ACTIVITY 1 : MICROORGANISM

EXERCISE 1 . UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1. Microorganisms are (living things / non-living things)
2. Micro means ( tiny / large)
3. Organism means ( living things/ non-living things)
4. Microorganism can be found only by (telescope/microscope)
5 They exist in different shapes, sizes and colour. They can be found in
air , soil, and water and in or on the plants and animals. They are
( protozoa / bacteria)
6. They eat from live organisms. They are the smallest of all
microorganisms. They are ( yeast/ viruses )
7. They can be found in lake, ponds (kolam), rivers and lakes (tasik).
They geat food from other microorganisms. They are ( Yeast/
Protozoa)
8. They can be found on mouldy bread and rotten food. They are
( Protozoa/ Fungi)
9. All microorganisms breathe. During breathing, (carbon dioxide
/oxygen )is taken in and (carbon dioxide /oxygen) is given out.
10. The similarity between bacteria and fungi is both are ( non-living
things/ microorganisms)
ACTIVITY 2. WRITE TRUE OR FALSE IN THE BOXES PROVIDED.
1. Worms, bacteria and ants are three types of microorganisms .
2. We can see microorganisms with the naked eye.
3. Like humans, microorganisms breathe, grow and move
4. A magnifying glass can be used to see some of the microorganisms.
5. The name of bacterias are according to their shapes.
6. The smallest among all microorganisms is protozoa.
7. All microorganisms are harmful.

ACTIVITY 3
TOPIC : MICROORGANISM UNDERGO LIFE PROCESSES
EXERCISE 3 . Fill in the blanks with correct answers.Some
answers may be used twice.

Microorganisms are a) ________________. They come in different (b)

___________________ and (c) ________________. We cannot see
microorganism through our naked eyes because microorganisms are too
(d)_____________ in size. However, they can be seen by using a (f)
_____________________.
There are five groups of microorganisms, namely (g)
__________________, (h)_____________________, (i)_____________________, (j)
___________________________ and (k)______________________. Like other
living things, microorganisms can (l) __________________________, (m)
______________________________ and (n) ______________________________

ACTIVITY 4
Name the type of microorganisms
CCTS : classfying
Date : ___________________________
A

F.

B.

C.

D.

E.

G.

I.
TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS :
FUNGI,

VIRUSES,

PROTOZOA,

__________________________

BACTERIA,
ALGAE

TOPIC : MICROORGANISMS ARE HARMFUL AND USEFUL.

MICROORGANISMS ARE USEFUL.
DATE : ________________________
1. Complete the following statements.

2.

Fill in the blanks with correct answers.

Lactobacillus harmful
breathes

oxygen
fungus

yeast
carbon dioxide

humus

Some microorganisms are useful and some are a)

_______________to us. b)______________________ is an example of
microorganism that is widely used in the food industry. Yeast is a fungus.
It is used in the making of bread, cheese, tempeh and tapai .When yeast
is added to a sugar solution, it uses the sugar as a source of food. When
it c) ___________________, it takes in d)__________________________ and
releases e)_______________________________that can be seen in the
mycelium of the fungus when it grows. Carbon dioxide makes the bread
dough rise.
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Some bacteria, for example f) ________________________ is widely

used in making yogurt drink. Antibiotics such as penicillin are extracted
from penicillium, which is a g) ____________________
Bacteria and fungi in soil which act on grass and leaves or any other
organic materials and convert them to h)
___________________________________ by a process known as
biodegradation.
ACTIVITY 3 : FILL IN THE TABLE WITH THE CORRECT ANSWERS.
B. MICROORGANISMS CAN CAUSED FOOD POISONING
THROUGH SPOILED FOOD
Microorganisms can cause food to turn bad:
Fill in the table with the corrects answers.
TYPES OF FOOD

SIGNS OF FOOD THAT HAVE

TURNED BAD

Milk

Vegetables

Fish

Rice

EXERCISE 1
TOPIC : MICROORGANISMS ARE HARMFUL AND USEFUL.
MICROORGANISMS ARE USEFUL.
DATE : ________________________
1. State four harmful actions of bacteria.
a) ____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
b)___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
c)___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Match correctly

Exercise 3
State a way to prevent each disease from spreading
Name of disease

Way to prevent it from spreading

a)Cough

b) chickenpox

b) upset stomach /
diarrhea

c) flu

2. Write true for the correct statements and false for the
wrong statements.
a) All microorganism are harmful. They cause food too turn bad and
make us ill.
b) Cake, buns and milk are produced by using microorganisms.
c) Microorganisms can be carried from place to place and spread
from one person to another
d) Patients who have AIDS should be quarantined to prevent the
disease from spreading to another person.
e) Flu can be spread by air
f) We boil water before drinking to kill the living microorganisms
in water