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KABIR SCHOOL 2020-21

CLASS : VIII SUBJECT : SCIENCE
TOPIC : L-2 MICROORGANISMS: FRIEND OR FOE (Answer key
to Practice sheet)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Which of the following is a disease caused by protozoans?

A. Tuberculosis
B. Polio
C. Malaria
D. Typhoid

Answer: (C) Malaria

2. In order to take precautionary steps to control dengue, we must take measures to
stop the breeding of:

A. Aedes mosquito
B. Fleas
C. Fire ants
D. Anopheles mosquito

Answer: (A) Aedes mosquito

3. Living organisms which are invisible to the naked eye are called _________ .

A. Particles
B. Molecules
C. Microorganisms
D. Macroorganisms

Answer: (C) Microorganisms

4. Which one of the following is not produced by the process of fermentation?

A. Cheese
B. Milk
C. Yoghurt
D. Wine

Answer: (B) Milk

5. Which among the following pathogens causes cholera?

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B. Protozoan
C. Fungus
D. Virus

Answer: (A) Bacteria

6. The bacterium present in curd is:

A. Salmonella typhi
B. Lactobacillus
C. Penicillin
D. Vibrio cholera

Answer: (B) Lactobacillus

7. What helps in the rise of bread or dosa dough?
(a) Heat
(b) Grinding
(c) Growth of yeast cells
(d) Low pressure

Answer: (c) Growth of yeast cells

8. The process by which amount of nitrogen remains the same in the atmosphere is
known as
(a) fermentation
(b) carbon cycle
(c) nitrogen cycle
(d) photosynthesis

Answer: (c) nitrogen cycle

9. Which of the following is not used as food preservatives?

(a) Salt
(b) Sugar
(c) Vinegar
(d) Methane

Answer: (d) Methane

10. Scientist who discovered fermentation is

I. Alexander Fleming
II. Louis Pasteur
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IV. Edward Jenner

Answer: Louis Pasteur

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Yeast is used for the production of alcohol and wine.

2. Edward Jenner made the first vaccine.
3. In legumes, the root nodules contain the bacterium Rhizobium
4. The heating of milk up to 70 degree Celsius & then suddenly cooling is called
Pasteurization.
5. Virus are on the borderline of living and non- living.

SHORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1.Name two parasitic protozoa that cause diseases in human?

Answer: Plasmodium ( Malaria), Amoeba ( Amoebic dysentery)

2. What is communicable disease?

Answer: Diseases that spread from an infected person to healthy individual through
air, water or direct contact is called communicable diseases.

3. Name two chemicals used as preservatives.

Answer: Sodium Benzoate and Sodium metabisulphite

4. What are pathogens?

Answer: The disease causing microorganisms are called pathogens.

5Name two animal diseases.

6. Answer: Anthrax , Foot and mouth disease

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