8.L.1 Infectious Disease Check in

Organisms that cause disease are called __________________.

• hosts

• pathogens

• Phagocytes

• Flagellum

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Which disease is correctly paired with the cause of the disease?

• athlete’s foot - fungi

• malaria - viruses

• influenza - bacteria

• strep throat- parasite

True or false: Bacteria and viruses come in different shapes

• True

• False

Which of these diseases is caused by bacteria?

• rabies

• influenza

• lyme Disease

• chicken pox

Why are viruses considered to be nonliving organisms?

• They do not have genetic information.

• They are not able to move on their own.

• They do not interact with their environment.

• They are not able to reproduce without a host cell.

You have a cold, but your doctor will not give you an antibiotic, this is because

• antibiotics makes colds worse

• colds are not infectious

• antibiotics provide bacteria with food

• antibiotics do not kill viruses

You have strep throat and your doctor gives you a prescription for ten days of an antibiotic. By the second day, you feel much better. What should you do?

• Continue taking all the medication because you already paid for it.

• Stop taking the medication and save it for the next strep throat.

• Stop taking the medication to reduce the chance of resistance.

• Continue taking all of the medication to reduce the chance of bacterial resistance to the antibiotic.

The bacteria that causes bubonic plague is transmitted to humans by fleas. Which term best describes the role of the fleas in transmitting bubonic plague?

• decomposer

• parasite

• pathogen

• vector

Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine each year?

• Viruses replicate more rapidly over time.

• Viruses can mutate from year to year.

• Vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year.

• Vaccines get stronger over time.

Millions of people living all over the world have cancer. Can you transmit cancer?

• No, because cancer is non infectious

• No, because cancer is not always fatal.

• Yes, because millions of people have cancer.

• Yes, because people all over the world have cancer.