Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Bacteria in Nature

A microscopic prokaryote?

• bacteria (bacterium)

• endospore

• pathogen

• antibody

A process in which two bacteria of the same species attach to each other and share genetic material?

• fission

• conjugation

• pasteurization

• bioremediation

A form of bacterium that has a thick internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm?

• flagellum

• antibiotic

• vaccine

• endospore

A long whiplike structure that helps some bacteria move?

• flagella (flagellum)

• cilia

• tail

• virus

Medicine that stops the growth and reproduction of bacteria?

• antibody

• pathogen

• antibiotic

• tylenol

The use of organisms to clean up environmental pollution?

• decompostition

• bioremediation

• pasteurization

• nitrogen fixation

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The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that living things can use?

• decomposition

• bioremediation

• pasteurization

• nitrogen fixation

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True or False: Your body contains more bacterial cells than human cells.

• True

• False

Which of the following are shapes of bacteria?

• sphere (round)-shaped, rod-shaped, spiral-shaped

• triangle-shaped, square-shaped, trapezoid-shaped

• triangle-shaped, rod-shaped, square-shaped

• trapezoid-shaped, spiral-shaped, triangle-shaped

Aerobic means?

• needing oxygen to survive

• can survive without oxygen

• neither of the above

• both of the above