bacteria viruses fungi

Question 1

Difference between Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria

Answer 1

Aerobic - Needs Oxygen

Anaerobic - Does not need oxygen

Question 2

Reproductive process of bacteria

Answer 2

Fission (Asexual)

Question 3

Bacteria get genetic variation through

Answer 3

Conjugation

Question 4

Draw and label the three shapes of bacteria

Answer 4

Rod, Spiral and Round

Question 5

How are bacteria both helpful and harmful

Answer 5

Helpful - helps plants obtain nitrogen, cleans up pollution with bioremediation, helps digest food, decomposes organisms into soil, helps make food

Harmful - can cause illness

Question 6

A pathogen can enter the body through…

Answer 6

cut, air, food

Question 7

Write an example of two viruses

Answer 7

Flu, cold, chicken pox, mumps, measles, polio, dengue

Question 8

What kind of immunity is a vaccine?

Answer 8

What kind of immunity is a vaccine?

Acquired Immunity

Question 9

What two things to antibodies do?

Answer 9

1. Prevent the disease from spreading
2. Destroy the pathogen

Question 10

How is a virus different from bacteria (list 3 ways)

Answer 10

Viruses are non-living, not cells, are typically contagious, are smaller than bacteria

Question 11

Two examples of protists

Answer 11

Algae & Amoeba

Question 12

This antibiotic is made from fungi

Answer 12

Penicillin

Question 13

List 2 positive things we get from fungi and 2 things we get from protists

Answer 13

Fungi - Makes food (mushroom, chocolate, bread), medicines, break down pollution

Protists - Provide habitat in algae, Used to make food like ice cream

Question 14

Three characteristics of fungi

Answer 14

Eukaryotes are heterotrophic and absorb nutrients through hyphae

Question 15

List the four groups of fungi and an example of each

Answer 15

Club Fungi - Mushroom

Zygote - Moldy Bread

Imperfect - Truffles

Sac - Diaper Rash

Question 16

An agent that produces disease

Answer 16

Pathogen

Question 17

A 22-year-old female got a cut on her arm riding her bike. The wound is red, hot to the touch and swollen. Is it viral/bacterial and would you prescribe antibiotics?

Answer 17

Bacterial - yes for antibiotics

Question 18

A 62-year-old female presents symptoms of vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. She went out for sushi last night. Is her illness viral/bacterial and should you prescribe antibiotics?

Answer 18

Bacterial - no antibiotics for food poisoning

Question 19

Jessica buys a new puppy named Waffles! The puppy is unvaccinated. She wants to take it to a dog park - why is this a bad idea?
(Explain using the words pathogen, immunity and antibodies)

Answer 19

Jessica should not take Waffles to the dog park, because it would be exposed to new pathogens that the dog does not have antibodies for. Once the dog is vaccinated, the dog can build up its immune system.

Question 20

A 12-year-old female goes to a large school, and has a high fever, cough, and headache. She did not have any vaccines this year. What do you suspect she has? Is it viral or bacterial and are you prescribing antibiotics?

Answer 20

Flu, viral, no antibiotics

Question 21

What are the three domains of life?

Answer 21

Eukarya, Bacteria & Archaea

Question 22

Each fission cycle takes 5 minutes, how long would it take for 2 bacteria to become 8 bacteria?

Answer 22

10 minutes

Question 23

Mrs. Shron tests quesadilla, the ducks and the dice for bacteria by putting each in a Petri dish and agar gel. Identify an independent, dependent and control for her experiment

Answer 23

Independent - the item tested

Dependent - # of bacteria colonies

Control - the petri dish or agar gel

Question 24

Each fission cycle takes 15 minutes, how long did the fission cycle take for 5 bacteria to divide into 40 bacteria?

Answer 24

45 minutes