Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 1,000,000 500,000 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 300,000 175,000 100,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 5th Grade Topic 3 5th Grade Topic 4 5rd Grade Topic 5 5th Grade Topic 6 5th Grade Topic 7 5th Grade Topic 8 5th Grade Topic 9 5th Grade Topic 10 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 5th Grade Topic 1 Question What is a Microorganism? 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer A microorganism is a living singlecelled organism of microscopic size. Return 5th Grade Topic 2 Question What are bacteria? 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer Bacteria are the simplest living group of organisms and inhabit practically all environments. 5th Grade Topic 3 Question What are microbes? 5th Grade Topic 3 Answer Microbes are living organisms that can multiply on their own depending on the availability of water, nutrients, heat, and oxygen (or lack of oxygen). 5th Grade Topic 4 Question What does beneficial mean? 5th Grade Topic 4 Answer Something that is beneficial does something helpful or good. Example: Learning is beneficial to your future! 5th Grade Topic 5 Question What is penicillin? 5th Grade Topic 5 Answer Penicillin is an antibacterial antibiotic produced from fungi that fights disease. 5th Grade Topic 6 Question What are macroorganisms? 5th Grade Topic 6 Answer Macroorganisms can be seen with the naked eye. Organisms like fungi, are macroorganisms during certain stages of its life cycle, but are microorganisms at other stages. 5th Grade Topic 7 Question What are protists? 5th Grade Topic 7 Answer Protists are a group of single-celled organisms that are like plants because some make their own food, while others eat for nutrition. A protozoa is one example of a protist. 5th Grade Topic 8 Question What is disease? 5th Grade Topic 8 Answer Disease is an unhealthy condition in a human, animal, or plant that is caused by bacteria or infection. 5th Grade Topic 9 Question What are the 4 major types of germs? 5th Grade Topic 9 Answer Different diseases are caused by different microorganisms. The 4 major types of these disease causing microorganisms, or germs, are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. 5th Grade Topic 10 Question How can microorganisms be harmful? 5th Grade Topic 10 Answer Microorganisms can invade plants and animals and take over healthy cells and change them into unhealthy cells and cause disease. Million Dollar Question Grade Level 5 The topic is MICROORGANISM! 1,000,000 Question How are microorganisms beneficial to humans? 1,000,000 Answer Microorganisms work as decomposers and help break down decaying material. They also are used in foodmaking processes and can aid in human digestion. Return Thanks for Playing!