Microorganisms: friend and foe quiz

Name the groups in which microorganisms are broadly classified.

• yeast

• fungi

• protozoa

• algae

What helps in the rise of bread or dosa dough?

• Heat

• Grinding

• Growth of yeast cells

• Low pressure

The disease caused by protozoa is

• tuberculosis

• polio

• typhoid

• malaria

The process of putting a vaccine inside the body of a person in order to produce immunity against some disease is called ___________

(if you put the answer right but came wrong then the word could contain capital letters)

________ is the ability of a body to develop resistance against diseases.

Whenever any harmful disease-causing microorganism enters the human body, the body produces substances to fight with the entered microbe. It is called

• Antibodies

• Tuberculosis

• Algae

• Fungi

Which of the following is not used as food preservatives?

• Salt

• Sugar

• Vinegar

• Methane

Fungi consist of two main groups of organisms ………….. and moulds.

• Yeast

• Algae

• Bread

• None of these options

Microorganisms can be found only in air and water.

• True

• False

Protozoa cause diseases like dysentery and malaria.

• True

• False