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1
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Bacteria belong to the kingdom of

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Monera

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Bacteria are

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Unicellular organisms

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What are bacteria also known as

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Prokaryotes

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Prokaryotes

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They have no membrane bound nucleus or cell organelle

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5
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Bacteria 3 shapes

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Spherical
Rod
Spiral

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6
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Vaccines deal with..

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Viruses

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7
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Antibiotics deal with

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Bacteria

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8
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Spherical bacteria causes

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Pneumonia

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Rod bacteria causes

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Anthrax and ecoli

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10
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Spirillum bacteria causes

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Suphilis (std)

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11
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What causes the movement of a bacterial cell

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Flagellum

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12
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Cell wall provides

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Shape and structure

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13
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Cytoplasm contains

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Ribosomes

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14
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Capsule used for

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Protection

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15
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Plasmid

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Circular piece of dna containing genes

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16
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What does a bacterial cell not have

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Mitochondria or chloroplasts

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Mitochondria

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Provides energy

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18
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Def for binary vision

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Method of how bacteria reproduces

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19
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What happens when binary vision occurs

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The cell elongates and two chromosomes separate

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20
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Bacteria reproduce

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Asexually

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21
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How are two identical daughter cells formed?

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The cell wall grows to divide the cell in two

The chromosomes attach to the plasma membrane and the dna is replicated

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Asexually

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Genetically identical

23
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Bacteria can reproduce..

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Quickly

24
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New mutations spread very..

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Quickly

25
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What is the endospore formation

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Bacterial survival technique

26
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What does bacteria need to survive

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Moisture heat and nutrients

27
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bacteria in seeds

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Allows seeds to survive in harsh conditions

28
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Unfavorable conditions of bacteria

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Temperature too high/ low

Not enough nutrients

29
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Favorable bacteria conditions

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When spores can break walls and reproduce

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When are endospores formed

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When the bacterial chromosomes replicate

31
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Autotrophic

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Organisms that make their own food

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Herotrophic

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Organisms that take in food naked by other organisms

33
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Examples of autotrophic bacteria

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Photosynthetic and chemosynthetic bacteria

34
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What do photosynthetic bacteria use light for

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To make food

35
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Chemosynthetic bacteria uses energy from

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Chemical reactions go make food

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Aerobic

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Needs oxygen

37
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Name two herotrophic bacteria

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Saprophytic snd parasitic bacteria

38
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What does saprophytic bacteria live off

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Dead organic matter

39
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What does parasitic bacteria cause

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Anthrax

40
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Name three factors affecting the growth of bacteria

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Temperature
pH
Pressure

41
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How do you kill bacteria

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With high temperature

42
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How will enzymes become denatured

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If bacteria is placed in an unsuitable pH

43
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How are bacteria’s inhibited

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By high pressures

44
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How can bacteria gain/ loose weight

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Osmosis

45
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Beneficial bacteria

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Ecoli

46
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What is ecoli used to make

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Enzymes and vitamins

47
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Harmful bacteria

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Chest infections

Food poisoning

48
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Higher bacterial cytoplasm means the water moves ..

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Out of the bacteria (dehydration)

49
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Lower bacteria means the water..

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Enters bacteria (cell wall prevents bursting)

50
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Pathogens

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Are microorganisms that cause disease

51
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What causes disease in humans and animals

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Pathogenic bacteria

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