Microbe Revision Quiz Year 8

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8C Quick Quiz 2

On your answer sheet, write in the correct letter for each question.

8Ca 2 What gas is needed for aerobic respiration?


A carbon dioxide
1 Which of these is not a life process? B oxygen
A respiring C water
B growing D carbon monoxide
C reproducing
D living 3 Which of these shows the correct word
equation for fermentation?
2 Two different sorts of microbes are: A carbon dioxide + water oxygen +
A crustaceans and viruses. glucose
B plants and fungi. B oxygen + glucose carbon dioxide +
C viruses and pollen grains. water
D viruses and bacteria. C glucose carbon dioxide + ethanol
3 Which of these lists the organisms in the D xenon + krypton argon + neon + moron
correct size order, smallest first? 4 The graph shows the growth of a population
A bacteria, viruses, fungi, rose bushes, of yeast.
elephants
B fungi, bacteria, viruses, rose bushes,
P
elephants
C viruses, bacteria, fungi, rose bushes,
Number of

elephants
yeast cells

D elephants, rose bushes, fungi, bacteria,


viruses

4 Why do scientists not classify viruses as living


Time
things?
A They are too small to see.
B They can give people diseases. At point P the graph becomes level. One
C They do not have lungs and so cannot reason for this might be that:
breathe. A the yeast cells can only grow to a certain
D They cannot carry out all seven of the life size.
processes. B is has got dark and there is not enough
light for the yeast to grow.
C the food for the yeast has started to run
out.
8Cb
D the carbon dioxide for the yeast has started
1 Which microbe is used to make bread rise? to run out.
A yeast B bacteria
C sodium bicarbonate D plants

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8C Quick Quiz 2 (continued)

8Cc 3 Look at the diagram.


The organ shown in the
1 Colds are caused by: diagram can kill microbes
A viruses. because:
B getting too cold. A it is very hot.
C fungi. B it contains a strong
D bacteria. acid.
2 Dimitri has a cold. He may have caught this C there is no air in it.
by: D it squashes them.
A not eating enough fruits and vegetables. 4 Antibodies are made by:
B standing in a cold place for too long. A white blood cells. B red blood cells.
C breathing in air containing a microbe. C bacteria. D platelets.
D staying up too late and getting very tired.

3 The signs of a disease are known as its:


A symptoms. 8Ce
B diagnosis.
1 If a person is immune to a disease, they:
C microbes.
A keep on getting it over and over again.
D problems.
B can only get the disease two or three times
4 A theory is: during their lives.
A the results of an experiment. C need to be taken special care of because
B a scientific idea that can be tested. the disease might kill them.
C the observations made during an D can never get the disease.
experiment.
2 Vaccines make your body:
D another word for a prediction.
A produce extra cells to mend broken bones.
B stop working to allow an operation to be
done.
8Cd C cool you down when you get a
1 Bacon goes off least quickly if it is kept in a: temperature.
A freezer. B bread box. D produce antibodies against a disease.
C fruit bowl. D fridge. 3 An antibiotic is a medicine that:
2 One part of your body that tries to keep A kills only viruses.
microbes out is your: B kills bacteria and viruses.
A hair. B skin. C kills only bacteria.
C arm. D blood. D is dangerous and so is no longer used.

4 A microbe that is not affected by an antibiotic


is said to be:
A susceptible to the antibiotic.
B killed by the antibiotic.
C resistant to the antibiotic.
D denatured by the antibiotic.
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