Amplify Microbiome Chapter 1

What is the microbiome?

• The microbiome is a type of medication used to treat microbial infections.

• The microbiome is the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body.

• The microbiome is a term used to describe the study of microscopic organisms.

• The microbiome is a type of microscope used to study microorganisms.

organisms

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

• tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

• a claim supported by evidence

• living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria

microscopic

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• too small to be seen with the naked eye

• medicines that kill microorganisms, especially bacteria

• the tool scientists use to look at microorganisms

microorganism

• an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye

• living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria

• a claim supported by evidence

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

cells

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• the tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

scale

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• a claim supported by evidence

• the relative size of things

• an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye

Give an example of a unicellular cell.

• plant

• fungus

• bacteria

• virus

Which of the following accurately describes what happened between Day 1 and Day 5 in the petri dish where the scientist swabbed the hand for microorganisms?

• The microorganisms reproduced to form a colony. With so many of them, scientists can see them with the naked eye.

• The microorganisms grew larger, making it so scientists can see them with the naked eye.

• The microorganisms all died off, so scientists could not see any of them.

How can scientists see microorganisms in a lab?

• just look at them

• grow a culture in a petri dish

• shrink them to a size we can observe

Select all the statements that are true.

• All organisms are made of many cells.

• Cells come in different sizes and shapes.

• Some organisms are made of just one cell.

• All cells are the same size and shape.

• Most cells are too small to see with the naked eye.