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Leaving cert Biology

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What is the study of microorganisms called   Microbiology  
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A more common name for the kingdom Monera is ?   Bacteria  
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What type of habitat do bacteria live in   Aquatic and terrestrial  
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True or False, some bacteria can be found in in extreme conditions like , high temperatures, high pressure and low pH   True  
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Bacteria are one celled organisms, what term is given to this   Unicellular  
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True or False, all bacteria have a cell membrane and a cell wall   True  
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Sometime infoldings are present on the cell membrane to increase respiration, what are these called   Mesosomes  
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What is the cell wall made of   Sugar and Proteins  
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What is the function of the cell wall   Gives strength and stops it from bursting  
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For further protection, bacteria MAY have a semi-solid or slime layer present on the outside, what is this called   Capsule  
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Does a bacterial cell have a membrane around its nucleus   No  
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Some bacteria also have a DNA loop that are responsible for bacterial resistance to antibiotics, what are they called   Plasmids  
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What allows some bacteria to move   Flagella  
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What are the three shapes of bacteria   Rod, Cocci and Spiral  
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What do you call the method of reproduction in bacteria   Binary Fission  
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What is the first thing that happens in binary fission   DNA replicates  
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After DNA replicates, what happens   Cell elongates  
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After cell elongates, what happens   Cell divides  
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How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics   The evolve very fast and mutations are carried through to daughter cells  
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How can some bacteria survive harsh conditions   By forming endospores  
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What happens to the endospore when conditions become favourable again   Tough wall absorbs water and breaks down and then binary fission occurs  
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True or False. Endospores can withstand lack of food and water, high temperatures and most poisons   True  
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What is the term used to describe how an organism makes its own food   Autotrophic  
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What is the term used to describe how an organism makes its own food by using sunlight   Photosynthetic  
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What is the term used to describe how an organism makes its own food by using energy from reactions   Chemosynthetic  
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What is the term used to describe how an organism takes in food made by other organisms   Heterotrophic  
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What is the term used to describe an organism that takes in food from dead organic matter   Saprophyte  
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What is the term used to describe an organism that takes in food from a live host   Parasite  
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What do you call the factors that slow down bacterial growth   Limiting factors  
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What is the optimum temperature of most bacteria   20 -30 C  
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What happens to bacteria if temperature is too high   They become denatured or some form spores  
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What happens to bacteria if temperature is too low   Slows down bacterial growth  
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Name the bacteria that require oxygen for respiration   Aerobic bacteria  
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Name the bacteria that do not require oxygen for respiration   Anaerobic bacteria  
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Name the type of bacteria that can respire with or without oxygen   Facultative anaerobes  
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Name the type of bacteria that can only respire on the absence of oxygen   Obligate anaerobes  
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What is the optimum pH for most bacteria   7  
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What happens if a bacteria is placed in an unsuitable pH   Enzymes become denatured  
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Name the process by which bacteria gain or lose water   Osmosis  
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If external solution has a higher solute concentration than bacterial cytoplasm, what happens to bacteria   Water moves out and bacteria becomes dehydrated  
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If external solution has a lower solute concentration than bacterial cytoplasm, what happens to bacteria   Water enters bacteria but wall prevents bursting  
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What happens most bacteria in high pressures   Bacterial wall bursts  
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Two economic benefits of bacteria   Makes yoghurt and cheese and products such as insulin  
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Two economic disadvantages of bacteria   Causes disease and food decay  
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What do you call bacteria that cause disease   Pathogen  
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What do you call compounds produced by microorganisms that stop the growth of, or kill, other microorganisms without damaging human tissue   Antibiotics  
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What do you call bacteria not affected by antibiotics   Antibiotic resistant bacteria  
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What do you call bacterial strains that are resistant to almost all known antibiotics   Multi-resistant bacteria  
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What do you call the first phase of bacterial growth on a growth curve   Lag phase  
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What happens in the lag phase   Bacteria adapt to their new environment  
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What do you call the phase where there is rapid bacterial growth   Log phase  
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What do you call the phase where there is no increase in bacterial numbers   Stationary phase  
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Why does bacterial growth slow down   Lack of food, space, moisture, oxygen  
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What do you call the phase where growth slows down   Decline phase  
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What do you call the phase where bacterial growth stops   Death phase  
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Some bacteria do not enter the death phase, instead they enter the survival phase, why is this   They form endospores  
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What is bioprocessing   The production of useful products using bacteria  
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What do you call the growth of microorganisms in a liquid medium   Fermentation  
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What are the two main methods of bacterial fermentation   Batch culture and Continuous flow culture  
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What do you call a small amount of organism used to start fermentation   Inoculum  
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What is batch culture   A fixed amount of nutrient is added to the inoculum in a bioreactor  
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In batch culture what phase do bacteria go through   Lag, log and stationary  
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After the stationary phase what happens in batch culture   Process is stopped and product formed  
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In continuous flow culture, what is continuously added to the bioreactor   Nutrients  
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Why is it called continuous flow   Bacteria, culture medium are continuously added and product is continuously removed  
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At what stage is bacterial growth maintained in continuous flow   Log phase  
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Which of the two fermentation processes is most commonly used   Batch culture  
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