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There are more germs here than there are stars in the sky.
A. An airport restroom
B. Your intestines
C. A movie theater
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The oldest known sign of life on earth is a fossilized germ cell that is how old?
A. 3.5 billion years
B. 8 million years
C. 630,000 years
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The world’s germs weigh more than every living plant and animal combined.
True _____
False _____
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Germs are alive and well on:
A. The ocean floor
B. Frozen Antarctica
C. Boiling hot springs
D. Volcanoes’ lava cones
E. All of the above
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Stones made of the shells of germs called protozoa were used to build:
A. Mount Rushmore
B. Egypt’s Pyramids
C. The Great Wall of China
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One of the germiest things in your whole house is:
A. Your toilet
B. Your garage
C. Your kitchen sponge
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Answers: 1 B, 2 A, 3 True, 4 E, 5 B, 6 C.
Germ facts courtesy of microbiologist and germ expert Philip M. Tierno, Jr. Ph.D.