Microorganisms Vocabulary

What is a microorganism?

• A small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

• A harmful bacteria or virus

• A complex multicellular organism

• A nonliving piece of genetic code

What does the term 'harmful' mean?

• Causing disease or injury

• Good or helpful

• Having only one cell

• Having more than one cell

What does the term 'beneficial' mean?

• Causing disease or injury

• Good or helpful

• Having only one cell

• Having more than one cell

What does the term 'unicellular' mean?

• A small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

• Causing disease or injury

• Having only one cell

• Having more than one cell

What does the term 'multicellular' mean?

• A small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

• Causing disease or injury

• Having only one cell

• Having more than one cell

What are fungi?

• The smallest and simplest type of organism; usually live in extreme environments

• Usually multicellular organisms that get food from other organisms

• Unicellular organisms that are more complex than bacteria

• Plant-like protists that produce their own food through photosynthesis

A unicellular organisms that are more complex than bacteria; maybe plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like.

• Protists

• Fungi

• Animal

• Probiotics

usually small organisms that live in water and are unable to swim against the current

• multicellular

• Plankton

• bacteria

• decomposers

plant-like protists that produce their own food through photosynthesis

• decomposers

• yeast

• pathogen

• algae

a unicellular fungus that can used to prepare some foods and drinks

• virus

• algae

• pathogen

• yeast