Name:_____________________________
Date:_________________ Period:____
Bacteria & Virus Study Guide
Directions: Create note cards, a written outline, or a typed outline for each question on this
study guide. Examples of sheets where you can find the answers are listed in italics below
question. NOTE: The textbook pages that correspond to this unit are PH text pp. 210-215 & 217-225.
_____1. What is the basic SIZE & SHAPE of a virus. Write a description.
 Look at the section titled “Structure of Viruses” in your Virus Guided Notes
_____2. What are the TWO main parts to a virus? List and describe these two parts.
 Look at the section titled “Structure of Viruses” in your Virus Guided Notes
_____3. Draw a BACTERIOPHAGE. Label and color the: HEAD (RED), TAIL(RED), GENTIC MATERIAL (GREEN)
 Look at the section titled “Activity” in your Virus Guided Notes
_____4. Draw the INFLUENZA VIRUS. Label and color the PROTEIN COAT (RED), GENETIC MATERIAL
(GREEN).
 Look at the section titled “Activity” in your Virus Guided Notes
_____5. Draw the five steps of a viruses life cycle. Next to each step, write a description of what happens
 Use your Virus Guided Notes and Viral Life Cycle Cut & Paste Activity
_____6. Explain why a virus is considered non-living.
 Use your Virus Guided Notes
_____7. Define the following terms: HOST, PARASITE, VACCINE
 Use your Virus Guided Notes
_____8. Draw, label, and color a bacteria cell with the following parts, CELL WALL (yellow), CELL MEMBRANE
(Green), RIBOSOMES (black), CYTOPLASM (brown), GENETIC MATERIAL (RED), FLAGELLUM (blue)
 Use your Bacteria Guided Notes, “Ticket Slip: Parts of a Bacteria Cell”, & HW sheets with diagrams
_____9. LAB: Draw and label the following types of bacteria: BACILLUS, COCCUS, SPIRILLIUM. Use your guided
notes and/or your lab for the pictures.
 Use your Bacteria Guided Notes, knowledge from Bacteria Structure Lab
_____10. Draw and explain how a bacteria multiplies by binary fission.
 Use the section “Reproduction in Bacteria” in your Bacteria Guided Notes
_____11. Describe 3 ways in which bacteria are helpful to people and the environment.
 Use your Bacteria Guided Notes, associated HW worksheets
_____12. Describe 3 ways in which bacteria are harmful to people and the environment.
 Use your Bacteria Guided Notes, associated HW worksheets & Bacterial Diseases Activity
_____13. Make a VENN DIAGRAM showing how bacteria and viruses are similar and different.
 Use your Comparison Table: Virus vs. Bacteria
_____14. Define the following terms:
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, Aerobic, Anaerobic, Antibiotics, Decomposer
 Use your Bacteria Guided Notes
_____15. Explain how bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics. This means the bacteria DOES NOT DIE
 Use the cartoon in your Bacteria Guided Notes
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