Microbiome Review Quiz

What can we understand from this pie graph?

• Both the mice with the normal gut and low-bacteria gut are likely to get sick.

• Mice with the normal gut are less likely to get sick because there is less room for the bacteria to grow.

• Mice with the low-bacteria gut are less likely to get sick because there is a lot of space.

• Both the mice with the normal gut and low-bacteria gut are not likely to get sick.

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What is a treatment that reduces the amount of harmful and helpful bacteria in the gut?

• Molecules

• C. Jejune

• Antibiotics

• Bacteria

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Why did the group of mice with spaces and gaps in their microbiome get sicker than the other group?

• Spaces in a microbiome allow bad bacteria like Salmonella or C.diff to grow and expand.

• They were sick mice when we started the experiment.

• They were supposed to get sick from Salmonella.

• Good bacteria weren't able to save them from C.diff.

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What are Bacteria?

• Tiny organisms that are made of many cells.

• Tiny organisms that are made of a single cell.

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TWO words fill in the blanks: The human body provides an environment (________& ________) for bacteria to survive.

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True or False: The human microbiome contains approximately 100 trillion microorganisms. Most of these are bacteria.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: A healthy microbiome has various _______ types of bacteria.

• helpful

• harmful

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Fill in the blank: An infection of__________ bacteria in the human microbiome can make a person sick.

• helpful

• harmful

What is a claim?

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports

• information about the natural world

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

A complete argument must have 3 elements. Which is the correct order to answer an investigation question?

• Evidence Claim Reasoning

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Reasoning Evidence Claim