2/22 - Epidemic and Pandemic Review 8.L.1

2/22 - Epidemic and Pandemic Review

Multiple Choice

This is caused by the H1N1 virus.

• AIDS

• Bubonic Plague

• Spanish Flu

• Tuberculosis

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Bubonic Plague is an example of a pandemic.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

This term is used when many people in a local area get sick at the same time.

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Diseases

• Pathogens

Multiple Choice

This term is used when a disease affects a large proportion of the people over a large area.

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Disease

• Pathogens

Multiple Choice

What is another word for pathogens?

• Illness

• Microorganisms

• Germs

• Bubonic

Multiple Select

It prevents the normal functioning of the body

• Disease

• Pandemic

• Illness

• Epidemic

Multiple Choice

Which of the following causes diseases?

• Pathogens

• Poor Environment

• Genetics

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

which pathogen lives in or on a host?

• bacteria
• virus
• parasite
• fungus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about pathogens is true?

• A pathogen describes anything that causes illness or disease
• Pathogens are all microscopic
• All pathogens are transmitted through the air from host to host
• All pathogens cause cells to swell and burst

Multiple Choice

Viruses reproduce themselves by...

• dividing into two identical copies
• causing cells to transform into viruses
• making host cells reproduce copies of the viruses
• planting eggs inside host organisms

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?

• protist/parasite

• fungi

• bacteria

• virus

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen does NOT have DNA?

• fungi

• protist/parasite

• bacteria

• virus

• they all have DNA

Multiple Choice

Ticks are an example of this way of transmitting (spreading) disease

• Air-borne

• Vector

• Touching a surface

• Contaminated food or water

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen reproduces using binary fission (Asexual Reproduction)?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

• They are all alive