Name. Microbe Magic. 1. There are about different types of bacteria that live in your gut!

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1 Name Microbe Magic Go to the Microbe Magic website page and complete this worksheet. Click on Bacteria, GI Jake, and Find out More. 1. There are about different types of bacteria that live in your gut! 2. You have about 4½ pounds of bacteria in your gut. This is equal to what? 3. What does GI Jake do to keep you healthy? e. f. g. 4. What do the bacteria in your gut do? 1

2 Click on Bacteria, The Good Bacteria, and Find out More. 5. Where have bacteria learned to live? 6. Why is it helpful for you when the good bacteria in your gut make so many copies of themselves? 7. Bacteria like Lactobacillus and Streptococcus are useful in producing food. List four foods they make. 8. Bacteria added to different foods can make other foods. Cabbage can be used to make. You can pickle foods like and. You can produce and cure. 9. Bacteria can be used to produce like. 10. Some bacteria will eat anything, even dangerous or harmful things like. Bacteria will also eat anything that is. 11. Did you know that bacteria make the holes in? 2

3 Click on Bacteria, The Bad Bacteria, and Find out More. 12. Bacteria around live in the e. 13. When bacteria get inside you, they have the right conditions to (,, that are needed to survive). 14. Bacteria can live without light, oxygen, or heat. True False (circle one) 15. Bad bacteria can cause &. 16. Food left in the open will. 17. If you food correctly, you will not get food poisoning. 18. You can always tell if your food contains bacteria. True False (circle one) 19. Good hygiene when you are,,,, and food will avoid food poisoning. 20. List ways you can preserve food. 3

4 21. You can get sick from E. coli poisoning if you don t after you have gone to the toilet. Click on Bacteria, The Ugly Bacteria, and Find out More. 22. Bacteria that are ugly cause really. 23. Ugly bacteria can contaminate through the or. 24. Diseases like spread through contaminated while is spread by bacteria in the. Click on Fungi, The Good Fungi, and Find out More. 25. If you scooped up a teaspoon of dirt, you could find about fungi! 26. are used to make bread. 27. are made using fungal spores that give the cheese its color. 28. An example of medicine made by fungi is. 29. This antibiotic was discovered by. 30. Fungi are one of the best of. Click on Fungi, The Bad Fungi, and Find out More. 31. The most dangerous mushroom is the. 32. Two examples of fungal infection are and. 33. Sometimes a fungus like Aspergillus can be breathed in and grow in your. 34. Fungi cannot make their own food. They get it from a host. This makes fungi. 4

5 35. Fungi were the cause of the potato famine in in the 1800 s. Click on Fungi, The Ugly Fungi, and Find out More. 36. One of the most expensive fungi, the, is one of the ugliest. 37. Another ugly fungi can be seen growing over the ground. These are the. 38. is one of the most annoying fungi. 39. It grows on any organic matter that is damp. It can grow on e. 40. It has a strong musty and looks very ugly with that spread over everything 5

6 Microbe Magic Key Click on Bacteria, GI Jake, and Find out More full bags of sugar 3. a. Destroy bad bacteria; b. Break down harmful toxins from bacteria; c. slow down cells that are growing out of control; d. make vitamins like vitamin B12 and vitamin K; e. Stimulate your immune system; f. Help you to digest your food; g. Help to protect you from getting allergies 4. Bacteria in your gut help you to take the nutrients from the food you eat and make waste with the leftovers that aren t any use to you! Click on Bacteria, The Good Bacteria, and Find out More. 5. Bacteria have learnt to live in every part of the earth, from the hottest, to the coldest, no matter how dangerous. 6. They make so many copies of themselves, that there is no room for any of the bad bacteria to grow! 7. a. Cheese, b. Yogurts, c. Sour cream, d. Crème fraîche 8. Sauerkraut, onions, gherkins, vinegar, meats 9. Medicines, vaccines 6

7 10. Oil, decaying 11. Swiss Cheese Click on Bacteria, The Bad Bacteria, and Find out More. 12. a. Air, b. Ground, c. Water, d. Plant and animals, e. On and inside you 13. Grow, food, moisture, nutrients 14. True 15. Waste, disease 16. Rot 17. Store 18. False 19. Buying, storing, preparing, cooking and eating food 20. a. Freezing, b. Drying, c. Pickling, d. Salting 21. Wash your hands Click on Bacteria, The Ugly Bacteria, and Find out More. 22. Horrible diseases 23. Air, water 24. Cholera, water, TB, air 7

8 Click on Fungi, The Good Fungi, and Find out More , Yeasts 27. Blue cheeses 28. Penicillin 29. Sir Alexander Fleming. 30. Decomposers, organic material Click on Fungi, The Bad Fungi, and Find out More. 31. Death Cap 32. Athlete s foot, ringworm 33. Lungs 34. Parasites 35. Ireland Click on Fungi, The Ugly Fungi, and Find out More. 36. Truffle 37. Slime molds 38. Mildew 8

9 39. a. Clothes, b. Paint, c. Paper, d. Leather, e. Walls 40. Smell, little black or white spots 9