Health and Safety
What do we always do before and after dealing with microbes?
What is the basic shape of a Kawakawa leaf?
Heart
What are the three main types of microbe?
Fungi, Bacteria and Virus
What does microbe mean?
Small living organisms that you are unable to see with the naked eye.
What is acrophobia a fear of?
Heights
What do we always label an agar plate with?
Initials, date and swab type.
What is the name of the insect that feeds on kawakawa and makes the holes?
Looper moth caterpillar.
How do bacteria reproduce?
Binary Fission
What does incubate mean?
Placing microorganisms in the right environmental conditions (temperature) to support their growth.
In which country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?
Tanzania
Why do we not swab body parts or fluids?
Reduce the risk of growing harmful microbes.
Describe one use of kawakawa.
Medicinal - worms, chest, kidneys and bladder
Skin treatment
Bandages
Sooth toothaches and sore throats
Name the three common shapes used to identify bacteria.
Spiral, cocci and bacilli
What does Rongoā mean?
Traditional Māori medicine
Aureolin is a shade of what color?
Yellow
Why do we tape an agar plate shut?
In what environment would you find kawakawa
What is a pathogen?
A microbe that causes disease.
What does inoculate mean?
Introduce microbes to a suitable growth medium / environment.
What software company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington?
Microsoft
At what temperature should you incubate microbes in a school environment and why?
30 degrees or lower. This is because microbes that grow above that temperature can be harmful to human health as our body temperature is around that temperature.
What is the scientific name for Kawakawa?
Piper excelsum
Give and example of a bacteria, fungi and virus.
Teacher discretion
What did Miss Hamill-Harris study at university?
Microbiology