Bacteria

Question 1

Prokaryote

Answer 1

An organism that consists

Question 2

Bacilli

Answer 2

a disease-causing bacterium.

Question 3

Cocci

Answer 3

any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.

Question 4

Spirilla

Answer 4

They are spiral shaped. They use flagella at both ends to move like a corkscrew.

Question 5

Binary Fission

Answer 5

is a kind of asexual reproduction. It is the most common form of reproduction in prokaryotes such as bacteria. It occurs in some single-celled Eukaryotes like the Amoeba and the Paramoecium.

Question 6

Endospore

Answer 6

a resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.

Question 7

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 7

the chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, especially by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle.

Question 8

Bioremediation

Answer 8

the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site

Question 9

Antibiotic

Answer 9

medicine that kills bacteria

Question 10

Pathogenic bacteria

Answer 10

Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease.

Question 11

Virus

Answer 11

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.