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 (a)  

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

(a)   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