Microbes Quiz
Take our quiz on Microbes and see if you know all the questions! :)
- 1.What are the 3 types of Microbes?
- A.
Fungi, bacteria, viruses
- B.
Fungi, flowers, animals
- C.
Bacteria, germs, mushrooms
- D.
Beetles, flies, mosquitos
- 2.Microbes are called, microbes because?
- A.
You can hear them through a micro-phone
- B.
They have micro-chips inside them
- C.
They can only be seen using a micro-scope
- D.
They are killed by micro-waves
- 3.What diseases caused by Microbes called?
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Diseases
- C.
Germs
- D.
Multi-cellular
- 4.We breathe microbes into our lungs if some-one?
- 5.Every microbe has a nucleus
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Microbes can be spread with air, animals, food, touch and in water
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Microbes that cause disease are called?
- 8.Microbes that have cells but no nucleus are...
- A.
Viruses
- B.
Bacteria
- C.
Fungi
- D.
Algae
- 9.What is the smallest microbe?
- 10.Bacteria are __________ microorganisms
- A.
Multi-cellular
- B.
Microorganisms
- C.
Uni-cellular
- D.
Pathogenic
- 11.What shape are bacteria?
- A.
Sphere
- B.
Rod
- C.
All of the listed
- D.
Spiral
- 12.A spherical bacterium is called a:
- A.
Bacillus
- B.
Coccus
- C.
Spirochaete
- D.
Spirallotis
- 13.All bacteria are bad
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Which of the following is a disease caused by bacteria?
- A.
Food poisioning
- B.
Athlete's foot
- C.
Common cold
- D.
Fever
- 15.Viruses are the smallest type of microbe. True or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Viruses can infect other micro-organisms like bacteria
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.What nucleic acid is found in viruses?
- A.
DNA & RNA
- B.
DNA
- C.
RNA
- D.
Neither
- 18.Viruses are sub-microscopic
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Viruses have a strand of genes instead of a nucleus
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.What is one example of a fungi listed below?
- A.
Seaweed
- B.
Mould
- C.
Mushroom
- D.
Flowers
- 21.Fungi feed on ________ organisms
- A.
Living
- B.
Strange
- C.
Dead
- D.
Delicious
- 22.Which of these diseases are caused by Fungi?
- A.
Common Cold
- B.
Pneumonia
- C.
Swine Flu
- D.
Tinea
- 23.A type of disease caused by Fungi is Athletes Foot
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Fungi are the smallest type of Microbe?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.You can eat some types of Fungi
- A.
True
- B.
False
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