Bacteria and Viruses

Question 1

Prokaryote

Answer 1

Organisms that are single - celled and have no nucleus.

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

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

Question 5

Binary Fission

Answer 5

One single-celled organism splits into two single-celled organisms.

Question 6

Endospore

Answer 6

A thick, protective coating that contains genetic material and proteins.

Question 7

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 7

Takes in nitrogen from the air and changes it to a form that plants can use.

Question 8

Bioremediation

Answer 8

The biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms.

Question 9

Antibiotic

Answer 9

medicine used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms.

Question 10

Pathogenic bacteria

Answer 10

Bacteria that causes disease.

Question 11

Virus

Answer 11

A microscopic particle that gets inside a cell and often destroys the cell.

Question 12

Host

Answer 12

An organisms from which a parasite takes food or shelter.