Bio Test 3/4/13

Must get higher then an 75:)

41 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

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True or False:
Gram-negative bacteria have a thich layer of peptidoglycan that stains purple
False
True or false:
Bacteria lack nuclei and there also lack genetic material
False
True or false:
Bacterial cells have membrane-bound organelles and chromosomes
False
True or false
Bacteria are incapable of movement themselves; they can only get to new locations by growing toward them or by forming endospores and being carried in air or water
False
True or false
some bacteria cannot survive in the presence of oxygen
True
True or false:
When bacteria undergo nonreproductive genetic recombination, their bacterial chromosome is altered
False
True or false:
Human sperm and egg cells have 23 chromosomes
True
True or false:
cell division in bacteria and eukaryotes takes place in precisely the same manner
False
True or false:
cells spend most of their lifetime in interphase
True
True or false:
meiosis results in the formation of haploid cells from diploid cells
True
Bacteria are the only organisms characterized as______
Prokaryotic
What is the shape of the Bacillus bacterial genus?
Bars
What shape is the spirals called?
Spirillum
When tested with a Gram stain, gram-positive bacteria are stained what color?
Purple
Bacteria lack a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles; therefore, they are classified as
Prokaryotes