Test 2

Question 0

Bacillus

Answer 0

Rod shaped bacterium

Question 1

Coccus

Answer 1

Spherical bacterium

Question 2

Spirochete

Answer 2

Spiral shaped bacteria that causes syphilis and Lyme disease

Question 3

Streptococcus

Answer 3

Causes strep throat but not all forms are bad

Question 4

Coliform

Answer 4

Rod shaped bacteria that is normally present in the intestine

Question 5

Endospore

Answer 5

Tough structure created by bacterium due to a lack of nutrients

Question 6

Pathogen

Answer 6

Disease causing microorganism

Question 7

Fixation

Answer 7

The act of fixing or the state of being fixed

Question 8

Aerobic

Answer 8

Any process that requires oxygen

Question 9

Eubacteria

Answer 9

Spherical or rod shaped bacteria characterized by cells with rigid cell walls; true bacteria

Question 10

Spirilum

Answer 10

Spiral shaped bacterium

Question 11

Staphylococcus

Answer 11

Causes many forms of infections including skin lesions and rashes

Question 12

Diplococcus

Answer 12

A bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci

Question 13

Toxin

Answer 13

Poison

Question 14

Anaerobic

Answer 14

Any process that does not require oxygen

Question 15

Antibiotic

Answer 15

Drug or natural compound that can attack and destroy certain micro organisms

Question 16

Binary fission

Answer 16

Where an organism divides to produce two identical daughter cells

Question 17

Antigen

Answer 17

Foreign substance

Question 18

Koch’s postulate

Answer 18

Series of rules for proving that specific a type of microorganism causes a particular disease

Question 19

Prokaryote

Answer 19

Single-cellars organism without a nucleus

Question 20

Vitamin K

Answer 20

Helps to clot blood

Question 21

Diplobacillus

Answer 21

2 bacilli linked end to end

Question 22

Flagella

Answer 22

Whiplike structures that aid in movement

Question 23

Archaebacteria

Answer 23

A kingdom of prokaryotic bacteria

Question 24

Methanogen

Answer 24

Bacterium that produce methane gas

Question 25

Streptobacilli

Answer 25

Bacilli that form in chains

Question 26

Aero

Answer 26

Air

Question 27

Brev

Answer 27

Short

Question 28

Extra

Answer 28

Beyond, outside

Question 29

Kary

Answer 29

Cell, nucleus

Question 30

Multi

Answer 30

Many

Question 31

Neo

Answer 31

New, recent

Question 32

Non

Answer 32

Not

Question 33

Ob

Answer 33

Against

Question 34

Sacchar

Answer 34

Sugar

Question 35

Sci

Answer 35

Know

Question 36

Rickettsiae

Answer 36

Has characteristics of viruses and bacteria

Question 37

Chemosynthesis

Answer 37

Using organic compounds from the environment to synthesize food

Question 38

Obligate aerobe

Answer 38

Organism that requires a constant supply of oxygen in order to live

Question 39

Obligate anaerobe

Answer 39

Lives only in the absence of oxygen

Question 40

Facultative anaerobe

Answer 40

Organism that can survive with or without oxygen

Question 41

Saprophyte

Answer 41

Organism that uses the complex molecules of a living organism as it’s source of energy and nutrition

Question 42

Symbyosis

Answer 42

Close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits the other

Question 43

Conjugation

Answer 43

Where 2 bacteria exchange nuclear material during temporary union

Question 44

Parasite

Answer 44

Organism that survives by living and feeding off of other living organisms