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VENVB BIO8 BASELINE TEST AUG8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The smallest unit of life is ____

a)

a protist

b)

an atom

c)

bacteria

d)

a cell

2.
Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?
a)
Helpful
b)
Harmful
c)
Both
d)
Neither
3.

What is a cell?

a)

Is a smallest part of living thing

b)

Fiber

c)

Nutrients

d)

Wastes

4.

Which is the smallest of all microorganisms?

a)

Algae

b)

Fungi

c)

Virus

d)

Bacteria

5.
What type of instrument would you use to look at cells?
a)
Telescope
b)
Giroscope
c)
Microscope
d)
None of the above
6.

Yeast is a type of ____________ that people use to make bread.

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungus

c)

Virus

d)

Protist

7.

Which of these is an example of an antibiotic?

a)

Pencillin

b)

Tylenol

c)

Advil

d)

Tumms

8.

_____ kill or stop the growth of germs

a)

Antibodies

b)

Vaccines

c)

Antibiotics

9.
 Viruses can reproduce (replicate) on a surface (ex: table, chair, etc.)
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which of these would be considered a decomposer?
a)
Algae
b)
Fungi
c)
Wolf
d)
Tree
11.
What does the word Pseudo mean?
a)
Large
b)
Small
c)
Real
d)
Fake
12.
Fungi that live off of a host and harm that host are said to be...
a)
Saprophytic
b)
Symbiotic
c)
Parasitic
d)
Decomposers
13.
What is the main purpose for eating?
a)
To end hunger
b)
To undergo photosynthesis
c)
To get energy
d)
To produce glucose
14.
Without plants, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would...
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Stay the same
d)
Plants have nothing to do with carbon dioxide
15.
Bacilli bacteria are what shape?
a)
spiral
b)
rod
c)
round
16.
What are these images?
a)
Shapes of viruses
b)
Shapes of bacteria
c)
Shapes of protists
d)
Shapes of fungi
17.
Mold helps dead things (plants, animals)...
a)
Grow
b)
Decay
c)
Sleep
d)
Reproduce
18.
Another name for a microorganism is ____________________________
a)
microscope
b)
microbe
c)
microprocessor
d)
microchip
19.
Which of the following is NOT a category of microorganisms?
a)
animals
b)
bacteria
c)
fungi
d)
viruses
20.

Karen wants to make a soft bread for her daughter for breakfast.

Which microorganism is used?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Mucor

c)

Protozoa

d)

Yeast