The Prokaryotes

Question 1

Shape: Round

Answer 1

Coccus

Question 2

Shape: Rod

Answer 2

Bacillus

Question 3

Shape: Curved rod

Answer 3

Vibrio

Question 4

Shape: Short rod

Answer 4

Coccobacillus

Question 5

Shape: Spiral

Answer 5

Spirillum

Question 6

Shape: Long, loose, helical spiral

Answer 6

Spirochete

Question 7

Shape: Budding and appendaged

Answer 7

Stalk and Hypha

Question 8

Shape: Hair-like

Answer 8

Filamentous

Question 9

Shape: Star

Answer 9

Stella

Question 10

Shape: Square

Answer 10

Haloquadratum

Question 11

Single coccus

Answer 11

Coccus

Question 12

Pair of two cocci

Answer 12

Diplococcus

Question 13

Four cells arranged in a square

Answer 13

Tetrad

Question 14

Chain of cocci

Answer 14

Streptococcus

Question 15

Cluster of cocci

Answer 15

Staphylococcus

Question 16

Single rod

Answer 16

Bacillus

Question 17

Chain of rods

Answer 17

Streptobacillus

Question 18

Quad of coccus

Answer 18

Sarcinae

Question 19

Like walls leaning on each other

Answer 19

Palisades

Question 20

Shape of Myxococcus fulvus or stipitatus and Chondromyces crocatus

Answer 20

fruiting bodies

Question 21

Prokaryotic cell: Nutrition

C and E source of photoautotrophic

Answer 21

Carbon dioxide and sunlight

Question 22

Prokaryotic cell: Nutrition

C and E source of photoheterotrophic

Answer 22

Organic matter and sunlight

Question 23

Prokaryotic cell: Nutrition

C and E source of chemoautotrophic

Answer 23

Carbon dioxide and Organic matter

Question 24

Prokaryotic cell: Nutrition

C and E source of chemoheterotrophic

Answer 24

Organic matter

Question 25

Shape: Irregular

Answer 25

pleomorphic

Question 26

Habitat: ______ in nature, found in all environments even in extreme conditions.

Answer 26

ubiquitous

Question 27

Habitat: Microorganisms in the _______ of ruminant animals (e.g. cow) convert cellulose from grass into fatty acids that can be used by the animal.

Answer 27

rumen