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Grade 6 Microbiology
Where do fungi live?
  1. on your hands
  2. in warm, damp places
  3. in cold, dry places
Grade 5 Microbiology
Which is a fungus?
  1. mold
  2. moss
  3. fern
  4. conifer
Grade 7 Microbiology
A pathogen is a                         .
  1. decomposer
  2. hunter
  3. gatherer
  4. disease-causing organism
Grade 5 Microbiology
Bacteria are not important.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Microbiology
Which statement about bacteria is not true?
  1. Bacteria can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic.
  2. Bacteria are prokaryotes.
  3. Bacteria have a cell nucleus.
  4. Bacteria do not have nucleic acids.
Grade 11 Microbiology
These microorganisms cause diseases such as AIDS, herpes, warts, flu, and chicken pox.
  1. bacteria
  2. fungi
  3. protozoa
  4. viruses
Grade 7 Microbiology

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Bacteria are eukaryotes.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Microbiology
A microorganism can only be seen using a microscope.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Microbiology
Which organisms are one-celled organisms?
  1. animals
  2. bacteria
  3. humans
  4. trees
Grade 6 Microbiology
How do bacteria reproduce?
  1. budding (growing out of the parent cell)
  2. binary fission (splitting or dividing into two)
  3. cloning
Grade 8 Microbiology
Which is a type of bacteria?
  1. lambda
  2. bacillus
  3. altus
  4. occisus
Grade 7 Microbiology
What type of a cell is shown in this unicellular organism?
Bacteria Cell Anatomy
  1. plant
  2. animal
  3. eukaryotic
  4. prokaryotic
Grade 7 Microbiology
There are two types of viruses: active viruses and latent viruses. An active virus reproduces and destroys the cell it attacks, whereas a latent virus                                                                                                                                                                 .
  1. injects its hereditary material into a cell and immediately destroys the cell
  2. injects its hereditary material with the active virus
  3. injects its hereditary material into the host cell and becomes part of the cell's existing hereditary material without destroying the cell or making new viruses
  4. injects its hereditary material into the host cell and remains without harming, changing, or destroying the cell
Grade 8 Microbiology
How do bacteria move?
  1. flagellum
  2. legs
  3. filopodia
  4. chemorepulsion
Grade 6 Microbiology
An organism that is microscopic is a
  1. microorganism.
  2. superorganism.
  3. miniorganism.
Grade 6 Microbiology
What do most bacteria feed on?
  1. dead or living plants and animals, or they make their own food with sunlight or chemicals
  2. dirt and rocks
  3. animal waste and soil
  4. air and water
Grade 10 Microbiology
Viruses are living.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Microbiology
This rod-shaped bacteria causes diseases such as tuberculosis, botulism, and typhoid.
  1. bacilli
  2. cocci
  3. spirilla
  4. fungi
Grade 5 Microbiology
A microorganism is
  1. a single-celled organism that feeds on dead organisms.
  2. a one-celled organisms with no nucleus.
  3. a tiny plant or animal that floats on the surface of the ocean.
  4. a living thing that can be seen only with a microscope.
Grade 6 Microbiology
Most archaebacteria live in extreme environments.
  1. True
  2. False
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