(Form 5) 1.9.1a Factors that Affect the Growth of Microorganisms (Structured Questions)


Question 1:
Diagram 1 shows an experiment to study the effect of temperature on the growth of bacteria.



After 2 days, the appearance of the nutrient broth in each test tube is observed. The result recorded is shown in Table below.


(a) State the variables in this experiment.
(i) Manipulated variable [1 mark]
(ii) Responding variable [1 mark]


(b) State the hypothesis for this experiment[1 mark]

(c) State the inference that can be made based on this experiment. [1 mark]

(d) Based on this experiment, state the operational definition for bacteria. [1 mark]


Answer:
(a)(i) Temperature

(a)(ii)
Growth of bacteria

(b)
A suitable temperature is essential for the growth of bacteria.

(c)
Bacteria growth very fast at 37oC

(d)
Bacteria are tiny living organisms which grow and reproduce themselves under a suitable temperature. 


Question 2:
In an experiment, a bacteria Basillus subtilis is cultured in a petri dish containing nutrient agar for five days at 37 oC.
The results of the experiment is shown in the Table.


(a) Using data in the Table, draw a graph of the number of bacterial colonies against time. [2 marks]


(b) What is the relationship between the number of bacterial colonies and time? [1 mark]

(c) Predict the number of bacterial colonies produced on the 6th day. [1 mark]


Answer:
(a)


(b) The number of bacterial colonies increases with time.

(c) 22 or 23







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