Bacteria Matching Review Game
Play with a parent or friend
1) Print out this document
2) Cut along the lines
3) Put cards face down in 5 rows of 6
4) Pick up one card and explain what the match is you are looking for before picking
up card to look for match. This will allow you to review information more
effectively.
5) Try to make a match. If you get a match then you get the point.
Prokaryotic
Cells that do not have a nucleus
Heterotrophic
Must get their energy from their
environment
Autotrophic
Make own energy from
photosynthesis or using other
chemicals
Decomposers
Break down dead organisms and
return the nutrients to the soil
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Discovered bacteria in the late
1600’s
Alexander Fleming
Discovered Penicillium mold that was
used to create antibiotic Penicillin
Asexual Reproduction
One parent creates offspring
identical to it
Sexual Reproduction
Two parents create offspring that are
different from them
Binary Fission
One bacteria cell copies its genetic
material and splits into two new
cells, identical to the first
Conjugation
Two bacteria cells exchange genetic
material through a thin tube,
creating cells that are different from
the parents
Archaebacteria
The “Ancient” bacteria, live in
extreme environments
Eubacteria
These bacteria live in and on your
body
Cocci
Bacilli
Spirilla
Round shaped
bacteria
Rod shaped
bacteria
Spiral shaped
bacteria