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Microorganisms and Disease Study Guide
Study:
“Archaea, Bacteria, and Viruses” (pgs. 78-91 in Fusion – The Diversity of Living Things)
Notebook pages 13-20 to help you study.
Bacteria Vocab Cards from Vocabulary Quiz
Mighty Microbes Article
Fusion: Archaea, Bacteria, and Viruses
1. What is a prokaryote?
2. What are some characteristics of archaea?
3. What are some characteristics of bacteria?
4. Describe how a bacterium reproduces?
5. Explain the 3 ways do bacteria exchange DNA or gain new DNA?
6. What are some characteristics of viruses?
Mighty Microbes Article
1. How did microbes help humans to evolve?
2. How are microbes harmful?
3. How are microbes helpful?
BACTERIA/ARCHAEA:
1. What are the 3 most common shapes of bacteria? Draw and explain
2. a. Where are bacteria found?
b. Where are archaea found?
3.
How are the two bacteria kingdoms/domains ie. bacteria & archaea classified into groups? Explain the
differences
4. Why are decomposer bacteria helpful?
5. Explain three ways bacteria is beneficial to humans
6. Describe a way bacteria is harmful in our lives.
VIRUSES:
7. What kinds of organisms get viruses?
8. What is the structure of a virus? Give one example of a virus.
9. Why are viruses are NOT considered living things? Give at least three reasons.
10. How do viruses infect cells? Describe the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle
11. What is the difference between bacterial reproduction and viral reproduction?
12. What are three important similarities and three important differences between viruses and
bacteria/archaea?
13. Define and explain the difference between an antibiotic, probiotic, and a vaccine.
14. What is antibiotic resistance? Explain how it occurs? Why is it dangerous?
15. Difference between epidemic, pandemic, and outbreak?