
These are harmful types of bacteria.
Name all three of the scientific names for the main shapes of bacteria.
Spirillum, Coccus, Bacillus
True or False:
Bacteria can help to control our metabolism.
False:
Bacteria cannot directly control our metabolism
Do bacteria cells have Chromosones?
Yes
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.