Fungi
Th fungi group can be divided into 3 different groups. What are they?
Mushrooms, mold and yeasts
True or false: All bacteria are harmful
False! There are harmful ones but not all bacteria are bad!
True or False: Bacteria are all unicellular.
True!
True of false: Protozoa have a cell wall
False!!
What do we need to see microorganisms?
Glasses
Microscope
Just our eyes
We need a MICROSCOPE TO SEE MICROORGANISMS
Yeast is unicellular.
Infectious Diseases
True or false: Bacteria are only autotrophs
False!
Protozoa are heterotrophs/ autotrophs
Protozoa are heterotrophs
True or false: microorganisms are NOT important to people and the planet.
FALSE! Life depends on microorganisms
Where can you find usually mold?
Growing on food! Bread, fruit etc.
What microorganism causes diseases?
Pathogenic agents
Name and describe the shapes of bacteria?
If you wanted to find a colony of protists, where might you look? Give 2 examples.
A pond, a lake, a marsh, anywhere moist!
Give 3 examples of food that are or depend on micro-organisms?
Bread, yogurt/kefir, cheese, wine, vinegar, beer
How do mushrooms reproduce?
Mushrooms reproduce through releasing spores into the environment
True or False: Viruses are living beings
False! They are obligatory parasites and depend on a host to survive
This is the power house or brain of a cell.
The nucleus!
what are flagellum and cilia? What do they help the cell do?
Flagellum are LONG whip-like structures that extends from the cell membrane and passes through the cell wall
Cilia are SHORT hairlike features that stick out from eukaryotic cells.
Flagellum and Cilia help the cell move.
True or false: microorganisms are crucial for the development of medicines.
True! Penicillin or other antibiotics were developed through microorganisms.
What part of mushrooms grow underground?
the mycelium (structure) grows underground while the mushroom (fruit) goes above ground.
What are capsids and nucleic acid? What do they do?
Parts of the structure of a virus. Capsids are the outer protein shell that holds the nucleic acid. The nucleic acid holds genetic information.
Bacteria reproduce through binary fission. Binary fission is a process where one cell divides to form two identical cells.
What is the difference between cilia and flagella?
Cilia: Short, hair-like structures
Flagella: Long, whip-like structures that propel the organism by moving in a whip-like motion.
Correct this phrase: Microorganisms only produce oxygen and organic material.
Microorganisms can produce oxygen and organic material. They also help to breakdown or recycle inorganic materials.