S2 - Microbes and Health (complete) Flashcards
(50 cards)
Microbe (micro-organism)
A tiny (microscopic) living organism, usually single celled.
_______ are simple, single celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true nucleus.
Bacteria are simple, single celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true nucleus.
Bacteria are simple, _____ celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true nucleus.
Bacteria are simple, single celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true nucleus.
Bacteria are simple, single celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true ______.
Bacteria are simple, single celled microbes which can be useful or harmful. They do not have a true nucleus.
_______ are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an _______.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce ______. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like _______ than living organisms.
Viruses are very tiny and can only be seen with an electron microscope.
They cause disease because they can only reproduce inside other living cells. They are more like chemicals than living organisms.
_____ can be single celled (e.g. yeast), made of threads or mushroom like.
Fungi can be single celled (e.g. yeast), made of threads or mushroom like.
Fungi can be single celled (e.g. ____), made of threads or mushroom like.
Fungi can be single celled (e.g. yeast), made of threads or mushroom like.
__________ are all the single celled organisms with a true nucleus that are not fungi.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
Protists are all the single celled organisms with a true nucleus that are not fungi.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
Protists are all the single celled organisms with a true _________ that are not fungi.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
Protists are all the single celled organisms with a true nucleus that are not fungi.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
Protists are all the single celled organisms with a true nucleus that are not _____.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
Protists are all the single celled organisms with a true nucleus that are not fungi.
This includes the single celled animals and plants (algae) and the multicellular seaweeds.
What do microbes need to grow? Name three.
Any three of:
Food
Oxygen
Warm temperature
Moisture
Suitable pH (acid/alkali levels)
Sterile
Free from bacteria and other microbes
A shallow dish filled with agar jelly, containing food for growing microbes
Agar plate
Dots on agar jelly made of millions of microbe cells
Colonies
Which type of microbes are used to make bread?
Fungi (yeast)
Which type of microbes are used to make cheese and yoghurt?
Bacteria
Which type of microbes act as decomposers?
Fungi
Infection
A disease caused by a microbe
Pathogen
A microbe that causes disease
Orifice
An opening into your body, e.g. your mouth or ears
Toxin
A poison
