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9th-Cell Coloring - Prokaryote

A typical prokaryote cell lacks a nucleus and contains a cell wall, cell membrane, pilus, flagella, cytoplasm, ribosomes, circular DNA, and sometimes a plasmid. The cell wall protects the cell and gives it shape. The cell membrane regulates what enters and exits the cell. Ribosomes make proteins and DNA controls the cell's activities. Bacteria come in different shapes and sizes and some help with food production or decomposition while others can cause illnesses.

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9th-Cell Coloring - Prokaryote

A typical prokaryote cell lacks a nucleus and contains a cell wall, cell membrane, pilus, flagella, cytoplasm, ribosomes, circular DNA, and sometimes a plasmid. The cell wall protects the cell and gives it shape. The cell membrane regulates what enters and exits the cell. Ribosomes make proteins and DNA controls the cell's activities. Bacteria come in different shapes and sizes and some help with food production or decomposition while others can cause illnesses.

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Color a Typical Prokaryote Cell


A prokaryote is a unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus. Bacteria are
prokaryotes that fall into two major categories: the Kingdom Eubacteria and the Kingdom
Archaebacteria. Eubacteria are common types that occur all around us, usually they are on
surfaces and in the soil. You can only find Archaebacteria in extreme environments, like hot
sulfur springs. Archaebacteria are thought to be some of the oldest life forms on earth. Most
bacteria don't make their own food. That means they must rely on other organisms to provide
them with food. These bacteria break down, or decompose, other living things to obtain
energy.

When most people hear the word bacteria, they think of something that is bad for you. In fact,
very few bacteria cause illnesses. Some bacteria actually help you! Bacteria are used to make
food, such as cheese and yogurt, and they can also help us break down harmful substances in
the environment. Scientists created a type of bacteria that could gobble up oil from oil spills.
Some bacteria live inside the guts of animals and help them to digest food.

Unfortunately, there are many types of bacteria that can make us ill. Salmonella bacteria can cause food poisoning, and
certain types of bacteria are responsible for other infections. You might have had some experience with Streptococcus,
the bacteria that causes strep throat.

The instructions below describe a typical prokaryote cell, though many bacteria come in different shapes, and sizes and
not all contain some of the features described.

1. The cell wall protects the cell and gives it shape. It is the outermost layer on the image. Color the cell wall
purple.

2. On the inside of the cell wall is the cell membrane. Its job is to regulate what comes in and out of the cell.
Color the cell membrane pink.

3. The surface of some bacteria cells is covered in pilus, which helps the cell stick to surfaces. Color the pilus
light green.

4. Some bacteria can move within their environment by using structures called flagella, which resemble tails.
Color the flagella dark green.

5. The watery interior of the cell is called cytoplasm. Color the cytoplasm light blue.

6. Throughout the cytoplasm are tiny round structures called ribosomes. Ribosomes make proteins for the
cell. Color the ribosomes red.

7. Every prokaryote cell has a circular strand of DNA that floats within the cytoplasm. DNA contains the
instructions for the cell and controls the cell’s activities. Color the DNA yellow.

8. Many prokaryote cells have a small circular loop of DNA called a plasmid. The plasmid is used in sexual
reproduction. Color the plasmid orange.

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Questions:

1. What bacteria causes strep throat? _________________


2. What are the oldest life forms on earth? _________________
3. What bacteria is associated with food poisoning? _______________
4. What part of the bacteria cell helps it stick to surfaces? __________
5. Name two foods that are made with the help of bacteria:
_______________________________________
6. What does “decompose” mean? _______________________
7. What part of the bacteria cell helps it move? _______________
8. Where do Archaebacteria live? __________________
9 To what kingdom do common bacteria belong?
_____________________________________

10. What structure controls the cell’s activities? __________

11. What is the function of ribosomes? ______________________

12. What is the function of the cell membrane?

__________________________________________________

13. What is the watery environment that the DNA and ribosomes float
within?

________________________________________

14. Bacteria cells can come in different shapes, some of them even
form long chains. Streptococcus is a bacterium that is circular and
forms chains. The chains can be any number in length.

Staphylococcus is a bacterium that is also circular but occurs in clumps.


Draw how you would imagine staphylococcus would appear.

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