Fungi, Protozoa , Bacteria and Viruses

Question 1

How many types of microbes are there?

Answer 1

Four (MAIN) types

Question 2

Fungi

Answer 2

Single celled, can invade cells and absorb nutrients, can live on decaying surfaces or in living tissue.

Question 3

Protozoa

Answer 3

Single-celled, larger than viruses and bacteria, absorbs nutrients from surroundings

Question 4

What causes malaria and amoebic dysentery?

Answer 4

Protozoa

Question 5

Bacteria

Answer 5

Single - celled, lives between cells, grows very quickly (under the right conditions)

Question 6

What leads to food poisoning?

Answer 6

Bacteria

Question 7

What causes diseases such as cholera and pneumonia?

Answer 7

Bacteria

Question 8

Viruses

Answer 8

Lives inside other cells, invades then destroys cells, responsible for many diseases

Question 9

Are viruses technically living things?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Superbugs

Answer 10

Particular strain of microorganisms that is resistant to treatments like antibiotics, may be possible to treat superbugs more effectively but we should consider how we can prevent the spread of superbugs

Question 11

What are superbugs resistant to?

Answer 11

Treatments like antibiotics

Question 12

Where does bacteria live?

Answer 12

Between cells

Question 13

Where do viruses live?

Answer 13

Inside other cells

Question 14

Which microbe is larger than viruses and bacteria?

Answer 14

Protozoa