cyanobacteria

Question 1

autotrophs

Answer 1

prokaryotic cells that produce their own food

Question 2

how are cyanobacteria similar to chloroplasts

Answer 2

they have an inner/outer membrane, a stroma, thylakoids, and a cell wall made of peptidoglycan

Question 3

main ability of cyanobacteria

Answer 3

nitrogen fixation

Question 4

bacteria characteristics

Answer 4

no nuclear envelope, chromosome, no organelles, and no cytoplasm

Question 5

peptidoglycan function

Answer 5

found in cell wall, makes bacteria gram positive

Question 6

endosymbiotic theory

Answer 6

prokaryotic cell engulfs aerobic cell to form mitochondria, secondary endosymbiosis occurs with plant cells being engulfed

Question 7

cyanobacteria function in plants

Answer 7

can be chloroplasts or symbiotes fixing nitrogen from atmosohere

Question 8

cyanobacteria role in rise of oxygen in earth’s atmosphere

Answer 8

have played a major role

Question 9

stromatolites

Answer 9

layers of sediment that accumulate due to being held by a mucus which is created by cyanobacteria

Question 10

where does cyanobacteria bloom?

Answer 10

in aquatic environments where it pumps excess nitrogen

25 to 75 percent of cyanobacterial blooms are toxic, taking up oxygen and negatively affecting water quality and drinking water

Question 11

heterocyst

Answer 11

functions in nitrogen fixation, has a thickened wall

Question 12

akinete

Answer 12

oval shape