Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

What is antibiotic resistance?

• The ability for humans to resist antibiotics.
• The ability for humans to repel bacteria. 
• The ability for bacteria to resist antibiotics.
• The ability for bacteria to become weak from antibiotics.

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Why are bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics?

• Bacteria are changing and evolving.
• Humans are using antibiotics incorrectly.
• Antibiotics are becoming weaker.
• Humans are becoming weaker.

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What is happening because bacteria became more resistant to antibiotics.

• Bacteria are dying out.
• Humans are increasing in population.
• Antibiotics are becoming weaker.
• Bacteria are starting to multiply and grow

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How does antibiotic resistance affect humans?

• Humans are using less antibiotics.
• Humans are getting less sick.
• Humans are catching viruses and diseases more frequently.
• Bacteria are not affecting humans at all.

How has antibiotic resistance changed over time?

• It hasn't changed at all
• Antibiotics are being made cheaply and bacteria are becoming more resistant
• Humans are buying less antibiotics and becoming weaker
• Bacteria are becoming more resistant to the antibiotics that are being perscribed

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Antibiotic resistant bacteria can spread to humans through...

• Contact with something that has been touched by someone with antibiotic resistant bacteria
• Contact with a person who has antibiotic resistant bacteria
• Contact with animals carrying antibiotic resistant bacteria
• All of these

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True or False- If you develop a bacterial infection in a hospital, it will likely be resistant to at least one antibiotic

• True
• False

Which one of the statements is true?

• Bacteria are still becoming more resistant to antibiotics
• Antibiotics are being used less
• Humans are becoming more resistant to bacteria
• Antibiotics are becoming weaker