Foe or Friend
Basics
Fungi
Bacteria
Miscellaneous
100

This fungus is a common food source for humans. 

What are mushrooms?

100

Define Microorganisms

Tiny organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye

100

Fungi can perform photosynthesis, True or false.

False, they lack Chlorophyll

100

Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms present in the root nodules of legumes.

Rhizobium

100

The gas released during the preparation of bread is

Carbon dioxide

200

Athlete's foot is caused by this type of organism.

 fungus

200

The two categories based on presence and absence of nucleus?

Eukaryotic with nucleus and Prokaryotic without

200

One commercial use of yeast.  

Yeast is the microorganism that is used for the large-scale production of alcohol.

or Bakery, food, medicine ..

200

Xanrhat is a dangerous bacterial disease?

Anthrax

200

Viruses are living or non-living explain

They cannot reproduce without a host and hence considered between living and non-living

300

Food poisoning is usually caused by this type of microorganism.

Bacteria

300

the term used for microorganisms that cause diseases?

Pathogens

300

Fermentation is

Fermentation is the process by which yeast converts sugars (such as glucose) into alcohol and releases carbon dioxide gas.

300

Cholera can be prevented by 

Cholera is a bacterial disease caused by a bacterium called Vibrio Cholerae. A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae. We can prevent cholera by maintaining personal hygiene and good sanitation, drinking boiled water, and eating properly cooked food.

300

Penicillin comes from this type of microorganism.

What is a fungus?

400

Malaria vector and causative microorganism

Female anopheles and Plasmodium

400

two microorganisms which live in symbiotic association  in lichens are

Algae and Fungus 

400

Fungal Plant and animal disease 

Athletes foot, Rust of wheat

400

Gram positive and Gram negative describe differences in these. 

What are cell walls?

400

These microorganisms exist in your digestive tract, and help you digest food.

Gut Microbiota

500

What role do microorganisms play in sewage treatment?

Break down organic matter in wastewater.

500

Contributions of Alexander Flemming, Robert Koch, Edward Jenner and Lois Pasteur are

Contributions of Alexander Flemming- Discovery of penicillin,  Edward Jenner-Small pox vaccine and Louis Pasteur -Pasteurization.

500

Vaccines work 

 Vaccines contain disease-specific microbial strains that have been weakened or killed. When a vaccine is introduced into a healthy body, either orally or through injection, the body fights against the infection by producing suitable antibodies against the pathogen. These antibodies remain in the body, and the body also remembers how to fight when the same microbe enters the body again.

500

Farmers prefer to grow beans and peas in nitrogen-deficient soils.  

Leguminous plants such as peas and beans have nitrogen-fixing bacteria called Rhizobium. Rhizobium present in the root nodules of leguminous plants helps in fixing atmospheric nitrogen and transforming it into nitrates and nitrites for plants' use. After harvesting, the roots are left in the soil, which results in the enrichment of the soil with nitrogen and increases its fertility. Therefore, farmers prefer to grow peas and beans in nitrogen-deficient soil.

500

Fresh milk is boiled before consumption while processed milk stored in packets can be consumed without boiling.

Boiling fresh milk is necessary to kill the harmful or disease-causing microorganisms present in it. On the other hand, processed milk is stored in packets and is safe to consume directly because it has been pasteurized. Pasteurized milk is boiled at 70 degrees Celsius and then cooled rapidly. As a result of pasteurization, all the microorganisms die and the milk becomes consumable.