Antibiotic Resistance

The word “antibiotic” means

• "against growth"

• "against disease"

• "against all odds"

• “against life”

Examples of antibiotics:

• Penicillin

• Tetracyclines

• Neomycin

• All of the above

Antibiotics are chemical substances that kill bacterial cells by interrupting a key cellular function

• True

• False

• Maybe

Broad spectrum antibiotics are good because:

• They Kill many different pathogenic bacteria

• They are really cheap to buy

• They cause antibiotic resistance

• None of the above

Broad spectrum antibiotics are bad because:

• They kill many different pathogenic bacteria

• They are really cheap to buy

• They can increase the rate of development of antibiotic resistance

• All of the above

The three main shapes of bacteria are all of the following EXCEPT

• rod shaped (bacillus)
• spherical (coccus)
• octagon (octilli)
• spiral (spirillus)

A disease causing organism

• pathogen
• poison
• vaccine
• prokaryote

Bacteria are called _____ because their DNA is not contained in a nucleus.

• prokaryotes
• eukaryotes
• cells
• viruses

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Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a problem because:

• It is more difficult to treat people infected with them

• bacteria smell pretty bad

• viruses them grow out of control

• they are not a problem, I love being sick

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how are bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics?

• bacteria does not become resistant to antibiotics.

• by a genetic mutation/by acquiring resistance from another bacterium.

• by wishing they were resistant.

• antibiotic resistance does not exist.

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