Microbe Test

An infectious disease is spreading through a community. Who is most likely to study the spread of the disease?

• Detective

• epidemiologist

• microscopist

• Physicist

A quarantine is used to

• Prevent the spread of infectious disease

• Cr​​​​​​​eate a loss of freedom

• Increase the spread of an infectious disease

• None of the abov

Why is a carrier more likely to spread an infectious disease?

• They don't know they are sick and ​​​​​​​continue with normal activities, spreading the microbes other people.

• They know they are sick and continue with normal activities.

• Carriers, like mice and mosquitoes, are hard to quarantine.

Name the vector in the following situation.

A orangutan has yellow fever and is showing symptoms. A mosquito feeds off the infected orangutan. The mosquito later feeds off an unsuspecting human, giving them the virus yellow fever. Which animal is the vector, the orangutan, the mosquito, or the human?

• Orangutan

• mosquito

• huma

In act #30, what happened to the number of people infected over time?

• increased

• decreased

• stayed the same

• can't tell

The bubonic plague was an infectious disease that killed 1/3 of the population in Europe. It later made its way into Asia and finally the US. What was the path of transmission for the plague? (In other words, how did the humans get the plague? Who got the plague first, next, last?)

• human-rat-flea-human

• flea-rat-human

• Rat-flea-human

• Flea-rat-flea-huma

Not all diseases are infectious. Name one that is NOT infectious.

• Cancer

• Flu

• Cold

• Ebola

An infectious disease is usually

• Caused by genes

• caused by microbes

• caused by environment

• none of the above

One of the most effective ways you can prevent the spread of infectious disease is to:

• Eat a balanced diet

• Wash your hands frequently

• Get enough sleep

• Exercise daily

Which of the following scientists concluded that all animals are made of cells?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Matthais Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann