Microbiome

Microbes can live individually or cluster together in communities?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Microbes live in the gut microbiome to help keep us healthy

• False

• True

Our gut microbiome starts when we are a teenager

• False

• True

Big changes in the gut microbiome size can lead to... (check the correct answers)

• Healthy immune system

• Diabetes

• Keep us healthy

• Obesity

If our gut microbiome can be easily changed for the better/worse, what is so important in keeping us healthy?

• A healthy well-balanced diet

• Junk food

• A unhealthy well-balanced diet

What can we understand from this pie graph?

• Both the mice with the normal gut and low-bacteria gut are likely to get sick.

• Mice with the normal gut are less likely to get sick because there is less room for the bacteria to grow.

• Mice with the low-bacteria gut are less likely to get sick because there is a lot of space.

• Both the mice with the normal gut and low-bacteria gut are not likely to get sick.

Why did the group of mice with spaces and gaps in their microbiome get sicker than the other group?

• Spaces in a microbiome allow bad bacteria like Salmonella or C.diff to grow and expand.

• They were sick mice when we started the experiment.

• They were supposed to get sick from Salmonella.

• Good bacteria weren't able to save them from C.diff.

Which is an example of normal and good bacteria in a human microbiome?

• C.jejuni

• C.diff infection

• L.reuteri

• Salmonella

What is a treatment that reduces the amount of harmful and helpful bacteria in the gut?

• Molecules

• C. Jejune

• Antibiotics

• Bacteria

The human body provides an environment (food and space) for bacteria.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1