Science Quiz

Question 1

A gel-like fluid that moves structures throughout the cell

Answer 1

Cytoplasm

Question 2

A long, whip-like structure that helps a cell to move

Answer 2

Flagellum

Question 3

Chemical factories where proteins are produced

Answer 3

Ribosomes

Question 4

The process of breaking down food to release energy

Answer 4

Cellular respiration

Question 5

One cell divides to form two identical cells

Answer 5

Binary fission

Question 6

one bacterium transfers some of its genetic material into another bacterium through a thin, threadlike bridge

Answer 6

Conjugation

Question 7

A small, rounded, thick-walled resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell

Answer 7

Endospore

Question 8

The food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food

Answer 8

Pasteurization

Question 9

Organisms that break down large, complex chemicals in dead organisms into small, simple chemicals

Answer 9

Decomposers

Question 10

Are bacteria prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

Answer 10

They are prokaryotes

Question 11

How does bacteria get energy?