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WEB QUEST
BACTERIA
(II.A.5.b)
(II.A.5.c)
**GOAL FOR THIS WEB QUEST:
To find out how Bacteria move?
Where do Bacteria live?
How do Bacteria reproduce?
How can Bacteria be helpful & harmful?
What are the characteristics of Bacteria?
**During this webquest you will visit various websites in order to answer questions about Bacteria. The information you find during your research should be placed in your science notebook. During our study of Bacteria you will use the information to expand your knowledge and skills on this topic.
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA
Use the following websites to answer the questions below.
Bacteria
Bacteria Museum
Counting Bacteria
Spirochetes
Microbes
Bacteria
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. What do Bacteria look like?
2. What are the 3 shapes of Bacteria?
3. How are Bacteria classified?
4. Name the 3 classes of Bacteria?
5. Where are Bacteria located? List 10 places.
6. How many Bacteria live on Earth?
7. How quickly do Bacteria reproduce?
8. What do Bacteria eat?
9. How do Bacteria take in their food?
HELPFUL BACTERIA
Use the following websites to answer the questions below:
Microbes
Microbe Function
Bacteria
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
10. Name several Bacteria that are helpful.
11. How are Bacteria helpful to humans?
12. Give examples of how Bacteria are helpful to humans.
13. How do Bacteria help plants?
HARMFUL BACTERIA
Use the following websites to answer the questions below:
Bacterial Pathogens
Streptococcal Disease
Foodbourne Microorganisms
Food Poisoning
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
14. What is Pathogenic Bacteria?
15. Where do harmful Bacteria usually live?
16. How does Bacteria cause food poisoning?
17. Give an example of how Bacteria causes disease.
18. How are disease caused by Bacteria spread?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
19. What is the single most surprising fact you learned about Bacteria?
20. How have your ideas about Bacteria changed?
21. Draw a Venn Diagram comparing helpful & harmful Bacteria.
22. What does it mean when Bacteria is resistant to antibiotics?
23. Based on your findings why do you think bacteria may become resistant?
24. Why is it important for scientist to continue to study Bacteria in various aspects?
OTHER COOL STUFF TO DO WITH BACTERIA:
Bacteria Question
At Home Experiment
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