Science,Bio - Microbes

Question 1

What does MRS GREN stand for?

Answer 1

Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity

Growth
Reproduction
Excursion
Nutrition

Question 2

What is MRS GREN used to identify?

Answer 2

Whether something has a life or not

Question 3

Name a bacteria and how it is passed on…

Answer 3

Typhoid: Touch / food poisoning
HFMD: Direct contact
Chorea: drinking / eating contaminated food / water

Question 4

Name a bacteria and how it is passed on…

Answer 4

Typhoid: Touch / food poisoning
HFMD: Direct contact
Chorea: drinking / eating contaminated food / water

Question 5

Name a virus and how it is passed on…

Answer 5

Hepatitis C: passed directly through blood, injection through the same needle
Chicken Pox: Close personal contact

Question 6

Name a virus and how it is passed on…

Answer 6

Hepatitis C: passed directly through blood, injection through the same needle
Chicken Pox: Close personal contact

Question 7

Name a fungus and how it is passed…

Answer 7

Ringworm: spreads from head to head, using the same combs

Athletes foot: Spread through contact with an infected person. (Fungi infects the moist skin between your toes)

Question 8

Name a fungus and how it is passed…

Answer 8

Ringworm: spreads from head to head, using the same combs

Athletes foot: Spread through contact with an infected person. (Fungi infects the moist skin between your toes)

Question 9

What is a Vector?

Answer 9

A carrier of protozoa to the victims

Question 10

What is a protozoa?

Answer 10

• a microorganism that is alive
• acts like an animal
• feeds on smaller microorganisms and takes nutrients from their surroundings
• reproduce itself when in a host
• releases chemicals into the body

Question 11

What is Pasteurization?

Answer 11

Boiling a drink to kill the bacteria