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Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Microbes
Identify the beneficial use with the microbe.
_____ 1. Cheese
A. Algae
_____ 2. Chocolate
B. Bacteria
_____ 3. Cosmetics.
C. Fungi
_____ 4. Get minerals from ores
D. Bacteria and Fungi
_____ 5. Help make antibiotics
_____ 6. Ice cream
_____ 7. Livestock feed.
_____ 8. Mushrooms
_____ 9. Olives
_____ 10. Pickles
_____ 11. Pudding
_____ 12. Salad dressing.
_____ 13. Sauerkraut
_____ 14. Soy Sauce
_____ 15. Yeast
_____ 16. Yogurt
17. Identify a way you could get a disease.
a. Through air (breathe in)
b. Eating contaminated food
c. Through touch
d. All of the above
Match the disease or harmful effect with the microbe.
_____ 18. Amebiasis
A. Protozoan
_____ 19. Athlete’s foot
B. Bacteria
_____ 20. Causes 70% of all crop diseases
C. Fungi
_____ 21. Causes disease in farm animals
D. Bacteria and Fungi
_____ 22. Causes metal to rust and wear away
_____ 23. Dental caries (cavities).
_____ 24. Giardiasis
_____ 25. Pneumonia
_____ 26. Ringworm
_____ 27. Salmonella.
_____ 28. Strep throat
_____ 29. Typhoid fever
Foods Made Using Microorganisms
Bacteria
Fungi
Artificial Sweeteners
Butter
Buttermilk
Chocolate
Corn syrup
Get minerals from ores
Ketchup (made from vinegar)
Make antibiotics
Olives
Pickles
Salad dressing (made from vinegar)
Sauerkraut
Soy sauce
Variety of cheeses
Vinegar
Yogurt
Blue Cheese
Bread
Chocolate
Corn syrup
Make antibiotics
Olives
Peanuts
Soy sauce
Variety of cheeses
Algae
Cosmetics
Ice cream
Marshmallows
Pudding
Rice
Diseases Caused by Microorganisms
Bacteria
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Botulism
Bronchitis
Dental Caries (cavities)
Pink Eye
Pneumonia
Salmonella
Scarlet Fever
Strep throat
Tetanus
Fungi
 Athlete’s Foot
 Pneumonia
 Ringworm
Protozoan
 Amebiasis
 Cyclospora
 Giardia
Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Microbes - Key
D 1. Cheese D
B 2. Chocolate
A 3. Cosmetics.
B 4. Get minerals from ores
D 5. Help make antibiotics D
A 6. Ice cream
A 7. Livestock feed.
C 8. Mushrooms
B 9. Olives
B 10. Pickles
A 11. Pudding
A 12. Salad dressing.
B 13. Sauerkraut
D 14. Soy Sauce D
C 15. Yeast
B 16. Yogurt
17. Identify a way you could get a disease.
d. All of the above
A 18. Amebiasis
C 19. Athlete’s foot.
C 20. Causes 70% of all crop diseases.
B 21. Causes disease in farm animals.
B 22. Causes metal to rust and wear away.
B 23. Dental caries (cavities).
A 24. Giardiasis
D 25. Pneumonia
C 26. Ringworm
B 27. Salmonella
B 28. Strep Throat
B 29. Typhoid Fever
Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Microbes
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. d
18. A
19. C
20. C
21. B
22. B.
23. B
24. A
25. D
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. B
Scoring Guide
26-29 – 3
22-25 – 2.5
19-21 – 2
13-18 – 1.5
6-12 – 1
1-5 – .5
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