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.