Classifying Prokaryotes
Shapes, Cell walls, and movement
Heterotrophs and Autotrophs
Growth and Reproduction
Wild Card
100
Unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus
What are prokaryotes
100
Rod-shaped prokaryotes are called_____________
What are bacilli
100
Bacteria that get their energy by consuming organic molecules
What are heterotrophs
100
The type of reproduction happening when a bacterium has doubled in size, replicates it's DNA, and divides in half producing two identical cells.
What is binary fission
100
Organisms that require a constant supply of oxygen in order to live are called __________________ aerobes.
What is obligate
200
The two groups bacteria can be divided in to
What are eubacteria and archaebacteria
200
Spherical prokaryotes are called _______________
What is cocci
200
Bacteria that make their own food
What are autotrophs
200
The type of reproduction where a hollow bridge forms between two bacteria cells, and genes move from one cell to the other.
What is conjugation
200
Organisms that can only live in the absence of oxygen are called obligate _________________.
What is anaerobes
300
This group of bacteria can live almost anywhere
What is eubacteria
300
Gram positive bacteria stain purple because of their thick ____________________ ____________________.
What is peptidoglycan layer
300
These organisms get their energy from the sun AND consume organic molecules for energy
What are photoheterotrophs
300
When growth conditions become unfavorable, many bacteria form ______________
What are spores
300
The facultative anaerobe that lives anaerobically in the large intestine and aerobically in sewage or contaminated water.
What is E. coli
400
This group of bacteria lack the peptidoglycan layer and live in extrememly harsh environments
What is archaebacteria
400
Gram negative bacteria don't stain purple, they stain ___________________.
What is pink/red
400
Cyanobacteria contain and use chlorophyll to convert energy from the sun into energy they can use, we call these organisms _____________________.
What is photoautotrophs
400
And endospore is formed when a bacterium produces a thick internal wall that encloses _____________ and ______________.
What is DNA and cytoplasm
400
Bacteria that break down the nutrients in dead material
What are decomposers
500
List 5 common structures of bacteria
What are: cell wall, cell membrane, DNA, ribosomes, cytoplasm
500
Streptococci bacteria appear in _____________
What are lines (spherical shaped bacteria)
500
What are the two groups of autotrophs found in prokaryotes?
What is: heteroautotrophs and chemoautotrophs
500
Most prokaryotes reproduce by ____________ _________.
What is binary fission
500
Plants can not use nitrogen gas from the air; it must be converted into ammonia or other compounds. Some bacteria carry out this process for plants. We call this process ______________ ______________.
What is nitrogen fixation