Microorganisms
The instrument in which we view microorganisms.
What is a microscope?
The organelles that synthesise proteins.
What are ribosomes?
Heterotrophic unicellular organisms with eukaryotic cells.
What are protozoa?
White, fibrous substance which gives organisms structure.
What is chitin?
A type of food or drink whose production requires microorganisms.
What are ... ?
- bread, cheese, yogurt, wine, beer, vinegar, ect.
Microorganisms that cause infectious diseases.
What are pathogens?
The production of a substance through chemical or biological processes.
What is synthesis?
The method by which protozoa produce asexually.
What is binary fission?
The process by which yeasts obtain energy.
What is fermentation?
What are decomposers? (bacteria and fungi)
The two types of microorganisms that are good for the environment.
What are decomposers and producers?
The name for when bacteria form groups of millions or billions of cells through multiplication.
What are colonies?
What is a flagella?
The type of fungi nutrition when two or more organisms rely on each other.
What is symbiotic nutrition?
A medicine that fights harmful bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
What are the capsid and nucleic acid?
Controls the passage of substances.
What is the plasma membrane?
An aquatic, photosynthetic, and unicellular or multicellular eukaryotic organism belonging to the Protoctista kingdom.
What is algae?
What are hyphae?
The cycle microorganisms are part of in ecosystems which is essential for life to exist on Earth.
What is the cycle of matter?
Two types of infectious diseases caused by specific bacteria.
What are tuberculosis and cholera?
A resistant, non-reproductive structure produced by bacteria when conditions are unfavorable. These can stay dormant until conditions improve and reactivate when improved.
What are endospores?
The predominant pigment in green algae.
What is chlorophyll?
A type of nutrition utilized by mold in which they feed on the remains of other living things.
What are Saprophytic fungi?
A substance used as a medicine or in a therapeutic treatment.
What are pharmaceutical drugs?