Antibiotics

Select the example of an antibiotic.

• vaccine

• pathogen

• penicillin

• antibody

Select the disease which can be treated with antibiotics.

• Cold

• Influenza

• COVID 19

• Bacterial infection

Antibiotics do not destroy viruses. They only work on ..........

Select the correct definition for antibiotics.

• Chemicals which destroy bacteria.

• Chemicals which destroy fungi.

• Chemicals which destroy viruses.

• Chemicals which destroy parasites.

Select the part of a bacteria cell antibiotics attack and destroy.

• DNA

• Cytoplasm

• Cell membrane

• Cell wall

Antibiotics stop bacteria ..........

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are bacteria which are not affected or destroyed by ..........

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Select the example of something which does not cause antibiotic resistance.

• Not finishing a course of antibiotics.

• Giving antibiotics to live stock (animals we eat).

• Using antibiotics when we don't need them.

• Finishing a course of antibiotics.

Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem because the antibiotics we have now to fight bacteria will not work. Therefore we will need to make new kinds of .......... to fight the new types of ...........

• antibiotics, bacteria

• bacteria, antibiotics

• antibodies, bacteria

• antibiotics, viruses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Write down the name of the scientist who discovered penicillin.