Intro to Microbiome

What is a microbe?

• Organism that are huge and live inside of us

• Organisms that are so small they can only be seen under a microscope

• A population of the microbiome

• A bad virus

The microbiome is...

• a population of microbes living in a particular environment

• 1 microbe living in a particular environment

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Microbes can live individually or cluster together in communities?

• True

• False

A large number of _____________ make up the gut microbiome?

Microbes live in the gut microbiome to help keep us healthy

• False

• True

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Where hosts the largest microbe community that make up the gut microbiome?

• Oesophagus

• Leg

• Intestines

• Pancreas

The roles of the microbiome in the gut are...

• Help develop our intestine function, help digest food, maintain a well-balanced immune system, help release certain hormones and vitamins, take energy and nutrients from our ingested food, provide a barrier against harmful germs in our intestine

• Develop a function intestine, take energy and nutrients from our ingested food, help digest food

• Develop a function intestine, release certain hormones and vitamins, take energy from ingested food, provide a community of infection cells, make bad bacteria to harm our microbiome

• Take energy and nutrients from our ingested food, maintain a well-balanced immune system, help release hormones and vitamins, help digest food

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Our gut microbiome starts when we are a teenager

• False

• True

What is a microbiome influenced by?

• Diet

• Genetics

• Our environment

• All of the above

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Big changes in the gut microbiome size can lead to... (check the correct answers)

• Healthy immune system

• Diabetes

• Keep us healthy

• Obesity