Bacteria (Monera) are tiny living things

Can only be seen by

a microscope

Bacteria can be found everywhere living things

exist.

Bacteria comes in three shapes

Good Bacteria Just like mushrooms, Bacteria

helps to break down (clean up) dead things.

Good Bacteria

• Food

Good Bacteria

• We have bacteria on our skin and inside our bodies.

• Bacteria in our body helps to make us healthy and digest our food!

• Vaccinations

Bad Bacteria

• Just like fungus, Bacteria can feed off of old food.

Bad Bacteria

• Bacteria can spoil dairy products

Bad Bacteria • Not all bacteria attack food. Some

produce Diseases!

BotulismStrep throatPneumoniaWhooping coughLyme disease

You can be safe from bad bacteria!

• Bacteria can’t survive in high temperatures

Be sure to wash dishes in hot water!

You can be safe from bad bacteria!

• Freezing and refrigeration may kill harmful bacteria, or at least slow it down!

You can be safe from bad bacteria!

• Bacteria can be killed with disinfectants

Sometimes, harmful bacteria can enter our bodies.

The doctor can give us antibiotics.

Vaccines can help stop the bacteria before they enter your body!

How can you fight bad bacteria? Be sure to wash dishes in hot water!

• Freezing and refrigeration may kill harmful bacteria, or at least slow it down!

• Bacteria can be killed with disinfectants

• The doctor can give us antibiotics or vaccines.

Virus

• A virus is like bacteria

because:

It can make you very sick!

But…..

• A virus is UNLIKE bacteria because

IT IS NOT A LIVING THING!

Viruses need hosts to survive.

A virus can’t move by itself.

Viruses will attach to cells and then…

Multiply

If your body catches a virusYou might have

chicken pox

AIDS

Some kinds of cancer

Diarrhea

If your body catches a virus

• There is no medication to take.

• Your body has to fight the virus on its own

Foldable

• Bacteria are living single celled organisms.

• Most are harmless• A few are pathogens

that can make you sick

• Classified by shape• Help us digest food

• Clean soil• Found in cheese,

pickles, and yogurt• We should wash our

hands often! • Can be treated with

antibiotics• Can only be seen with

a microscope