bacteria (monera) are tiny living things can only be seen by a microscope
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Bacteria (Monera) are tiny living things
Can only be seen by
a microscope
Bacteria can be found everywhere living things
exist.
Bacteria comes in three shapes
Good Bacteria Just like mushrooms, Bacteria
helps to break down (clean up) dead things.
Good Bacteria
• Food
Good Bacteria
• We have bacteria on our skin and inside our bodies.
• Bacteria in our body helps to make us healthy and digest our food!
• Vaccinations
Bad Bacteria
• Just like fungus, Bacteria can feed off of old food.
Bad Bacteria
• Bacteria can spoil dairy products
Bad Bacteria • Not all bacteria attack food. Some
produce Diseases!
BotulismStrep throatPneumoniaWhooping coughLyme disease
You can be safe from bad bacteria!
• Bacteria can’t survive in high temperatures
Be sure to wash dishes in hot water!
You can be safe from bad bacteria!
• Freezing and refrigeration may kill harmful bacteria, or at least slow it down!
You can be safe from bad bacteria!
• Bacteria can be killed with disinfectants
Sometimes, harmful bacteria can enter our bodies.
The doctor can give us antibiotics.
Vaccines can help stop the bacteria before they enter your body!
How can you fight bad bacteria? Be sure to wash dishes in hot water!
• Freezing and refrigeration may kill harmful bacteria, or at least slow it down!
• Bacteria can be killed with disinfectants
• The doctor can give us antibiotics or vaccines.
Virus
• A virus is like bacteria
because:
It can make you very sick!
But…..
• A virus is UNLIKE bacteria because
IT IS NOT A LIVING THING!
Viruses need hosts to survive.
A virus can’t move by itself.
Viruses will attach to cells and then…
Multiply
If your body catches a virusYou might have
chicken pox
AIDS
Some kinds of cancer
Diarrhea
If your body catches a virus
• There is no medication to take.
• Your body has to fight the virus on its own
Foldable
• Bacteria are living single celled organisms.
• Most are harmless• A few are pathogens
that can make you sick
• Classified by shape• Help us digest food
• Clean soil• Found in cheese,
pickles, and yogurt• We should wash our
hands often! • Can be treated with
antibiotics• Can only be seen with
a microscope