Pathogen Check for Understanding

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Parasite

What do antibiotics cure?

• bacteria
• virus
• parasite
• fungus

Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?

• virus
• bacteria
• fungus
• parasite

Which pathogen can be prevented with vaccines

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• All of them

This is the word for a disease causing organism.

• Phagocyte
• Pathogen
• Pandemic

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

Which of the following is a virus?

• Influenza

• Malaria

• Strep throat

• Athlete's Foot

Why should people wash their hands?

• To protect harmless bacteria

• To change viral and bacterial nucleic acids

• To release mutated cells from pores

• To remove viruses and bacteria from the skin

Which type of microbe generally affects the skin?

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Fungi

• Protists

Which pathogen cause athlete’s foot, ringworm, and thrush?

• parasite

• virus

• bacteria

• fungi