Diseases, Microbiology and Microbes

An antibiotic is a drug used to kill ____. 

• bacteria
• viruses
• latent viruses
• cyanobacteria

Which is a distinction between an epidemic and a pandemic?

• the symptoms of the disease
• the geographical area affected
• the species infected
• the season when the disease spreads

What structure do some bacteria use for movement?

• cell membrane
• flagella
• nucleolus

Mushrooms are a type of what?

• bacteria
• virus
• protozoa
• fungi

What do you call an organism that causes diseases

• toxin
• pathogen
• microscopic
• protozoa

What is the most common method by which AIDS is spread?

• animal bites
• contaminated food
• shared body fluids

Which situation would most favor the spread of infectious disease?

• use of vaccines
• overcrowding
• small population
• sanitary conditions

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which characteristic do all microbes share?

• They are all microscopic in size
• They all need oxygen to survive
• They all exist in similar conditions

How do viruses and bacteria compare?

• They are both living
• They both have DNA
• They are both nonliving

Which vector could lead to a malaria epidemic?

• mosquitoes
• bats
• flies

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