What part of the bacteria cell keeps it from drying out?
capsule
What type of bacteria make their own food?
autotrophs
How does bacteria go through respiration?
breaking down food
What are the right conditions for bacteria replication?
plenty of food and the right temperature
What environmental needs are bacteria involved in?(there are 7)
oxygen, food production, evironmental recycling and clean up, and health maintenance and medicine production.
What is the genetic material called in a bacteria cell?
DNA
What type of bacteria consume other organisms?
heterotrophs
What is the key component to break down food?
oxygen
When one cell divides itself into to form 2 identical cells it is called....
binary fission
What are some foods do bacteria help produce?(there are 3)
cheese,sauerkraut, and pickles?
What are the tiny cell structures that make proteins called?
ribosomes
What are the two ways by which autotrophs make their own food?
capture the sun's energy and use chemicals from their surrounding
What are the three shapes of bacteria?
spherical, rodlike and spiral
Binary fisson is a type of what type of reproduction?
asexual
What are three ways to slow food spoilage?
canning, heating, and dehydrating
What is the long, whip like, structure that helps the cell move.
flagella
How do heteotrophs obtain energy?
Eat other organisms
A very large bacteria cell would be as large as...
the head of a pin
Bacterium transfers from one bacteria cell to another during the process of
conjugation
What type of bacteria live in soil?
decomposers
Who discovered bacteria?
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
Why are bacteria called nature's recyclers?
They return nutrients to the soil.
A micrometer is equal to
one millionth of a meter
What are the red circles within bacteria that can survive for years when the environmental conditions are favorable.
Endospore formation
What medication is created by using bacteria and help in diabetes?
insulin