MICROORGANISMS
Microorganisms are so small that we usually need a _____ to see them.
A. telescope
B. microscope
C. ruler
B. microscope
In Week 1, Patient 23 felt:
A. normal
B. very sick
C. tired
A. normal
Antibiotics are used to fight:
A. bacterial infections
B. broken bones
C. allergies
A. bacterial infections
What is used in a fecal transplant?
A. Healthy donor stool
B. Blood
C. Saliva
D. Skin cells
A. Healthy donor stool
A proposed answer to a scientific question is called a ______.
A. claim
B. variable
C. graph
A. claim
Which is a microorganism?
A. Bacteria
B. Dog
C. Tree
A. Bacteria
Which harmful bacteria appeared when Patient 23 became sick in Week 3?
A. C. jejuni
B. L. reuteri
C. yeast
A. C. jejuni
Antibiotics can kill:
A. only harmful bacteria
B. helpful and harmful bacteria
C. no bacteria
B. helpful and harmful bacteria
Fecal transplants can help restore a healthy ___.
A. microbiome
B. skeleton
C. heartbeat
A. microbiome
Information used to support a claim is called _____.
A. evidence
B. opinion
C. question
A. evidence
Some bacteria in our gut are:
A. helpful
B. always harmful
C. not living
A. helpful
After antibiotics, Patient 23 felt better, but later which bacteria appeared?
A. C. difficile
B. Salmonella
C. yeast
A. C. difficile
Why can antibiotics sometimes make the gut vulnerable?
A. They reduce helpful bacteria
B. They add bacteria
C. They create food
A. They reduce helpful bacteria
What is the main goal of a fecal transplant?
A. To add healthy microorganisms to the gut
B. To remove all bacteria from the body
C. To increase body temperature
D. To stop digestion
A. To add healthy microorganisms to the gut
Explaining HOW evidence supports a claim is called ______.
Reasoning
Which microorganism helps make bread rise?
A. Yeast
B. C. difficile
C. Salmonella
A. Yeast
What changed from Week 7 to Week 9 after Patient 23's fecal transplant?
A. More types of bacteria appeared
B. All bacteria disappeared
C. Nothing changed
A. More types of bacteria appeared
If helpful bacteria are killed, harmful bacteria may have more ___ and ___ available.
Food and space
Why can adding helpful bacteria protect the gut?
A. They compete with harmful bacteria
B. They make the gut empty
C. They remove all microorganisms
A. They compete with harmful bacteria
FREEBIE
400 POINTS!
TRUE or FALSE:
All microorganisms make humans sick.
FALSE
Why did Patient 23 become sick again after initially improving?
A. Harmful C. difficile grew after his microbiome was disrupted
B. He broke a bone
C. He stopped exercising\
A. Harmful C. difficile grew after his microbiome was disrupted
TRUE or FALSE: Antibiotics always return the microbiome to its original healthy condition.
FALSE
Why can a fecal transplant help someone with C. difficile?
A. It adds a variety of helpful bacteria that can help restore the gut microbiome
B. It kills every microorganism in the body
C. It replaces antibiotics with sugar
D. It makes the intestines stop working
A. It adds a variety of helpful bacteria that can help restore the gut microbiome
Which makes a scientific argument strongest?
A. Feelings
B. Evidence and reasoning
C. A guess
B. Evidence and reasoning