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Viruses, Bacteria and Archaea WebQuest
Directions: Go to http://www.microbeworld.org/types-of-microbes/viruses then answer the
following questions.
1. What is the one purpose for which viruses exist? _________________________________________
2. Where are viruses found? ______________________________________________________________
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3. How much smaller are viruses than bacteria? __________________________________________
4. How does a virus get its genetic material into a host cell? Be specific.
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5 -8. Describe each of the four viruses that the author thinks are noteworthy.
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Directions: Go to http://www.microbeworld.org/types-of-microbes/archaea or just click on
“archaea” in the menu on the left. Then answer the following questions.
9 – 11. Describe the three main types of archaea.
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12. What do archaea look like? __________________________________________________________
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13. What do archaea eat? ______________________________________________________________
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14. Where are archaea found? Be specific.
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15. How is it that archaeans are more closely related to humans than bacteria?
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16 -20. Describe each of the five types of archaeans that the author thinks are noteworthy.
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Directions: Go to http://www.microbeworld.org/types-of-microbes/bacteria or just click on
“bacteria” in the menu at the left. Then answer the following questions.
21. Which two types of organisms being studied today are prokaryotes?
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22. How long have bacteria been on Earth? ______________________________________________
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23. What are the three shapes of bacteria? _______________________________________________
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24. What do bacteria eat? _______________________________________________________________
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25 – 28. Describe each of the four ways in which bacteria can move. Be specific.
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29 - 33. Describe the four types of bacteria that the author deemed noteworthy.
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