ch8: categories of microorganisms

Question 1

micro organisms are?

Answer 1

tiny often one called organisms

Question 2

bacteria

Answer 2

bacterium is a single cell microorganism that reproduces rapidly and causes many different infections

Question 3

virus

Answer 3

a virus is a tiny microorganism that causes many infections and diseases, unlike bacteria viruses require living tissue to survive and grow, viruses are parasites

Question 4

fungi

Answer 4

a fungus is a microorganism that grows on or in animals and plants ; like yeast

Question 5

protozoa

Answer 5

is a single cell parasite that can be microscopic or large enough to see with a microscope : replicate rapidly inside a living host

Question 6

multi cellular parasites

Answer 6

organisms that cause infection and infestation like bed bugs, lice, scabies, or pinworms