Harmful Microbes

Which microbe would be considered the smallest and can cause a cold or the flu?

• Tick
• Bacterium
• Virus
• Germ

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which type of microbe comes in various shapes such as rods and spirals and causes strep throat?

• Bacteria
• Protozoa
• Virus
• Fungi

Which type of microbe lives and grows like plants and can cause athlete’s foot?

• Protozoa
• Virus
• Fungi
• Bacteria

Name one way in which microbes can enter the body through the circulatory system.

• Enter through a cut
• Enter through a wound
• Enter through a bite
• All of the above

A ____________________ is an organism that is so small that it is invisible to the naked eye, or microscopic (can only be seen with a microscope).

• cell
• microbe/microorganism
• molecule
• speck

Good bacteria are also known as

• prokaryotes

• antibiotics

• probiotics

• microbes

___ such as penicillin are chemicals that can kill bacteria.

• Vaccines
• Antibiotics

The term "antibiotic resistant" refers to bacteria that ___.

• are resistant to a vaccine
• survive in the presence of an antibiotic
• are weakened and destroyed by antibiotics
• are dead or altered

Athletes foot is caused by this type of organism

• Bacteria
• Protists
• Fungi
• Virus

MRSA is a type of antibiotic resistant bacteria.  What health practice has caused new antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA?

• people eating more protein that causes bacteria to grow stronger
• people spending more time in the hospital so picking up bad bacteria
• using ultraviolet rays to kill bacteria...it mutates some of them
• too many antibiotics prescribed or people don't finish all their antibiotics prescriptions