Micro-organisms

Question 1

What are the 5 kingdoms of all living things?

Answer 1

Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protista
Monera

Question 2

Example of a virus?

Answer 2

Coronavirus/covid 19

Question 3

Example of bacteria?

Answer 3

Tuberculosis or T.B

Question 4

Example of a protist?

Answer 4

Malaria

Question 5

Example of fungi?

Answer 5

Mushrooms

Question 6

What do you need to see a virus?

Answer 6

An election microscope

Question 7

What is a virus not classified as?

Answer 7

A living organism

Question 8

What does a virus attack?

Answer 8

The host cell

Question 9

What does a virus do once attached to the host cell?

Answer 9

Reproduce copies of the virus

Question 10

It getting AIDS instantaneous?

Answer 10

No, it can take many years to form

Question 11

What does AIDS stand for?

Answer 11

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Question 12

What are micro-organisms that cause diseases called?

Answer 12

Pathogens

Question 13

How is HIV transmitted?

Answer 13

Unprotected sex
HIV infected mother to unborn baby
Breast milk from infected mother to baby
Contact with infected blood

Question 14

What medication is taken to prevent HIV from spreading quickly?

Answer 14

Anti-retroviral drugs (ARV’s)

Question 15

Where is bacteria found?

Answer 15

Everywhere

Question 16

True or false, bacteria is smaller than viruses

Answer 16

False

Question 17

What can bacteria do quickly?

Answer 17

Reproduce

Question 18

What do scientists use to grow bacteria?

Answer 18

Agar

Question 19

What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?

Answer 19

Round
Rod-shaped
Spiral

Question 20

What can bacteria be useful for?

Answer 20

Decomposition
Recycling nutrients
Breaking down food during digestion

Question 21

What is dependant on bacteria?

Answer 21

Making cheese and milk

Question 22

What medicine was made out of bacteria?

Answer 22

Antibiotics

Question 23

How is T.B transmitted?

Answer 23

Through the mucus and saliva that travels through the air when an infected person sneezes or coughs. Another person inhales these

Question 24

Can T.B kill if left untreated?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Symptoms of T.B:

Answer 25

Persistent cough Chest pains Tiredness Night sweats Weight loss

Question 26

What is TB treated with?

Answer 26

Antibiotics

Question 27

How long should the TB infected patient be taking antibiotics?

Answer 27

6 months

Question 28

What are protista?

Answer 28

Small plant or animal-like micro organisms that live underwater

Question 29

What are plant-like protists useful for?

Answer 29

Photosynthesising, producing food and oxygen

Question 30

Example of a animal-like protist?

Answer 30

Amoeba

Question 31

What does a flagella look and move like?

Answer 31

It has a long tail that moves like a whip

Question 32

What does a cilia look and move like?

Answer 32

Short hairs make wave movements

Question 33

What is the difference between a plant-like protista and an animal-like one?

Answer 33

The plant-like is a producer and the animal-like has to catch their own food

Question 34

What can protists cause?

Answer 34

Sleeping sickness and malaria

Question 35

How does a mosquito contract malaria?

Answer 35

When she feeds on the blood of an infected person

Question 36

How does someone get malaria?

Answer 36

When a female anopheles mosquito injects some infected saliva into the bloodstream

Question 37

How does malaria spread in the body?

Answer 37

The malaria infects the red blood cells which burst and then spread through the body and infect more red blood cells

Question 38

Symptoms of malaria?

Answer 38

Dairrhea Headaches Cough Fever Chills and shivers Aches Sweats Vomiting

Question 39

How do you prevent malaria?

Answer 39

Taking anti-malarial medicine Using insect repellents Using a mosquito net

Question 40

What are fungi in the ecosystem?

Answer 40

Decomposers (feed on dead plants and animals)

Question 41

What can fungi be used for?

Answer 41

To make antibiotics such as penicillin

Question 42

What can un-useful fungi cause?

Answer 42

Ringworm and athlete’s foot

Question 43

Where to fungi like to grow?

Answer 43

Places warm and moist

Question 44

What does pasteurisation do?

Answer 44

Reduces the number of micro-organisms that cause food-born diseases

Question 45

What dies penicillin do?

Answer 45

Kills bacteria