Kingdom Monera

Question 1

These are one-celled organisms whose cells have no membrane-bound nuclei and organelles. What are these?

Answer 1

Monera

Question 2

What are the most numerous organisms?

Answer 2

Bacteria

Question 3

How many are the estimated bacteria in a grain of garden soil.

Answer 3

2.5 billion bacteria

Question 4

Kingdom Monera are ___-______ and are ___________. A moneran does not contain a _______.

Answer 4

one-celled; microscopic; nucleus

Question 5

What are examples of living things that belong to kingdom Monera?

Answer 5

Bacteria and blue-green algae

Question 6

Bacteria were not discovered until the late 1600s. Who had found them by accident?

Answer 6

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 7

Who makes microscopes as a hobby?

Answer 7

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 8

Bacteria are found in _____, ___, and the upper layers of ____.

Answer 8

water; air; soil

Question 9

_____ are spherical bacteria;_______ are rod-shaped; and ________ which are spiral-shaped bacteria.

Answer 9

Cocci; bacilli; spirilla

Question 10

Most bacteria are ____________. These are organisms that feed on both living and dead organisms. What is this?

Answer 10

Heterotrophs

Question 11

Some bacteria are _________. These are organisms that feed on living organisms. What is this?

Answer 11

Parasites

Question 12

These bacteria can cause infections in humans, animals, and plants.

Answer 12

Parasites

Question 13

What bacteria feeds on dead organisms?

Answer 13

Saprophytes

Question 14

What are organisms that can make their own food?

Answer 14

Autotrophs

Question 15

Some bacteria form _________. What is a spherical structure that has a thick outer coat?

Answer 15

Endospore

Question 16

_________ protect some bacteria from boiling water and disinfectants.

Answer 16

Endospore

Question 17

This process is called ______________. During this process, most of the bacteria present in milk that can cause it to spoil are quickly destroyed.

Answer 17

Pasteurization

Question 18

What is a disease that the bacterium Clostridium botulinum causes? This bacterium can thrive in improperly sealed canned goods.

Answer 18

Botulism

Question 19

What does not need oxygen to survive? People infected with this bacterium suffer food poisoning.

Answer 19

Botulism

Question 20

What is a serious, often fatal disease?

Answer 20

Food poisoning

Question 21

What are others diseases that bacteria may cause?

Answer 21

Sore throat, pneumonia, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and whooping cough

Question 22

What are chemicals that destroy or weaken disease-causing bacteria?

Answer 22

Antibiotics

Question 23

_______ is an animal disease caused by bacteria that attack large farm animals. ___________ can prevent contraction of this disease.

Answer 23

Anthrax; Vaccination

Question 24

This is a disease of apple and pear trees, and soft rot–a disease of vegetables, are also caused by bacteria. What is this?

Answer 24

Fire blight

Question 25

Another representative group of organisms belonging to Kingdom Monera consists of the _____________ which is also called ____-_____ _____.

Answer 25

Cyanobacteria; blue-green algae

Question 26

What are these water-dwelling organisms that are capable of making their own food through photosynthesis?

Answer 26

Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae

Question 27

____________ are m_n_r_n while _____ are pr_t_sts.

Answer 27

Cyanobacteria; monerans; algae; protists

Question 28

How many are the different kinds of cyanobacteria?

Answer 28

2,500

Question 29

What is their long threadlike body called?

Answer 29

Filament

Question 30

Blue-green algae are _______________; their cells contains ___________.

Answer 30

photosynthetic; chlorophyll