Monera (Bacteria)

Question 1

Microorganisms

Answer 1

Small living things

Question 2

Chemosynthesis

Answer 2

The production of food using energy released from chemical reactions

Question 3

Saprophytes

Answer 3

Organisms that take in food from dead organic matter

Question 4

Parasites

Answer 4

Organisms that take in food from a live host and usually cause harm

Question 5

Pathogenic bacteria

Answer 5

Bacteria that cause disease

Question 6

Antibiotics

Answer 6

Are chemicals produced by microorganisms that stop the growth of, or kill, other microorganisms without damaging human tissue

Question 7

Batch culture

Answer 7

The growth of cells in a sealed container over a short period of time and under ideal conditions until all the nutrients are used up

Question 8

Bioreactor (batch flow)

Answer 8

A vessel or a container in which living cells or their products are used to make a product

Question 9

Continuous flow

Answer 9

Food processing is the growth of cells in an open container where nutrients are added and the end products are removed all the time at a rate that maintains the volume of liquid and the number of cells

Question 10

Antibiotic resistance

Answer 10

Some bacteria are resistant to all antibiotics (multi - resistant superbugs)

Question 11

Misuse of antibiotics

Answer 11

Over use of antibiotics - increases growth of bacteria they have no competitors - therefore must finish course of antibiotics