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Biology CP-Mr. Willets

1) All bacteria are prokaryotes which means they have no real _________________ and are primitive cells.

2) Bacteria are divided into ______ Kingdoms- Kingdom ____________________________ and Kingdom ____________________

3) What does the word "archaebacteria" mean? ______________________________

4) Archaebacteria can live in _______________ conditions. This makes us believe they might be related to ______________________________

5) One type of archaebacteria produce ____________________ gas. These are called ___________________________ and live in the muddy bottoms of ________________ or in the __________________ of animals

6) Halophiles live where it is very ______________. Give an example of such a place. ______________

What does the word "halophile" mean? _________________________

7) What is the third kind of archaebacteria? ________________________________ Where do these live? __________________________________________

8) What are the three common shapes for eubacteria cells? a) _______________ which have what shape? ______________ b) ________________ which have what shape? ________________

and c) ____________________ which have what shape? __________________

9) If bacteria occur in pairs, what prefix is used? _________________ What prefix means the bacteria cells are joined in chains? _________________ What is the third grouping prefix and what does it mean? ____________________________________________

10) What is the fancy name for the blue-green bacteria? ____________________________ These tend to grow in lakes where what has been added? ___________________________ This makes the lakes become more _______________________

11) An example of a spirochete is the bacteria that causes __________________________

12) Enteric bacteria live in animal ______________________. One enteric bacteria associated with chicken or eggs is named _____________________________. This can cause a form of food ________________________

13) A common enteric bacteria which lives in your intestines where it is helpful is __________________

E. coli from ___________ can make us sick. This bacteria might be found in what specific food? _________________________

14) What type of bacteria are carried by ticks? ___________________________

15) Some bacteria can survive harsh conditions by forming a protective coat. This produces an ________________________

16) Some bacteria can make their own food either by the process of _________________________ or __________________________

17) Many bacteria feed on dead material. These are called ______________________ or the bacteria of decay. These help ___________________ materials in nature. They also spoil our _____________ and can cause tooth ____________ .

18) If a bacteria must use oxygen to burn it food, it is called an _____________________________

19) If oxygen kills the bacteria so it must live where there is no oxygen, it is called an__________________________________

20) Obligate anaerobes often form _______________________ to protect themselves against oxygen.

21) The tetanus bacteria must grow in deep wounds where there is no _____________________. It enters the wound as an __________________________

22) What food poisoning is caused by an obligate anaerobe? ____________________________ Why must it grow in canned foods? ___________________________________________

23) Anaerobic bacteria often produce bad smelling _________________.

24) If the lake bottom is slimy, this usually means there are ______________________ bacteria decaying the dead material there.

25) Bacteria reproduce by ______________________________

26) There are three ways that bacteria might get a new combination of DNA a) viruses can bring DNA from other bacteria- this is called ___________________________

b) Bacterial can transfer pieces of DNA from one bacteria to another- This is called _______________________

c) bacteria can take in DNA put into the environment when another bacteria dies and breaks open. This is called _________________________

In all three cases, this might produce bacteria that are better able to ___________________. If these bacteria cause ___________________, that can be bad for us.

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