Who are the microorganisms?

Moulds, yeasts, protists, bacteria and viruses

An organism that feeds from organisms, causing them diseases

What is a saprophyte?

An organism that feeds on the remains of other living beings

HOW MANY microbes do we have in our body?

The 90% of your body cells are microbes

What is an endospore?

A bacterial protective structure in hostile environments

Why can't we consider VIRUSES as living microbes?

They can only survive inside a cell, parasitizing it

Are microorganisms dangerous or beneficial?

Some of them are beneficial and some of them are dangerous

How do bacteria REPRODUCE?

They used both of the previous processes

Long filaments that multicellular fungi use to feed

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MICROSCOPIC MONSTERS

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1
Who are the microorganisms?
Moulds, yeasts, protists, bacteria and viruses
Bacteria and viruses
Yeasts and algae
Bacteria and yeasts
2
What is a parasite?
1ºC students are an example of a parasite ;)
An organism that feeds from organisms, causing them diseases
An organism that feeds on the poo of other organisms
None of the options are correct
3
HOW MANY viruses can fit in the head of a pin?
150 million
5 million
1 million
500 million
4
What is a saprophyte?
An organism that feeds on the poo of other organisms
A type of yeast that lives in the bread
Only answers 2 and 3 are true
An organism that feeds on the remains of other living beings
5
NAME of the organisms that can not be seen with bare eyes?
Microorganisms
Germs
Microbes
All the answers are correct
6
WHAT is that dark stain that appears in the bread after several days?
A population of bacterias
A population of moulds
A population of viruses
A population of yeasts
7
HOW MANY microbes do we have in our body?
The 50% of your body cells are microbes
The 10% of your body cells are microbes
The 90% of your body cells are microbes
The 25% of your body cells are microbes
8
What is an endospore?
Reproductive cells (gametes) of bacteria
None of the answers are correct
It is a kind of bacteria
A bacterial protective structure in hostile environments
9
What kingdoms do microorganisms belong to?
Fungi and plants
Protist, moneran and fungi
Animal
Moneran and viruses
10
Why can't we consider VIRUSES as living microbes?
All the options are correct
They are too small
They can only survive inside a cell, parasitizing it
They can not perform any of the vital functions
11
Why are algae so important for us?
They are a source of food
They are used to create fertilisers for agriculture
They make much of the Earth's oxygen
All the answers are correct
12
Are microorganisms dangerous or beneficial?
They are PATHOGENS, they cause ilnesses such as meningitis
Some of them are beneficial and some of them are dangerous
All of them are beneficial.
13
How do bacteria REPRODUCE?
By a sexual process called conjugation
By an asexual process called bipartition
They can not reproduce
They used both of the previous processes
14
What is a hyphae?
the reproductive part of a mushroom
A very tasty mass of hundreds of fungi
A symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga
Long filaments that multicellular fungi use to feed

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