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Slow down bacterial growth
b

Kill bacteria

Produce antibiotics

Yeast

M edicine Manufacture

into organic fertilisers

Bacteria and fungi break down plant / animal remains bread / bun tapai

Fertilisers M anufacture
a

3 2

Plants or animals Very tiny living things

Not Move Breathe seen Grow b by a c Seen through naked microscopes Undergo eye life
3 2 1 4 5

processes

Shapes
1

Sizes
2 3

Colours Air
1 2 3 4

Water Soil Other organisms

USES
Food manufacture

dough +
5 4

UNSEEN LIVING THINGS

Have different Singular : bacterium

b a c

Habitat

tapioca / glutinous rice +

3 2

tempe

soya bean + wheat + water+

soy sauce

soya bean + salt+ water+

Fully grown

White patch Black patch

Mouldy bread White or black patches Food turns bad Warm Moist
On food

2 1

2 1

Conditions

By Hair like / whip-like structure

2 1

Away from Towards enemies food sources Changing and water Sugar solution + yeast body shape

Ameoba changing shape to move

alcoholic drinks

Plural : viruses

Yeast
1

D
Bacteria Vinegar
4 3 2 1

BACTERIA

Cheese
VOLUME 2

1 2

juice +

Soy sauce

Yogurt

Tiniest microorganism Seen a b through electron c microscope VIRUS Bacteria 1 d Fungi 2 Infect 3 Protozoa other 4 Plants organisms
5 6

MICROORGANISMS (1 - 2)
Mouldy orange
2

TYPES
3 4
Plural : fungi
a

Animals Humans

Bread

Examples c b a

FUNGUS
Euglena
3

Rotten food

Rice

G r ow

Paramecium

2 1

Examples

PROTOZOA
a d c b

Habitat
2

CHARACTERISTICS
Ameoba

Orange

Singular:protozoan

2 1
M ov e
c b a Balloon inflated by carbon dioxide Yeast / balloon experiment d c

Rotten fruits
Human skin Forest floors

Papaya

Eating other microorganisms

Lives by
1

Largest microorganisms Examples Habitat

5 1 4 3 2 3 2 1

Trees

Breathe
a Eating a bacteria Dough: mixture of
2 2 1 3

Making own food

Human body Swamps Has chlorophyll to make food

Ponds

b Yeast

Lakes Rivers

Yeast

Dough rises

Moulds Mushrooms

Flour

Yeast
yeast cells

before

after

Water Gives out Takes carbon dioxide in and fill in oxygen spaces in dough

A dough