5th Grade Microbes

What is a Microorganism?

• living thing you need a microscope to see.

• just a germ

• a living thing you need a telescope for

• a small thing inside your body

Mark all that are microbes.

• Antibiotics

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Virus

Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?

• Both

• Harmful

• Helpful

• Bad

Bacteria are...

• prokaryotic cells. They are living organisms that can survive independently and be helpful or harmful to humans.

• eukaryotic cells that have DNA in a nucleus.

• microorganisms that need a host to get nutrients from.

• a microbe that contains only DNA. It must have another living organism/cell to duplicate and survive

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Which statement is NOT true?

• Microorganisms help dead things decay

• Microorganisms cause diseases.

• Microorganisms live ONLY in soil.

• Microorganisms are used to make cheese and yogurt.

The flu, small pox and chicken pox are all forms of _________________ that cannot survive on their own.

• fungi

• viruses

• bacteria

• algae

Select all that apply: Characteristics of bacteria are

• Killed by antibiotics

• shaped like rods, spirls, cocci

• harmful

• dead or weakened creature that make us sick

Antibiotics are...

• something we make inside our bodies to kill bacteria.

• chemicals used to kill bacteria and their infections.

• medicine we use to kill viruses.

• things that help bacteria grow.

True or False: Antibiotic resistance is a good thing.

• True

• False

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Complete the sentence: Antibiotic resistant _____________

• bacteria are easy to kill using any antibiotic.

• virus and bacteria are prevented by vaccines.

• bacteria are difficult to kill without harming humans.