Pathogens and Diseases

Pathogens and Diseases

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Pathogens and Diseases

Pathogens and Diseases

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS1-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which pathogen is non-living?

Virus

Bacterium

Fungus

Parasite

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do antibiotics cure?

bacteria

viruses

parasites

fungi

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?

virus

bacterium

fungus

parasite

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is the word for a disease causing organism.

Phagocyte

Pathogen

Pandemic

eukaryote

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which best compares bacteria and viruses?

bacteria are smaller than viruses
bacteria cause disease, but viruses do not
bacteria have genetic material, but viruses do not
bacteria are living organisms, but viruses are not

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

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