GRADE: 7

MICROORGANISMS HOMEWORK

1 How does yeast make the spongy texture of the bread?

2 Why does the dough rise even more in a warm oven?
3 If a bacterium could divide into two every 20 minutes, how many bacteria
would be produced after eight hours?
4 a) In what ways are members of the Monera similar to members of the
Protoctista?
b) In what ways are members of the Monera different from members of
the Protoctista?
5 Describe the ways in which Protoctista move.
6 Are viruses living things? Explain your answer. 7 Produce a table of
diseases caused by viruses and bacteria.

The parent cell divides to form two daughter cells through binary fission. There is
a single bacterial cell which divides after every 20 minutes through binary fission.
The bacterial cell divides for 8 hours, in which there are 480 minutes. The
bacterial cell divides (480/20= 24) 24 times in 8 hours. So, the total number of
bacteria formed after 8 hours are 2
24
= 16,777,216cells.