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6. Aerobic respiration...

  • needs oxygen
  • does not need oxygen

7. Aerobic respiration produces...

  • more energy than anaerobic respiration
  • less energy than anaerobic respiration

8. Yeast is used to make bread and alcohol drinks

  • True
  • False

9. Mycoprotein is a single-celled protein used to make...

  • penicillin
  • meat substitutes (Quorn)
  • mould

10. Mycoprotein means...

  • fungi
  • protein from fungi
  • protein
  • fungi from protein

11. Fusarium is...

  • a kind of yeast fungus
  • the main source of mycoprotein - a fungus
  • a meat substitute

12. Fusarium respires...

  • aerobically
  • anaerobically

13. Penicillin is an antibiotic

  • True
  • False

14. Penicillin is made by...

  • growing mould
  • growing antibodies
  • growing plants
  • growing antibiotics

15. Microorganisms are grown in fermenters

  • True
  • False

16. Fermenters contain...

  • gas culture medium
  • solid culture high
  • liquid culture medium
  • liquid culture high
  • solid culture medium

17. This medium is needed to let the microorganisms...

  • reproduce
  • ferment
  • all of the above
  • grow

18. To prevent contamination...

  • sterile conditions are needed
  • a motorised stirrer is needed

19. Oxygen is supplied so that the microorganisms can respire...

  • aerobically
  • anaerobically

20. The right conditions of......are needed

  • pH
  • sterilisation
  • all of the above
  • temperature