Infectious Quizeases!

Which of the following is the correct order that viruses infect people?

• Enter the body, survive, multiply, disrupt cell functions.

• Survive, disrupt cell functions, enter the body, multiply.

• Disrupt cell functions, enter the body, multiply, survive.

• Multiply, survive, enter the body, disrupt cell functions.

How small are viruses?

• Millions can fit on the head of a pin

• Thousands can fit on the head of a pin

• Hundreds can fit on the head of a pin

• 1-5 can fit on the head of a pin

Viruses can survive all the following except:

• Freezing

• Boiling

• Chemical attack

• Antibodies

Bacteria are _______ viruses.

• Much bigger than

• Much smaller than

• The same size as

• Sometimes bigger and sometimes smaller than

Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are called:

• Superbugs

• Viral bacteria

• Death germs

• Influenza

European conquerers were aided by a secret weapon:

• Steel swords

• Large ships

• Smallpox disease

• Superior numbers

Europeans gained immunity to smallpox by:

• Fighting it with antibiotics

• Living with domesticated farm animals

• Studying its genetic structure

• Traveling around the world

The people of the Americas only farmed one large mammal:

• The horse

• The cow

• The llama

• The ox

What is the most deadly animal in the world?

• Hippo

• Tiger

• Crocodile

• Mosquito

Malaria originally meant:

• Mosquito-borne

• Humid-dwelling

• Bad-air

• Germ-spreader