AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SCIENCE
Class VIII( 2024-25)
Worksheet- Ch 2- Microorganisms: Friend and Foe
NAME _______________________ SECTION : ____ DATE:_____ AIS/VIII/Sc/WS-2
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
SNO Learning Outcome SA Remarks
1 Categorize microorganisms into groups and
Discover microbial advantages to humankind
2 Determine modes of transmission of diseases
3 Identify methods of food preservation
LEVEL 1
Q1. Fill in the blanks:
a) Anthrax disease is caused by _________.
b) Algae are autotrophs while fungi are ________.
c) Fungi can cause ___________ disease in plants.
d) __________ is a chemical food preservative.
Q2. True and False:
1. Presence of Water is essential for fungal growth.
2. Bacteria can be used to prepare cheese.
3. Blue green algae exhibit symbiotic relationship with a fungus
4. Antigens are the microorganisms causing diseases
Q3. Match the following:
Column A Column B
Louis Pasteur Antibiotics
Edward Jenner Anthrax
Robert Koch Fermentation
Alexander Fleming Vaccine
Level II
Q1. Name the following in one or two words:
1. It lies on the boundary of living and non-living
2. Rise of a cake batter prepared using yeast, indicates presence of this gas
3. First ever vaccine was made against this disease.
4. Through this process sugar is converted into alcohol
5. This mosquito acts as the carrier of malarial parasite
Q2. Very short answer type questions:
1. What do you mean by nitrogen fixation?
2. Give any two advantages of bacteria
3. Name two diseases caused by contaminated water
4. Where do Rhizobium bacteria commonly live?
5. Name one useful and one non-useful fungi to humans.
Q3. Name any two diseases caused by:
1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Protozoa
4. Fungi
Q4. Assertion based Questions
This question consists of an Assertion and a Reason. Choose the appropriate answer.
A. If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation of the assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are correct, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.
C. If assertion is correct, but reason is incorrect.
D. If assertion is incorrect, but reason is correct.
E. If both assertion and reason is incorrect.
1. Assertion: The replenishment of soil with nutrients is done by some microorganisms.
Reason: Fungi and bacteria are common decomposer.
2. Assertion: Disease which spreads from an infected person to healthy person is known as
non –communicable disease.
Reason: Some diseases can spread from one person to another through air, water, food,
physical contact or insect.
Q5. Observe the picture given below and answer the following
a) Name the microorganism and the group to which it belongs
b) Name the food item on which the organism grows.
c) Does it grow well in dry or in moist conditions?
Level III
Q1. GIVE REASONS
a) Fresh milk is boiled before consumption while processed milk is stored in packets and
can be consumed without boiling.
b) Raw vegetables and fruits are kept in refrigerators, whereas jams and pickles can be
kept outside.
Q2. CASE STUDY
Whenever you fall ill the doctor may give you some tablets, capsules or injections. The
source of these medicines is microorganisms. These medicines kill or stop the growth of
the disease-causing microorganisms. Such medicines are called antibiotics. These days a
number of antibiotics are being produced from bacteria and fungi. The antibiotics are
manufactured by growing specific microorganisms and are used to cure a variety of
diseases. Antibiotics are even mixed with the feed of livestock and poultry to check
microbial infection in animals. They are also used to control many plant diseases.
Q. Give any two examples of antibiotics
Q. How are antibiotics different from antibodies?
Q3. HOTS
1. Mosquitoes can be controlled by preventing stagnation of water though they do not live in
water. Why?
2. Why antibiotics should be consumed only if prescribed by a doctor?
Q4. HANDS ON ACTIVITY
1. Observe the set-up given in figure and answer the following questions.
a) What happens to the sugar solution in A?
b) What will we be able to observe and conclude by linking the two vessels through a bent
tube?
2. Take a few drops of water from a pond. Spread on a glass slide and observe through a
microscope.
a) Do you find tiny organisms moving around? What are they called?
b) Were they visible to the naked eye?
c) What are the four main categories we divide these organisms into?
3. Take 1 cup luke warm milk and put 1 spoon of curd in it. Cover the cup and keep it a dry
and warm place for a night. Will there be any change in the milk the next day? What is the
change and how do you think that happened?
