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Question 1

Which could best be used to explain why bacteria can infect a person very quickly?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

binary fission

Question 2

Which type of bacteria can be found in pairs, chains, squares of four, cubes of eight, or grapelike clusters?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

coccus

Question 3

Which form of bacteria is matched correctly to its description?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

coccus—can cause MRSA and has a round shape

Question 4

Which series lists the correct order of steps of binary fission from first to last?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

DNA is copied → DNA molecules attach to cell membrane → cell membrane elongates and pinches off → two identical cells are produced

Question 5

What is the advantage of genetic recombination as a mode of reproduction in bacteria?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

greater genetic variation

Question 6

Which bacterial form can be curved like a spiral, thick and rigid, or thin and flexible?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

spirillum

Question 7

Fast reproduction by binary fission enables bacteria to

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cause infections in other organisms.

Question 8

Which correctly describes a process that occurs in bacteria?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

In binary fission, the two new cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic.

Question 9

Which mode of genetic recombination is matched correctly with its description?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

transduction—virus transfers genes from one bacteria to another

Question 10

Which type of bacterial reproduction involves the donation of a single strand of plasmid DNA from one bacterial cell to another?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

conjugation

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