Amoeba Sisters Natural Selection CFU

What causes strep throat?

• An allergy

• A bacteria

• A virus

• A fungal infection

What are antibiotics designed to destroy?

• Eukaryote cells

• Virus cells

• Cancer cells

• Prokaryote cells

What is a concern related to the use of antibiotics?

• Dehydration

• Increased blood pressure

• Antibiotic resistance

• Vitamin deficiency

What is an example of natural selection mentioned in the text?

• Darker frogs having more offspring

• Frogs changing color at will

• Humans developing immunity to bacteria

• Bacteria choosing to resist antibiotics

What determines a frog's fitness in the biological sense?

• How many offspring they have

• Their size

• Their ability to change color

• How long they live

What can cause variation in traits within a species?

• A conscious decision

• Exercising

• Eating different foods

• Random mutations

Why might antibiotics become less effective over time?

• People become immune to antibiotics

• Viruses interfere with antibiotics

• Antibiotics lose their potency

• Bacteria develop resistance

How can bacteria share resistance traits?

• By mutating simultaneously

• Through reproduction

• By consuming antibiotics

• Transferring genes to other bacteria

Why is it important to only take antibiotics for bacterial infections?

• To prevent selecting for resistant bacteria

• To avoid unnecessary costs

• To prevent viral infections

• To increase their effectiveness against fungi

What can vaccines protect against?

• Natural selection

• Bacterial infections

• Antibiotic resistance

• Mutation in frogs