Name: ______________________________

The Unknown World

Answer the questions while watching the video.

1. From a microbe’s point of view, what does your scalp look like?

2. Every hour, you shed ________ million skin flakes filled with bacteria.

3. Dead skin makes up ______% of the dirt on your floors.

4. Where do dust mites live? _______________________________________

5. How are dust mites helpful to humans? _________________________________

6. What do silverfish eat? ________________________________________________

7. The ______________________ beetle feeds on hair, dried insects and dead specimens.

8. Are all bacteria dangerous to humans? _______________________

9. A single bacterium can multiply to 1 million strong in just _______ hours.

10. ___________________________________ travel through the blood system ready to attack

and kill invading bacteria.

11. What makes up pus? ______________________________________________________________

12. Viruses are {bigger//smaller} than bacteria.

13. Lymphocytes bombard viruses with ________________________________________.

14. Plasmodium (a protist parasite) lives in mosquitos and causes _______________________

in humans.

15. T/F: Microbe battles occur only in human bodies.

16. Explain how natural selection occurs in the “Unknown World”?

17. What 2 lessons can microorganisms teach us about ourselves?

a. ________________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________________

18. Why are decomposing microbes important? ________________________________________