Bacteria

Question 1

a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease

Answer 1

Spirilla

Question 2

medicine used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms

Answer 2

Antibiotic

Question 3

are rod shaped they have a large surface area which helps them take in nutrients but a large surface area can cause them to dry out easily

Answer 3

Bacilli

Question 4

the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms

Answer 4

Bioremediation

Question 5

a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size.

Answer 5

Binary Fission

Question 6

are spherical they do not dry out as quickly as rod-shaped bacteria

Answer 6

Cocci

Question 7

resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
the inner layer of the membrane or wall of some spores and pollen grains.

Answer 7

Endospore

Question 8

an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

Answer 8

Host

Question 9

is a process by which nitrogen (N2) in the Earth’s atmosphere is converted into ammonia (NH3). Atmospheric nitrogen or molecular dinitrogen (N2) is relatively inert: it does not easily react with other
chemicals

Answer 9

Nitrogen fixation

Question 10

an organism that consists of a single cell an does not have a nucles

Answer 10

Prokaryote

Question 11

bacteria that causes disease

Answer 11

Pathogenic bacteria

Question 12

a microscopic particle that gets in side a cell and often destroys the cell

Answer 12

Virus