Chapter 5

Cocci are bacteria that are __________.

• round-shaped

• rod-shaped

• corkscerw-shaped

• spore-shaped

Whch type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning?

• Diplococci

• Spirilla

• Bacilli

• Streptococci

Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are ___________?

• diplococci

• bacilli

• staphylococci

• streptococci

Lyme disease and syphillis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria called ____________.

• diplococci

• bicilli

• spirilla

• cocci

A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful organisms on environmental surface is _________.

• disnfecting

• sanitizing

• cleaning

• sterilizing

Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called ________.

• nucleic acid

• cytoplasm

• protoplasm

• protons

The process whereby bacteria grow to their largest size, and then divide into two new cells is _________.

• binary fission

• meiosis

• photosynthesis

• metamorphosis

The presence of pus can be a sign of ________.

• immunity

• congestion

• a bacterial infection

• a sunburn

A ______ infection appear in a leaply continued pus and is confined to a particular part of the body.

• systemic

• local

• primary

• secondary

Which of the following is a condition caused by an infestation of head lice?

• hepatitis

• local

• pediculosis capitis

• tinea pedis