Read each question and choose the correct answer.

1. Rod-shaped bacteria are called _____ ?

bacilli
cocci

2. Most bacteria reproduce by _____ ?

endospores
binary fission

3. Bacterial Infections can be treated with _____ ?

antibiotics
bioremediation

4. A virus needs a _____ to reproduce

crystal
host

5. Without _____ bacteria life on earth could not exist.

pathogenic
nitrogen-fixing

6. _____ make their own food.

Consumers
Producers

7. Bacteria are used for all of the following except

making certain foods
making antibiotics
cleaning up oil spills
preserving fruit

8. In the lytic cycle

the host cell is destroyed
the host cell destroys the virus
the host cell becomes a virus
the host cell undergoes cell division

9. A bacterial cell

is an endospore
has a loop of DNA
has a distinct nucleus
is a eukaryote

10. Bacteria are important to the planet as

decomposers of dead organic matter.
producers of nitrogen.
makers of medicine.
All of the above.