Name _____________________________________________________________________________
Microorganisms Lecture Questions
1. Define microorganism.
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2. Bacteria are made up of how many cells?
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3. Bacteria are found __________________________________________.
4. Identify the three shapes of bacteria.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
5. A producer…
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6. A consumer…
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7. List two beneficial uses of bacteria.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
8. List eight foods made using bacteria.
a. __________________________
e. __________________________
b. __________________________
f. __________________________
c. __________________________
g. __________________________
d. __________________________
h. __________________________
9. What percentage of bacteria cause diseases?
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10. List three ways we get diseases.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
11. List four examples of bacterial diseases.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
12. List six ways to prevent diseases.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________________
f. __________________________________________________________________________
13. Complete the table.
Protist
Shape
Color
How it
Moves
Consumer/Producer
Amoeba
Paramecium
Euglena
Algae
14. List four benefits of algae.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
15. List four foods or ways algae are used in food production.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
16. List five characteristics of fungi.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________________
17. List three examples of fungi.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
18. List three beneficial uses of fungi.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
19. List five foods made using fungi.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________________
20. Fung cause __________% of all crop diseases.
21. List three examples of diseases caused by fungi.
a. __________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________
Microorganisms Lecture Questions - Key
1. Define microorganism.
Example - It is a living thing too small to see without a microscope.
2. Bacteria are made up of how many cells?
Single-celled
3. Bacteria are found __________________________________________.
Everywhere
4. Identify the three shapes of bacteria.
Rod, round, spiral
5. A producer…
Makes its own food.
6. A consumer…
Finds its food and eats (consumes) it.
7. List two beneficial uses of bacteria.
Fixes nitrogen, gets minerals from ore, makes antibiotics, and makes
detergents and cleaners.
8. List eight foods made using bacteria.
Yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, olives, chocolate, cheese, soy sauce,
vinegar.
9. What percentage of bacteria cause diseases?
Less than 1%
10. List three ways we get diseases.
Through air (breathe in), Through touch, Eating contaminated food.
11. List four examples of bacterial diseases.
Dental caries (cavities), Strep throat, Salmonella, Typhoid fever.
12. List six ways to prevent diseases.
Vaccinations, antibiotics, regularly washing your hands, cook
food properly, store food properly, and cover mouth when sneezing.
13. Complete the table.
Protist
Shape
Amoeba
Paramecium
Euglena
Algae
Irregular
Oval
Oval
No
specific
shape
Color
How it
Consumer/Producer
Moves
Clear
Pseudopods
Consumer
Translucent
Cilia
Consumer
Green
Flagellum Consumer/Producer
Green
Go-withProducer
the-flow
14. List four benefits of algae.
Livestock feed, cosmetics, prescription drug production, identifying
possible environmental problems.
15. List four foods or ways algae are used in food production.
Sushi, ice cream, salad dressing (thickener), syrup (thickener)
16. List five characteristics of fungi.
Consumer, Must find and eat food, Eats by absorbing food,
Decomposer, Feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, Can
be from single-celled to largest organism alive, Can’t move.
17. List three examples of fungi.
Mushrooms, truffles, lichen
18. List three beneficial uses of fungi.
Used to make chemicals used in manufacturing, Produce antibiotics
(example – penicillin), and Clean the environment.
19. List five foods made using fungi.
Cheese, Mushrooms, Yeast, Truffles, Soy sauce
20. Fung cause __________% of all crop diseases.
70
21. List three examples of diseases caused by fungi.
Respiratory (lung) diseases (example – pneumonia), Athlete’s foot,
Ringworm