Kingdom Monera

These are one-celled organisms whose cells have no membrane-bound nuclei and organelles. What are these?

What are the most numerous organisms?

How many are the estimated bacteria in a grain of garden soil.

Kingdom Monera are ___-______ and are ___________. A moneran does not contain a _______.

What are examples of living things that belong to kingdom Monera?

Bacteria were not discovered until the late 1600s. Who had found them by accident?

Who makes microscopes as a hobby?

Bacteria are found in _____, ___, and the upper layers of ____.

_____ are spherical bacteria;_______ are rod-shaped; and ________ which are spiral-shaped bacteria.

Most bacteria are ____________. These are organisms that feed on both living and dead organisms. What is this?

Some bacteria are _________. These are organisms that feed on living organisms. What is this?

These bacteria can cause infections in humans, animals, and plants.

What bacteria feeds on dead organisms?

What are organisms that can make their own food?

Some bacteria form _________. What is a spherical structure that has a thick outer coat?

_________ protect some bacteria from boiling water and disinfectants.

This process is called ______________. During this process, most of the bacteria present in milk that can cause it to spoil are quickly destroyed.

What is a disease that the bacterium Clostridium botulinum causes? This bacterium can thrive in improperly sealed canned goods.

What does not need oxygen to survive? People infected with this bacterium suffer food poisoning.

What is a serious, often fatal disease?

What are others diseases that bacteria may cause?

What are chemicals that destroy or weaken disease-causing bacteria?

_______ is an animal disease caused by bacteria that attack large farm animals. ___________ can prevent contraction of this disease.

This is a disease of apple and pear trees, and soft rot–a disease of vegetables, are also caused by bacteria. What is this?