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Biology
11th Grade
10/04/2012

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Term
What is the most group of Monerans?
Definition

Bacteria

 

Term
What term is used to indicate spherical bacteria?
Definition
Coccus
Term
What does the term "Staphylo" from Staphylococus?
Definition
When arranged in clusters
Term
Staphylococcus can cause?
Definition
Infection but not diseases
Term

What is the term for rod shaped BACteria

                                          BAC?

Definition
Bacillus
Term
when do Rod-shaped bacteria cause spores?
Definition
To help organisms survive periods of unfavorable conditions
Term
Some diseases caused by rod shaped bacteria is?
Definition
Chicken Pox, Small pox, tuberculosis, leprosy, typhoid fever, tetanus
Term
What are spiral shaped bacteria called?
Definition
Sprillium
Term
What viruses are caused by spiral shaped bacteria?
Definition
Cholera, Syphilis
Term
what orangisms may be smaller than mycoplasmas?
Definition
Viruses
Term
How are mycoplasma like VIRUSES?
Definition
Their resistance to anti-biotics Eg. penicillin
Term
How are mycoplasma like BACTERIA
Definition
Cotains Dna and Rna, does not need to be in a living cell to reproduce
Term
What diseases does mycoplasma cause?
Definition
Pneumonia, arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases
Term

How Rickettsias differ from bacteria?

                         

Definition
Smaller, must be in a living cell to reproduce
Term

What diseases do Rickettisias cause?

RMSF

Definition
"Rocky Mounted Spotted Fever"
Term

Another name for blue-green algae?

 

Definition
Gleocapsa
Term
What method do Gleocapsa (algae) use to obtain nutrients
Definition
through chloropyll, they get their food through photosynthesis
Term
Algae covered rocks are slippery because
Definition
they have a gelatin like layers that keep them from drying out
Term
two types of cells in Nostoc?
Definition

yellow green vegetative (V) and

Heterocysts (H)

Term
Cluster of rods wil be called?
Definition
Staphylo
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