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Science Test Micro organisms

Total Marks:80 marks Total Time : 2 hours 8/10/2012

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1 MARK QUESTIONS Q1. Fill in the blanks:

a) Microorganisms can be seen with the help of a ____________. b) Blue green algae fix __________ directly from air to enhance fertility of soil.

Total: 4 marks

c) Alcohol is produced with the help of __________. d) Cholera is caused by __________.

Q2. Give one word answer:

a) Which parasite is responsible for the disease malaria b) Which common disease do viruses cause? c) Name a disease caused by protozoa d) Name any two algae e) Name animal disease caused by bacteria. f) Name one plant disease caused by virus.

Total: 15 marks

g) Name type of plant which can fix nitrogen gas into components of nitrogen. h) Name any two protozoa. i) Name any two fungi.

j) Name unicellular microbes k) l) Name multi-cellular microbes. Which bacterium is responsible for the curding of milk?

m) Which bacterium is used to produce alcohol? n) Name an insect which is a common carrier of microbial diseases. o) Which microorganism causes diseases like measles, chicken pox, polio, and hepatitis-B?

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Q3. Tick the correct answer:

(a) Yeast is used in the production of

Total: 6 Marks

(i) sugar (ii) alcohol (iii) hydrochloric acid (iv) oxygen

(b) The following is an antibiotic

(i) Sodium bicarbonate (ii) Streptomycin (iii) Alcohol (iv) Yeast

(c) Carrier of malaria-causing protozoan is

(i) female Anopheles mosquito (ii) cockroach (iii) housefly (iv) butterfly
(d) The most common carrier of communicable diseases is (i) ant (ii) housefly (iii) dragonfly (iv) spider (e) The bread or idli dough rises because of

(i) heat (ii) grinding (iii) growth of yeast cells (iv) kneading
(f) The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol is called

(i) nitrogen fixation (ii) moulding (iii) fermentation (iv) infection

Q4.Match the following:

Total: 3 Marks

SECTION 1
BACTERIA RHIZOBIUM LACTOBACILLUS YEAST PROTOZOA VIRUS

SECTION 2
FIXED NITROGEN SETTING OF CURD BAKING OF BREAD CAUSING MALARIA CAUSING AIDS CAUSING CHOLERA

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2 MARKS QUESTIONS Total: 16 Marks

Q5. What is full form of HIV? Name the disease caused by HIV? Q6. Name 4 diseases which can be prevented by vaccination? Q7. What is a communicable disease? Name one. Q8. How do mosquitoes carry disease causing micro organisms and spread diseases? Q9.Why virus is said to lie between border lines dividing the living things from non living thing? Q10. Draw diagram of any one algae? Q11. Name 2 materials usually preserved by deep freezing? Q12. How micro organisms help in cleaning the environment? 3 MARKS QUESTIONS Q13. Name 2 bacteria, virus and protozoa? Q14. What is meant by fermentation? Name the scientist who discovered fermentation? Q15. What are antibiotics? What precaution must be taken while taking antibiotics? Q16. After consuming a dish of mutton a person complained of nausea, vomiting and abdomen pain? What type of disease he is suffering from and why it is caused?
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Total : 21 Marks

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Q17. What is pasteurization? Why it is done? Q18. State 3 difference between bacteria and virus? Q19. State the causative micro organism and mode of transmission of the following diseases: Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Dengue 5 MARKS QUESTIONS Q20. Describe 2 commercial uses of microorganisms in detail? Q21. What is food preservation? Describe two ways in which food is preserved? Q22. Draw a neat labeled diagram of Nitrogen cycle? Define procedure of denitirification? Total: 15 Marks

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