How do we get sick?
Infectious diseases

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Biology
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6th - 8th Grade
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Easy
Pauline Arbelaez
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8 questions
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1.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
2 mins • 2 pts
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Answer explanation
How Do You Catch a Cold?
Viruses are released in the air when a sick person sneezes, coughs, or blows their nose.
You can get sick if you touch your nose, eyes, or mouth after you have touched something contaminated by the virus.
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 2 pts
What kind of organisms can make us sick?
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Are viruses living organisms?
Yes
No
We don´t know yet
They are considered as a living organism for a part of their life
Answer explanation
Viruses are not made out of cells, they can't keep themselves in a stable state, they don't grow, and they can't make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/cells/viruses/a/are-viruses-dead-or-alive
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
Bacteria are bad for humans
All Bacteria are necessary or useful for human health
All bacteria produce toxins that can cause diseases
They can be good or bad.
Bacteria don´t have any effect on humans
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Bacteria are multicellular microscopic organisms.
True
False - they are macroscopic.
False - they are not living.
False - they are unicellular.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Athlete's foot is cause by...
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Animal
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
What is a prion?
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8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • Ungraded
Can animals cause infectious diseases?
Yes
No
Only microscopic animals
Only sick animals
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