Microorganisms

Question 1

Decribe the macroscopic view?

Answer 1

this is what we can see with the naked eye.

Question 2

Describe the microscopic view

Answer 2

this is a view of an object under a microscope.

Question 3

what are the 5 groups that organisms are classified under called as a collective?

Answer 3

the 5 kingdoms

Question 4

What are the names of the five different groups?

Question 5

what are microorganisms?

Answer 5

these are organism that we cannot see with out naked eye and only under a microscope.

Question 6

give examples of microorganisms.

Answer 6

Viruses, bacteria, protists and fungi

Question 7

what is a microbiologists?

Answer 7

these are scientists that study micro organisms.

Question 8

Are Microorganisms living or non-living?

Answer 8

they are living and we a know this because they grow as time passes.

Question 9

what are viruses?

Answer 9

these are extremely small microorganisms which can only be seen using an electron microscope.

Question 10

what are viruses?

Answer 10

these are extremely small microorganisms which can only be seen using an electron microscope.

Question 11

When do viruses become active?

Answer 11

they only become active once in contact with a cell of living things.

Question 12

what can viruses be described as and what do they attack?

Answer 12

they can be described as parasites and they attack protists, plants and animals.

Question 13

what are bacteria?

Answer 13

micro-organisms that are made up of only one cell.

Question 14

what are the possible shapes of bacteria?

Answer 14

they are round, rod-shaped or spiral shaped

Question 15

what process are bacteria involved in that is needed by plants and what are these bacteria called?

Answer 15

The process they are involved in is called recycling minerals and these bacteria are called antibiotics

Question 16

TRUE OR FALSE?

All bacteria is good for plants and animals.

Answer 16

FALSE

There are harmful bacteria that can cause diseases

Question 17

Where can protists be found?

Answer 17

In water or in areas where it is moist.

Question 18

What is similar between protists and bacteria

Answer 18

they both consist of only one cell.

Question 19

what causes red tides?

Answer 19

an over population of red algae in sea water

Question 20

give two examples of protists(2)

Answer 20

Amoeba and Algae

Question 21

are fungi bigger or smaller than bacteria?

Answer 21

bigger

Question 22

provide a few examples of fungal species?

Answer 22

moulds, yeast, mushrooms and toadstools

Question 23

what do fungi do and what are they according to this function?

Answer 23

They are decomposers and they eat dead plants and animals.

Question 24

give an example of useful fungi (useful to people) and what is it used for?

Answer 24

penicillium, which is used to produce the antibiotic penicillin

Question 25

what are antibiotics used for?

Answer 25

they are used to kill bacteria

Question 26

What was the first antibiotic discovered?

Answer 26

penicillin

Question 27

what unit of measurement is used to measure viruses?

Answer 27

micrometers which is equal to 1/1000 of millimeter.

Question 28

what the three processes that useful microorganisms are involved in?

Answer 28

1. Recycling nutrients
2. Fermentation
3. the manufacturing of anitibiotics

Question 29

if microorganisms recycle nutrients what can they be known as? and what do they do?

Answer 29

Decomposers, which break down waste and dead organic matter and thus recycle nutrients into the soil.

Question 30

define fermentation

Answer 30

The process of changing carbohydrates into acids, alcohols and carbon dioxide.

Question 31

Define antibiotics

Answer 31

these are medicines that are used to treat infection caused by bacteria.

Question 32

who first discovered that the growth of mould could kill bacteria?

Answer 32

Alexander Fleming

Question 33

What chemical is produced by mould and what does this chemical do?

Answer 33

The chemical is called penicillin and it can kill bacteria.

Question 34

Give examples of diseases caused by harmful microorganisms

Answer 34

1. HIV and AIDS
2. Tuberculosis
3. Malaria
4. Waterborne diseases