Nutrition in Bacteria (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What are the two main nutritional types of bacteria?
What are the two main nutritional types of bacteria?
Autotrophic and heterotrophic
What does autotrophic mean?
What does autotrophic mean?
Organisms that produce their own food
What does heterotrophic mean?
What does heterotrophic mean?
Cannot make food, uses food from others
Where is chlorophyll located in photosynthetic bacteria?
Where is chlorophyll located in photosynthetic bacteria?
On their membranes
What is an example of a photosynthetic bacterium?
What is an example of a photosynthetic bacterium?
Purple sulphur bacteria
How do chemosynthetic bacteria produce food?
How do chemosynthetic bacteria produce food?
Using energy from chemical reactions
What do nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into?
What do nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into?
Nitrates
What do saprophytic bacteria feed on?
What do saprophytic bacteria feed on?
Dead organisms
What do parasitic bacteria do?
What do parasitic bacteria do?
Live in/on organisms and cause harm
What type of bacterium is streptococcus?
What type of bacterium is streptococcus?
Parasite