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WorksheetsMicrobes
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Name the four types of microbes.
a)
pizza, burgers, tacos, and fries
b)
bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa
c)
bacteria, viruses, a fun guy, prototype
d)
germs, bacteria, antibiotics, protozoa
2.
Which microbe would be considered the smallest and can cause a cold or the flu?
a)
Tick
b)
Bacterium
c)
Virus
d)
Germ
3.
Which type of microbe comes in various shapes such as rods and spirals and causes strep throat?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protozoa
c)
Virus
d)
Fungi
4.
Which type of microbe lives and grows like plants and can cause athlete’s foot?
a)
Protozoa
b)
Virus
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
5.
Which type of microbe can move without help and lives in stale, stagnant (dirty) water?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Fungi
d)
Protozoa
6.
What are the four ways in which microbes are spread?
a)
touch, food, water, insects & animals
b)
touch, sight, taste, hearing, smell
c)
jumping, leaping, hopping, skipping
d)
touch, food, drink, oxygen
7.
What does the word “transmitted” mean?
a)
spoken
b)
thrown
c)
spread
d)
read
8.
Name one way in which microbes can enter the body through the circulatory system.
a)
Enter through a cut
b)
Enter through a wound
c)
Enter through a bite
d)
All of the above
9.
Name one way in which microbes can enter the body through the respiratory system.
a)
People breathe microbes
b)
People touch their ears with dirty hands
10.
A ____________________ is an organism that is so small that it is invisible to the naked eye, or microscopic (can only be seen with a microscope).
a)
cell
b)
microbe/microorganism
c)
molecule
d)
speck
11.
An organism with only one cell is called ________________________________.
a)
multi-celled
b)
duracell
c)
single-celled
d)
slow
12.
_________________________ means “of a kind likely to be damaging”.
a)
beneficial
b)
harmful
13.
_________________________means “producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous; helpful; useful.”
a)
beneficial
b)
harmful
14.
A _________________________________ is an instrument used to magnify objects that are hard to see or invisible to the naked eye.
a)
telescope
b)
stethoscope
c)
endoscope
d)
microscope
15.
All microbes are harmful.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
A _________________________________ is an individual form of life, such as a bacterium, fungus, plant or animal that is capable of growing and reproducing.
a)
organism
b)
organ
c)
organelle
d)
organic
17.
Microbes are found everywhere in nature.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Some microscopes are used to make food.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Eukaryotes have a cell nucleus.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Most microbes can be seen with the naked eye.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Microbes can enter your body while swimming.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
You can breathe in microbes.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Microbes kill healthy cells by subtracting inside the cell until it breaks open and dies.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What are some things you can do to keep from getting sick?
a)
Wash your hands
b)
Clean and cover wounds with a band-aid
c)
Cook your food thoroughly
d)
All of the above
25.
What are TWO examples of how microbes can help us.
a)
Make bread dough rise & make yogurt
b)
Cramp your stomach & give you gas
c)
Make your hair shiny & clear up acne
d)
None of these
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