Bacteria Fun Facts

True or False?
Less than 1% of known bacteria make people sick.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which shape below do bacteria NOT come in?

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The average office desk has ____X the amount of bacteria on it as a toilet seat.

• 10

• 100

• 400

• 800

Every square inch of the human body has about _____ bacteria on it.

• 1 million

• 32 million

• 13,000

• 7 billion

Scientists estimate that bacteria produce half the _____ in the world

• illnesses

• oxygen

• compost

• sugar

On average, every adult human has about ___ of bacteria in and on their bodies

• 2-6 pounds

• 1 pount

• 10-12 pounds

• 5 ounces

Which statement is FALSE?

• The good bacteria in your gut right now will also eat you when you die

• Wearing headphones decreases the amount of bacteria in your ears

• The angler fish glows because it has luminescent bacteria on its face

Which statement is FALSE?

• The avg. belly button is home to 60-100 different species of bacteria, fungi and yeast

• Your mouth is home to 600-700 different species of bacteria

• Microorganisms cause the smell of rain

• Bacteria love growing in honey because of all the sugar

Which food below is NOT made using bacteria

• ketchup

• sauerkraut

• cheese

• dried meat

The largest known bacteria is about the size of

• a red blood cell

• a chloroplast

• the eraser on your pencil

• a period at the end of a sentence