Pathogens practice

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

• They are all alive

How could you describe the size of a virus?

• Smaller than bacteria
• Larger than a parasite
• About the size of a dime
• Smaller than a proton

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the scenario that could best explain how the people got sick?

• contact with environmental sources

• contact with an infected animal

• contact with a contaminated object

• contact with an infected person

How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?

• by taking medication daily

• by preventing transmission between people

• by wearing clean clothing daily

• by performing dental hygiene three times each day

Ebola is a deadly viral disease that spreads easily but is relegated to several countries on the continent of Africa.

• What is an outbreak

• What is a pandemic

• What is an epidemic

• What is a contamination

Ticks are an example of this way of transmitting (spreading) disease

• Air-borne

• Vector

• Touching a surface

• Contaminated food or water

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

On Monday, Kari exhibits no symptoms of a viral illness.  She is sick on Tuesday and stays home from school. On Wednesday, her friends stay home with the same illness, despite having no contact with Kari when she was sick on Tuesday.  Which is the most likely explanation of how the other students became sick?

• The virus was a carrier, and the other students were infected after Kari got sick.

• Kari was immune to the virus but infected the other students.

• Kari was infected with the virus and came in contact with her friends before she experienced any symptoms.

• The virus mutated and infected the other students after Kari got sick.

In 1918, an outbreak of influenza infected 500,000 people all over the world. Tens of millions of those infected died. In 1994, an outbreak of pneumonic plague spread quickly through the city of Surat in India, killing 52 people. Which statement BEST describes the two events?

• Both outbreaks were pandemics.

• Both outbreaks were epidemics.

• The influenza outbreak was a pandemic. The plague outbreak was an epidemic.

• The influenza outbreak was an epidemic. The plague outbreak was a pandemic.