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MERRYLAND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
MICROBES- REVISION
1. Match each different microbe to its correct description and write the correct sentences.

2. Link all the words in List A with the things they do in List B. Match them out in full
sentences.

3. Complete these sentences by crossing out the wrong words.


a. Viruses are larger / smaller than bacteria and are not made of cells.
b. Bacteria / viruses are single-celled organisms with a cell wall but no nucleus.
c. Fungi / bacteria may be round or made from long threads.
d. Fungi are autotrophs / heterotrophs.
4. Bacteria and fungi have many uses. Draw lines to match each product to the microbe which

produces it.

Bacteria Fungi

wine Quorn bread yoghurt cheese antibiotics

5. Draw lines to match these organisms to their diseases.

6. The drawing shows bacteria and fungi.

Write out the two things that are true for both bacteria and fungi:

 They can both be used to make food.


 They both invade other cells, which make millions of copies of them.
 They both have a nucleus.
 They are both living organisms.
Complete the sentences with the help of the given clues. You can select the
word from the word bank. Some words may be repeated.

1. Microbes with a cell wall but no nucleus bacteria

2. A word for small living things micro organisms

3. They have long, thin cells and produce by spores. They are called Fungi

4. A drug that kills bacteria antibiotics

5. It has to be in cells to reproduce virus

6. A useful fungus we eat mushroom

7. The gas that makes bread dough rise carbon dioxide

8. We can see very tiny organisms with the help of this instrument

microscope

9. Some of these microorganisms eat dead plants and animals and are

nature’s friends. They are called decomposers

10. This fungus grows on stale bread and can cause food poisoning. It is a
Bread mould
Word bank
Virus, bacteria, fungi, antibiotic, carbon dioxide, microorganisms, microscope,
decomposers, mushroom, bread mould
List the similar features of bacteria and fungi.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Both are living organisms/ decomposers/ used in food industry / contain cell
wall and DNA
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Name the following:

a. Organisms that feed on dead decaying matter are called as decomposers.

b. Acellular means with no proper cell structure.

c. Common cold is caused by rhinovirus.

d. The bacteria that help in the making of yoghurt are lactobacillus.

e. Structures that help to move in bacteria flagella.

f. Disease causing microbes are called as pathogens/ germs.

g. Virus consists of DNA and protein coat

h. Chloroplast present in plant cell help to make their own food.

i. Microbiology is the study of microbes.

j. Fungi reproduces by spores.

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