Monera (Chapter 21)

Question 1

What are sometimes present in bacteria?

Answer 1

Capsule
Flagellum
Plasmid
Mesosome

Question 2

Always present in bacteria?

Answer 2

Cell membrane
Storage granule
Cell wall
Cytoplasm
Ribosome
DNA

Question 3

Bacterial Types and examples of each

Answer 3

1. Round eg. staphylococcus aureus = pneumonia
2. Rod eg. Tuberculosis
3. Spiral eg. Syphillis

Question 4

How do bacteria reproduce

Answer 4

asexually by a method called binary fission

Question 5

Endospores

Answer 5

Formed by bacteria to withstand harsh and unfavourable conditions.

Question 6

Autotrophic

Answer 6

Autotrophic means an organism makes its own food

Question 7

Two types of Autotrophic and examples

Answer 7

Photosynthetic eg. purple sulphur bacteria

Chemosynthetic eg nitrifying bacteria

Question 8

Heterotrophic

Answer 8

Heterotrophic means an organism takes in food made by other organisms

Question 9

Two types of Heterotrophic and examples

Answer 9

Saprophytic eg. Bacteria of decay

Parasitic eg. disease causing baceria (anthrax)

Question 10

Saprophytes

Answer 10

Saprophytes are organisms that take in food from dead organic matter

Question 11

Parasites

Answer 11

Parasites are organisms that take in food from a live host and usually cause harm.

Question 12

Pathogens

Answer 12

Pathogens are micro-organisms that cause disease

Question 13

Antibiotics

Answer 13

Antibiotics are chemicals produced by micro-organisms that stop the growth of, or kill, other micro-organisms without damaging human tissue