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Microbiome Unit Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: There are about 100 trillion microorganisms on and in our bodies.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which is NOT a microorganism?

a)

molecule

b)

bacteria

c)

eye lash mite

d)

e. coli

3.

True or False: The term naked eye means that we can see things with our normal eye and vision, without the use of a microscope.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How small are the microorganisms that live on and in the human body?

a)

visible to the naked eye

b)

small as ants

c)

microscopic

d)

tiny as a molecule

5.

A water molecule is smaller than which of the following?

a)

width of dna strand

b)

e.coli bacteria

c)

human blood cell

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

6.

True or False: a marble is a microorganism.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: All living things are made of cells.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: Some cells are unicellular.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How many molecules would fit onto one tiny dot?

a)

64,000

b)

20,000

c)

200,000

d)

540,000

10.

What is one way that we can see bacteria with our naked eye?

a)

microscope

b)

magnifying glass

c)

culture

d)

glasses

11.

Active Readers make sure to understand what they are reading. Which is not one of the guidelines used by Active Readers?

a)

Pay attention to your own understanding

b)

Annotate the text

c)

Examine all visual representations carefully

d)

Discuss what you read with others, after you read it

e)

Read the text only once and move on

12.

True or False: All living things that live, grow, and reproduce in one place make up a microbiome.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What does bacteria need in order to survive?

a)

food

b)

space

c)

food and space

d)

a weak microbiome

14.

True or False: Most of the microorganisms in the human microbiome are bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What bacteria showed up in Patient 23's gut during Week 7 of the case study?

a)

e.coli

b)

bacerium

c)

c.difficile

d)

salmonella

16.

What does a scientific argument begin with?

a)

question

b)

claim

c)

evidence

d)

reasoning

17.

Which is NOT part of a strong scientific argument?

a)

claim

b)

reasoning

c)

evidence

d)

one statement answering a question

18.

True or False: An infection in someone's microbiome will NOT make them sick.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Antibiotics can help cure people of illness but what else can it do?

a)

keep you sick

b)

kill the good bacteria

c)

cure you of anything and everything

d)

make you hallucinate

20.

What type of transplant did Patient 23 receive to cure him of the C.Difficile?

a)

organ

b)

minor

c)

fecal

d)

eye

21.

True or False: Our guts have a mucus that lines it, in order to protect it.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Which bacteria helps the gut produce mucus?

a)

c.difficile

b)

c.jejuni

c)

l.reuteri

d)

b.fragilis

23.

True or False: Bacteria from the fecal transplant can help the patient's body produce immune cells that kill invading bacteria.

a)

True

b)

Fale

24.

Why is Senator Naismith against the fecal transplant? Choose the best 2 answers.

a)

it will make people sick

b)

it will cure people

c)

poop is gross

d)

it provides the gut an opportunity to become healthy again

25.

What is the Evidence Gradient used for?

a)

to collect evidence

b)

to compare and evaluate pieces of evidence

c)

to report evidence

d)

to list evidence in no particular order