Kids Discover Microbes Scavenger Hunt

Name ______

Using Kids Discover Microbes, answer the following questions.

1. He discovered microorganisms. ______

2. Microorganisms come from the Greek words for ______.

3. More than ______foods worldwide are fermented by microorganisms.

4. This fungus makes bread rise. ______

5. This is the bacteria found in yogurt. ______

6. Some bacteria get a charge out of eating this explosive. ______

7. The fungus Penicillium roqueforti puts this in blue cheese. ______

8. Bacteria are used to pop open the pods so the flavorful beans can be turned into this sweet treat. ______

9. Vinegar is used to do this to different types of food. ______

10. When the Apollo astronauts brought back a camera from the Moon, they found this type of microbe living in the camera. ______

11. A biologist found bacteria in this pool whose temperature was ______.

12. Microbes that live in extremely cold environments are called this. ______

13. Millions of bacteria pack into every square inch of this part of your body. ______

14. Scientists think you close your eyes when you sneeze to keep these out of your eyes. ______15. Body odor from your armpits is caused by these. ______16. These microbes like your hot, sweaty feet. ______

17. This bacteria can survive in your stomach acid. ______

18. Bacteria in the intestine make this type of sugar as a “treat.” ______

19. This type of microbe is like a jewel. ______

20. Doing these two things spread microbes throughout the air. ______

21. Germs can get into your bloodstream through this. ______

22. This type of meat, if not cooked properly, can make you sick. ______

23. This is what antibiotic resistant bacteria are called. ______

24. He proved the germ theory of disease. ______

25. He discovered the mold that kills bacteria. ______

26. These two types of microbes are responsible for the growth of the flax plant. ______

27. This bacterium was responsible for the bubonic plague (Black Death). ______

28. This soil bacteria saved a Polish town during WWII because it imitated this disease. ______Kids Discover Microbes Scavenger Hunt Answer Key

1. Van Leuwenhoek

2. Small and life

3. 3,500

4. Yeast

5. Lactobacillus acidophilus

6. TNT

7. The blue

8. Chocolate

9. Pickle

10. Bacteria

11. 176o F.

12. Pyschrophiles

13. Scalp or head

14. Microbes

15. Bacteria

16. Bacteria, fungi

17. Helicobacter pylori 18. Fructose

19. Diatoms

20. Coughing and sneezing

21. Open wound

22. Hamburger

23. Superbug

24. Louis Pasteur

25. Alexander Fleming

26. Bacteria

27. Y. pestis (Yersinia)

28. Typhus