Life Science Ch 7 Study Guide

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LIFE SCIENCE
CHAPTER 7 STUDY GUIDE
WORDS TO KNOW
Aerobe
Anaeobe
Antibiotic
Endospore
Fission
Flagella
Nitrogen-fixing
bacteria
Pathogen
Saprophyte
Toxin
Vaccine
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Cocci
Bacilli
Spirilla
Capsule
Prokaryote
INFORMATION TO KNOW
• Know the difference between aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
• Know different ways bacteria can get energy
• Know the two kingdoms bacteria belong to
• Know how to draw and the names of the 3 shapes of bacteria
• Know the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
• Know the five characteristics of living things.
• Know how bacteria can be useful to humans.
• Know what types of plants are “infected” by nitrogen fixing bacteria.
• Know the parts of a bacteria (diagram in your notes or page 187)
• Know how bacteria can reproduce.
• Know several ways to prevent bacterial diseases.
• Know how “super bacteria” develop through antibiotic resistance
• Know how a vaccine works
PRACTICE ESSAYS
1. Farmers often rotate crops on their fields. For example, one year
they will plant soybeans (a legume) in a field and the following year
they will plant corn. Why is this?
2. Describe how “super bacteria” can develop when antibiotics are
used.
3. How does a vaccine work?
4. Give 3 examples of how bacteria are useful to humans.
5. Why shouldn’t you eat a can of food that is past its use by date, even
if the can has never been opened?
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