MICROBIOLOGY

Which aspect of modern life could MOST likely cause an epidemic to turn into a pandemic?

• vaccination

• transportation

• communication

• sanitation

Millions of people living all over the world have cancer. Is cancer a pandemic?

• No, because cancer is not contagious.

• No, because cancer is not always fatal.

• Yes, because millions of people have cancer.

• Yes, because people all over the world have cancer

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CCSS.W.8.1B

Which set of diseases do viruses cause?

• malaria, influenza, AIDS

• herpes, smallpox, bubonic plague

• influenza, AIDS, smallpox

• bubonic plague, malaria, herpes

In 1839, Schleiden and Schwann began formulating a theory of cells and their role in living organisms. Over time, cell theory has been updated. Modern cell theory is summarized on the left.

Cell theory explains all of the following EXCEPT

• the growth of animals

• how viruses require the cells of living organisms to survive.

• how bacteria reproduce

• the storage of chemical energy in plant cells

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of these diseases is caused by a bacterium?

• rabies

• influenza

• strep throat

• chicken pox

Which statement BEST explains why viruses can only reproduce within a host?

• Viruses lack the genes necessary for transcription

• Viruses need the host to provide nutrients.

• Viruses need the host cell to break down their cell membranes

• Viruses lack the ribosomes necessary to make their own proteins.

Which sentence BEST describes a pandemic?

• The disease causes high fever and vomiting.

• The disease passes through direct contact with an infected person.

• The disease is fatal if not treated immediately.

• The disease has spread to every country in the Northern Hemisphere

A disease that can be passed from one person to another is BEST described as being

• hazardous.

• contaminated.

• infectious

• toxic.

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

A city has an outbreak of a disease that affects an unusually large portion of its population at the same time. Which term BEST describes the outbreak?

• pandemic

• plague

• epidemic

• infection

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CCSS.L.8.5C

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. The first known human cases AIDS were in Asia in the late 1950s. Since then, tens of millions of people have died from the disease, and tens of millions more people all over the world are infected. Which term BEST describes the disease AIDS?

• isolated cases

• outbreak

• epidemic

• pandemic