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Microorganisms friend and foe

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Question 1: Penicillin was discovered by

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Robert Brown

2.

Question 2: Cold, influenza and most cough are caused by ___?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

Fungi

d)

None of these

3.

Question 3: Antibiotics

a)

kill disease-causing microorganisms

b)

slow down the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

c)

convert sugar into alcohol

d)

speed up the growth of micoorganisms

4.

Question 5: The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol is known as ...

a)

Budding

b)

Fusion

c)

Fermentation

d)

Fixation

5.

Question 6: Consumption of food spoiled by some micro-organisms causes ____.

a)

Food-poisoning

b)

Cancer

c)

Lungs

d)

None of these

6.

Question 8: Conversion of nitrogen to ammonia is

a)

nitrification

b)

phosphorylation

c)

denitrification

d)

nitrogen fixation

7.

Question 9: The microorganisms that cause diseases in human beings, plants and animals are called _

a)

Carriers

b)

Spirogyra

c)

Pathogens

d)

Antibodies

8.

Question 10: Who discovered Fermentation ?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Selman Waksman

9.
A preparation of weakened or killed pathogens.
a)
Bacteria
b)
Antibiotic Resistance
c)
Vaccine
d)
Capsid
10.
Bacteria is known as ______________ in an ecosystem when feeding on dead organisms.
a)
decomposers
b)
herbivores
c)
pathogens
d)
infections
11.

Food preservation can not be done by

a)

adding salt

b)

adding sugar

c)

drying under the sun

d)

adding kerosene

12.
Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?
a)
Helpful
b)
Harmful
c)
Both
d)
Neither
13.
Yeast makes bread, rolls and cakes rise.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

What do you think microbe means ?

a)

A microorganism, or microbe, is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony of cells.

b)

It is a thing that enters the human body or an animal .

c)

It is an insect

d)

It is something that we found it in the ocean

15.

What science tool is used to view organisms too small to see with a magnifying lens?

a)

telescope

b)

binoculars

c)

microscope

d)

netherscope

16.

A bacteria responsible for curdling of milk is:

(a)  

17.
The smallest microorganism on earth is known as  _____________
a)
a virus
b)
bacteria
c)
algae
d)
fungi
18.

The algae that fixes atmospheric nitrogen from air and thus enriches the soil with nitrogenous compound for plants is

a)

Blue green algae

b)

Chlorella

c)

Diatoms

d)

Chlamydomonas

19.
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Protist
d)
Fungi
20.

Mushroom belongs to

a)

Algae

b)

Virus

c)

Fungi

d)

None of the above