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A NOT-SO-MICRO T RUE OR FALSE 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. False 7. True 8. False 9. True MICROFUNGUS
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Read the following statements about microbiology. Write “True” in front of all of the statements that are true, and write “False” in front of all of the statements that are false. PARASITE
1. ______ B acteria adapt to all environments and inhabit every environment on the planet earth. 2. ______ A ll bacteria cause harm to the human body. 3. ______ A pandoravirus is a virus that travels around the earth and infects all species. 4. ______ B acteria are single-celled microbes that include both good and bad germs. 5. ______ Bacteria reproduce through simple division. 6. ______ A hetertroph is self-feeding and makes its own food. 7. ______ Bacteria move or propel themselves through the use of flagella. 8. ______ Parasites are bacteria that attack their host and quickly destroy or kill it. 9. ______ B iofilm is a slimy mat of microbes that stick together on wet surfaces. 10. ______ T here are good and bad viruses. 11. ______ Penicillium is a lifesaving moldy fungus that kills nasty bacteria. 12. ______ T he microfungus that spoils fruit and bread is deadly if consumed. PENICILLUM
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12. Red Blood Cell 13. Gut Flora 14. Soil Bacteria 15. Plasmodium 16. Cya bacteria 1. White Blood Cells 2. HIV
17. Mycrobacterium tuberculosis 18. Probiotic
3. Helminth 4. Macrophage
19. E Coli 20. Paramecium
5. Penicillium 6. Streptococcus 7. Vaccine 8. Yeast 9. Bacteriophage 10. Goblet Cell 11. Ciliate
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W HO A M I ? Use the clues from Basher Science: Microbiology to figure out each miniature microbe. 1. _________________________
I travel alongside red blood cells and help keep the body healthy by fighting off bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
2. _________________________
I am the human immu deficiency virus that weakens the bodie’s self-defense system.
3. _________________________
I am a parasitic worm that lives inside the body.
4. _________________________
I am a white blood cell with a great memory and give the body long-term immunity against pathogens.
5. _________________________
I am the world’s most widely used antibiotic.
6. _________________________
I cause strep throat, meningitis, pink eye and impetigo but I can also be helpful to the Gut Flora.
7. _________________________
I am a weakened form of a pathogen. I prevent diseases or make them less serious.
8. _________________________
I convert sugars into carbon dioxide for baking.
9. _________________________
I am a bacteria killer.
10. _________________________
I live in the passageways inside the human body and produce mucus that traps bacteria.
11. _________________________
I am a wavy hair like cell that moves mucus throughout the body keeping it pathogen free.
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I carry oxygen around the body.
13. _________________________
I am the friendly bacteria that lives in the flexible food tubes of every human being.
14. _________________________
I turn i organic matter into plant food and kill crop-damaging bugs.
15. _________________________
I am a parasite that targets Red Blood Cells and cause malaria when transmitted by a mosquito.
16. _________________________
I am a photosynthesizing bacteria that lives mostly in the soil and water. Some people incorrectly call me “blue-green algae.”
17. _________________________
I cause TB which is a potentially fatal disease.
18. _________________________
I am a good bacteria that helps to keep your insides working.
19. _________________________
I am a strain of gut flora that passes to the body through contaminated food and can cause illness and even death.
20. _________________________
I am a single celled protist with cilia.
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B A C T ERIA?! ? Look at the names of some micro-bacteria below. Circle the bacteria that is helpful to the human body, and then cross off the ones you don’t want to invade your body.
1. Conan the Bacterium
10. Ebola Virus
2. Scabies
11. Halophile
3. Cryophile
12. Flu Virus
4. Impetigo
13. Slime Mold
5. Thermophile
14. Black Death
6. Ringworm 7. Antimicrobial Resistance 8. Acidophile 9. Taxoplasma Gondii
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