microorganisms

They cause stomach illness or even death.

• Penicillin

• Athletes Foot

• Algae

• Salmonella / E Coli

A fungus that is usually located on your feet which causes skin disease.

• Ring Worm

• Athletes Foot

• E Coli

• Protozoa

Helpful in the making of bread.

• Penicillin

• Salmonella

• Yeast

• Fungi

Helps to digest the food in your stomach.

• Fungi

• Algae

• Yeast

• Bacteria

Helping in the making of yogurt and cheese.

• Yeast

• Penicillin

• Salmonella

• Bacteria

Which observation supports the claim that microorganisms are helpful to ecosystems?

• Microorganism are to small to been seen without special equipment.

• Microorganism need water and energy to survive.

• Millions of microorganism can often be found in soil.

• Microorganisms break down dead plants and animals, making nutrients available.

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Some microorganism are harmful when they enter other living things and cause living things to ______________.

• Grow quickly

• Get sick

• Reproduce

• Produce Energy

Organisms that live in the intestines of humans are helpful when they______________.

• Block nutrients that humans need.

• Help break down food for humans to use.

• Secrete chemicals that cause disease.

• Enter the bloodstream of humans.

A living thing that is too small to be seen without a microscope.

• Decomposer

• Health

• Microorganism

• Yeast

A scientific tool used to see small objects more clearly.

• Microorganism

• Decomposer

• Beneficial

• Microscope