Micro-Organisms

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Micro-Organisms
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Microbes are Tiny Living Things

• Microbes or micro-organisms can only be seen
  through a microscope.
• There are millions of microbes in the soil, air,
  water and even the human body.
• Some microbes are USEFUL and some are DANGEROUS.
• Bacteria and viruses are microbes.

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Helpful Microbes do Important Jobs

• Bacteria which help make vinegar, cheese and
  yoghurt
• Bacteria rot down dead organisms and put
  nutrients in the soil for plants to help them
  grow
• Yeast is a microbe its used to make beer and
  bread

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Harmful microbes can cause Disease

• They cause disease and illness flu, colds,
  measles, chicken pox, AIDS,tetanus, etc.
• Microbes cause tooth decay.

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Four ways of Spreading Disease

• From coughs and sneezes
• From touching infected people or objects
• From insect bites
• From infected food

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In the Kitchen be Sensible with Food

• Keep food covered
• Store food in a fridge
• Heat food properly when cooking
• Store raw meat away from cooked meat
• Preserve foods properly take away water and air

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At home be Sensible with Personal Hygiene

• Wash your hands after going to the toilet
• Dont sneeze or cough over people

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At the Doctors Medicines are used to fight
Microbes

• Medicines called vaccines and antibiotics are
  taken as pills or injected to fight microbes
  that cause illness