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Bacteria/Virus
Bacteria/virus
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Science
7th Grade
11/20/2018

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Term
A virus that infects bacteria is called what?
Definition
Bacteriophage
Term

Bacteria are which of the following: 

prokaryotes

eukaryotes

both

neither

Definition
prokaryotes
Term
An organism within which a virus "lives is called what?
Definition
A host
Term
Can scientists see viruses with a compound light microscope?
Definition
No, they need an electron microscope, viruses are very small. Viruses are smaller than bacteria and need a stronger microscope.
Term

Identify this bacteria as either coccus, bacillus or spiral.

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Definition
bacillus
Term

Identify this bacteria as either coccus, bacillus, or spiral. 

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Definition
coccus
Term

Identify this bacteria as either coccus, bacillus, or spiral.

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Definition
Spiral
Term
What is reproduction that involves sharing hereditary material called?
Definition
conjugation
Term
The inner core of a virus is composed of?
Definition
genetic material- DNA
Term

True or False: 

Most viruses are not harmful and do not cause diseases.

Definition
False.   Most bacteria are not harmful!
Term
What is a whiplike structure that propels (moves) bacteria called? It looks like a long tail.
Definition
flagellum
Term

True or False: 

Viruses are non-living and can't reproduce on their own. 

Definition
True
Term
The process used to destroy bacteria in milk before it is marketed is called what?
Definition
Pasteurization
Term
What is the primary method of reproduction in bacteria?
Definition
binary fission
Term

Bacteria will grow in agar, a substance containing nutrients, like what we used to grow our bacteria in class.  If you needed to grow viruses in the laboratory, what kind of substances would you have to use.  Pick two of the following choices:

A. agar

B. a mouse

C. a plant

D. jello

Definition
A mouse and a plant because they are living things and viruses need living things as their host.
Term

Which one is NOT the role of bacteria in nature?

 

A. making vaccinations

B. environmental cleanup and recycling

C. Health and medicine

D. Oxygen and food production

Definition
Making vaccinations-that is viruses.
Term

Which part of a virus determines which host cell it can infect?

 

Definition
surface proteins
Term
Yogurt is produces with the help of _______________, while bread rises because of ________________.
Definition
Yogurt is produces with the help of _bacteria___________, while bread rises because of __fungi______________.
Term

True or False:

Virus come in only three shapes: round, rod and spiral.

Definition

False, viruses come in many shapes.

Bacteria only comes in these three basic shapes.

Term

True or False

Virus and bacteria both have two names, the genus and the species name.

Definition
False
Term

What type of reproduction is the bacteria undergoing? 

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Definition
binary fission
Term

What type of reproduction is the bacteria undergoing?

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Definition
conjugation
Term

True or False

Most bacteria is harmless or good.

Definition
True
Term
What is the most common way for viruses to multiply?
Definition
Taking over a host cell
Term

True or False:

Bacteria is bigger than viruses in size

Definition
True
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