Here's a quick self test to see if you were paying attention to the things on this page.  No looking back on the page!!! That's cheating!  To see the answers, highlight the area below the question with 2 hyphens.
 

1. Bacteria are unicellular. (true or false)
          --true   --
2. Bacteria reproduce by ____________.
--Binary Fission--
3. How do bacteria usually move?
--by flagella mostly. (secreting slime or axial filaments would be right too)--
4. When the living conditions become too harsh to withstand for the bacteria, it can develop a tough, protecting wall around its DNA called a ___________.
--endospore--
5. The equivalent structure of #4 for blue-green algae.
              --akinete--
6. What is the other name for blue-green algae?
                  --Cyanobacteria--
7. Bacteria that need oxygen to survive are called ___________.
--aerobes--
8. All bacteria also need ____________, sulfur, phosphorus, inorganic salts, and micronutrients.
                 --nitrogen--
9. To get energy from molecules such as sugars, bacteria must use ____________ or cellular respiration.
                                  --fermentation--
10. Name 2 ways bacteria are important to the economy.
--production of cheese, buttermilk, tanning of hides, sewage treatment, antibiotics, and digestion in cows are all good examples--
 

How did you do?  If you got 8 or more right, then I think that you've been paying good attention.  If you got 4 or less right, you probably didn't even read the page…