Pre-requisite

Can you identify the picture??????

 What type of organism
Name the organism is it?
shown in the picture. (Unicellular
/multicellular)

Can you see Amoeba

If no, why?
with naked eyes?
 JUST A QUICK RECAP OF CLASS VII

1. All living organisms are made up of ____________.

2. _______________observed the cell for the first time.

3.__________________ observed the living cell for the first time.

4. The term cell was coined by ______________.

5.The organisms which are made up of one cell is called___________.

6. The organisms which are made up of many cells are called __________________.
Landmarks in the discovery of Micro-organisms:
1. Anton van Leeuwenhoek: 3. Robert Koch:
The first to see microorganisms Designed techniques to handle
bacteria

2. Louis Pasteur: Discovered that microorganisms 4. Joseph Lister: Use of

in air cause spoilage of food Antiseptics
 MICRO-ORGANISMS
 Very small in size, can’t be observed with naked eyes
 Found in all types of environments
 Can live freely or in colonies
NEW terms :
1. Prokaryotic cell 2. Eukaryotic cell
 Nutrients

Moistur Oxygen
e
(aerobic
only)

CONDITIONS
REQUIRED
FOR M.O. TO
GROW

Sunlight Tempera
(Autotrophs) ture
 THINK AND ANSWER
1. DO YOU THINK ALL ORGANISMS ARE SAME??????

2. IF NO , THEN WHY?????

3. THINK OF SOME CRITERIA ON WHICH

MICROORGANISMS CAN BE CATEGORISED????

4. NAME SOME MICROORGANISMS THAT YOU HAVE

HEARD ABOUT IN THE RECENT TIME.

 BACTERIA

ALGAE
FUNGI
MAJOR
GROUPS
OF
MICROBE
S

PROTOZO
VIRUS
A
TIME TO TTIME TO RECAPITULATE WHAT WE LEARNT