Pathogens

Which of the following is a non-living pathogen?

• virus

• bacterium

• fungus

• protozoan

Which type of pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Mosquitos are ____ that carry pathogens from one host to another.

• fungi

• vectors

• viruses

• protozoans

____ behave like living things when they get inside the body of a host.

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

____ infect other organisms by releasing toxins.

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Athlete's foot and ringworm are caused by . . .

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Measles and influenza are caused by . . .

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Cholera and pneumonia are caused by . . .

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Malaria is caused by ____. It is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.

• virus

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoans

Shaking hands with a sick person may allow pathogens spread.

• True

• False