Kingdom Monera

Review Questions

1. What type of cell is found in the monera?

2. What are three common shapes of bacteria?

3. Be able to list all of the cellular features of the bacteria and their function

4. What is the difference between a gram + and gram - bacteria?  Why are they different colors?

5. Distinguish between the different nutritional modes of the different bacteria.

6. How do bacteria divide?

7. How might they exchange genetic material between one another?

8. Be able to label a diagram of a bacterial cell.

9. What roles do bacteria play in the ecosystem?

10. What is an exotoxin? endotoxin/

11. How do antibiotics work?  Why is antibiotic resistance becoming a problem?

12. What are the differences between archaebacteria and eubacteria?