Microorganisms - 3/2025

What does beneficial mean?

• Helpful

• Harmful

• Any living thing

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What does harmful mean?

• can cause harm

• helpful or beneficial

• any living thing

What are living things that are too small to be seen without magnification?

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Microorganisms

• Organisms

Which word best completes the sentence?

_________ are any living thing.

• Microorganisms

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Organisms

What are single-celled microorganisms that can live in many different environments, including inside people and animals?

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Microorganisms

• Organisms

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What are typically harmful microorganisms that rely

on another organism to survive?

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Microorganisms

• Organisms

What prevents growth and destroys bacteria that makes us sick?

• Antibiotic

• Algae

• Fungus

• Probiotic

Choose the word to best complete the sentence.

What increases the good bacteria to help the digestive system?

• Antibiotic

• Algae

• Fungus

• Probiotic

What are different water microorganisms that can be both

harmful and helpful?

• Antibiotic

• Algae

• Fungus

• Probiotic

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Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

_______ includes molds, yeast, and mushrooms.

• Antibiotic

• Algae

• Fungus

• Probiotic

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