Pathogens and Infectious Disease

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Parasite

What do antibiotics cure?

• bacteria
• virus
• parasite
• fungus

Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?

• virus
• bacteria
• fungus
• parasite

Which pathogen can be prevented with vaccines

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• All of them

Which pathogen reproduces using binary fission (Asexual Reproduction)?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Parasite

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Which best explains how a nonliving virus is able to reproduce?

• A virus becomes living when in contact with a host organism.
• A virus infects a host organism by injecting its DNA into the cells of the host organism.
• A virus infects a host organism by pulling the DNA from the cells of the host organism into itself.
• A virus becomes living when a sufficient number of viruses invade a host organism and cause an infection.

Which best distinguishes an infectious disease from a noninfectious disease?

• Infectious diseases can be cured with antibiotics; noninfectious diseases cannot.
• Infectious diseases can be prevented with vaccines; noninfectious diseases cannot.
• Infectious diseases can be spread from one organism to another; noninfectious diseases cannot.
• Infectious diseases cannot be transmitted from one organism to another; noninfectious diseases can.

What are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?

• animals, bacteria, fungi and plants
• bacteria, fungi, nucleus, protist
• bacteria, fungi, viruses, protist
• bacteria, plants, fungi, protist

Malaria is spread by..

• Animal vector

• Contaminated food or water

• Air

• Bodily fluids

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

• Air-borne
• Animal vector
• Bodily fluids
• Contaminated food or water