Lesson Five - The Fungi Experiment

Question 1

What is the largest living organism on earth?

Answer 1

A type of Fungus! There are thousands of different types of species in the fungi kingdom.

Question 2

Fungi are not…

Answer 2

Bacteria, plants or animals. They are their own category of living organisms.

Question 3

Where do fungi live?

Answer 3

They are found all over the world, in water and land. They can be mushrooms, rust, mould and even a crusty toenail!

Question 4

Mould or Mold is what…

Answer 4

invisible microscopic mould spores are all around us, floating around the air. When it lands somewhere with the right conditions it starts to feed, grow and multiply. Mould grows on most surfaces, including dead matter and food.

Question 5

Yeast is another type of fungi?

Answer 5

Yep. Sure is! Yeast can be found in soil, leaves and even on your skin. It was the Ancient Egyptians who first started to use yeast to bake bread.

Question 6

Does Yeast breathe?

Answer 6

Like all living things, yeast respires the gas carbon dioxide (Co2). Air bubbles in bread indicate that the yeast has been activated.

Question 7

Sir Alexander Fleming was the famous scientist that discovered what?

Answer 7

That some bacteria would not grow near certain mould. From this type of mould Fleming developed an antibiotic known as Penicillin.

Question 8

Some vocabulary from this lesson…

Answer 8

Fungus, Fungi, mould, mold, spores, hypothesis, conclusion, evaluate