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Microbiome Vocab (AmplifyScience)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are antibiotics?

a)

medicines that kill microorganisms, especially bacteria

b)

tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

c)

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

d)

sickness caused by harmful microorganisms

2.

What are bacteria?

a)

tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

b)

all of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body

c)

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

d)

sickness caused by harmful microorganisms

3.

What are cells?

a)

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

b)

medicines that kill microorganisms, especially bacteria

c)

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

d)

sickness caused by harmful microorganisms

4.

What is a claim?

a)

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

b)

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

c)

the process of making clear how your evidence supports your reasoning

d)

a shelled sea-creature that is associated with pearls

5.

What is reasoning?

a)

the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

b)

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

c)

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

d)

something you put on food to make it flavorful

6.

What is evidence?

a)

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

b)

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

c)

the process of making clear how your claim supports your reasoning

d)

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

7.

What is a sickness caused by harmful microorganisms?

a)

an infection

b)

a microbiome

c)

an antibiotic

d)

population

8.

What is the name for all the microorganisms that live in a particular environment

a)

microbiome

b)

bacteria

c)

cells

d)

organisms

9.

What do you all an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye?

a)

a microorganism

b)

an organism

c)

evidence

d)

a giraffe

10.

What do you call something too small to be seen with the naked eye?

a)

microscopic

b)

infected

c)

populated

d)

reasonable

11.

What is another word for "a group of the same type of organism living in the same area?"

a)

population

b)

neighborhood

c)

claim

d)

scale

12.

What is another word for "living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria?"

a)

organisms

b)

population

c)

evidence

d)

scale

13.

What is the word for "the relative size of things?"

a)

scale

b)

family

c)

comparison

d)

large

14.

What is a scientific argument?

a)

a claim supported by evidence

b)

an opinion of a scientist

c)

a fact

d)

a reasonable guess (without evidence)