Microbes

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What are the shapes of bacteria?

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Bacteria can look like spirals, rods, or balls.

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Which microbes are helpful in making cheese and yogurt?

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Bacteria are helpful in making cheese and yogurt.

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Arrange the sizes of microbes from smallest to largest: fungi, bacteria, viruses.

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Viruses, bacteria, fungi.

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What is Biotechnology?

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The use of microbes to make useful materials for humans.

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What type of diseases are caused by viruses?

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Examples include flu, chickenpox, and cold.

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What are microbes?

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Microbes are tiny organisms that can only be seen with a microscope.

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What is the role of fungi in the ecosystem?

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Fungi decompose organic matter and recycle nutrients.

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What is a virus?

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A virus is a tiny infectious agent that can only replicate inside a living host cell.

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How do bacteria reproduce?

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Bacteria reproduce asexually through a process called binary fission.

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What is the difference between bacteria and viruses?

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Bacteria are living cells that can reproduce on their own, while viruses need a host to replicate.