For use with the Student Article: Microbes

Choose from this list to name the 4 main kinds of germs, or microbes:

Bacteria, wisteria, virus, gyros, fungi, mudkip, protozoa,

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True or False?

1. Germs, or microbes, can make you sick.
2. Germs, or microbes, can help keep you well.
3. Germs are too tiny to see without a microscope.
4. Germs cause sickness known as “infectious disease”.
5. Germs cause illnesses like cancer and diabetes.

Place an “x” beside each place where germs can live.

____ In air

____ In soil

____ In rock

____ In water

____ In you

____ In your mom’s geranium

____ In your puppy