Bacteria & Virus Warm Up 1
Welcome to the 21st Century electronic biology class. This warm-up exercise or bell ringer will concentrate on the vocabulary terms related to prokaryotes (bacteria). If a "fill-in" question appears during this warm-up exercise, please enter all your answers using lower case letters. This warm up allows you an unlimited attempts to improve your learning and test-taking skills. As a bonus, each attempt randomly generates new questions and answers.
- 1.Which one of the follow is NOT a common shape of bacteria?
- A.
Bacillus (rod-shaped)
- B.
Coccus (round-shaped)
- C.
Spirillum (spiral-shaped)
- D.
Thermoacidphile (irregular-shaped)
- 2.Which archaeal group of bacteria converts hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methane gas?
- A.
Methanogens
- B.
Halophiles
- C.
Thermoacidophiles
- D.
Gram-Negative
- E.
Gram-Positive
- 3.Which archaeal group of bacteria lives in hydrothermal vents called black smokers.
- A.
Methanogens
- B.
Halophiles
- C.
Thermoacidophiles
- D.
Gram-Negative
- E.
Gram-Positive
- 4.Which archaeal group of bacteria live in environments that have very high salt concentrations?
- A.
Methanogens
- B.
Halophiles
- C.
Thermoacidophiles
- D.
Gram-Negative
- E.
Gram-Positive
- 5.Gram-positive bacteria take up the red dye of the gramin stain process which makes the cells appear reddish pink under a microscope.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Gram-positive bacteria retains the purple dye in their cell walls and appears purple under a microscope.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The TMV (tobacco mosaic virus) is classified as a(n)_____.
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Virus
- C.
Prion
- D.
Viroid
- 8.Influenza is classified as a(n)_____.
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Virus
- C.
Prion
- D.
Viroid
- 9.Borrelia burgdorferi is classified as a(n)_____.
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Virus
- C.
Prion
- D.
Viroid
- 10.Rickettsia prowazekii is classified as a(n)_____.
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Virus
- C.
Prion
- D.
Viroid
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