Prokaryotes

Question 1

Domain of Prokaryotes ?

Answer 1

Bacteria and Archaea

Question 2

Cell structure , common cell shapes ?

Answer 2

1) coccus (round)
2) bacillus (rod shaped)
3) spirals
- Vibrios (c shaped)
- sprillium (corkscrew)
- Spirochetes (sharp twists)

Question 3

Nucleoid

Answer 3

DNA , controls cell activities

Question 4

Ribosomes

Answer 4

Make polypeptides

Question 5

Cytoplasm

Answer 5

Interior compartment, location for chemical reactions

Question 6

Plasmids

Answer 6

Metabolic function, circular pieces of DNA

Question 7

Plasma Membrane

Answer 7

Regulates what gets in and out

Question 8

Cell Wall

Answer 8

Support and protection

Question 9

Capsule

Answer 9

Protection and attachment

Question 10

Flagellum

Answer 10

Movement

Question 11

Pilia

Answer 11

Attachment

Question 12

Heterotroph

Answer 12

Rely on other organisms for food

Question 13

Autotroph

Answer 13

Make their own food

Question 14

Aerobic

Answer 14

Requires or uses oxygen

Question 15

Anaerobic

Answer 15

Does NOT require oxygen

Question 16

Obligate anaerobes

Answer 16

Must live without oxygen

Question 17

Facultative anaerobes

Answer 17

Can live with oxygen

Question 18

Cell wall & gram staining.
Dark purple ?
Pink ?

Answer 18

Cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan.