Antibiotic Resistance

1. 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.

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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3. 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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4. How does antibiotic resistance affect humans?

• Humans are using less antibiotics

• Humans are getting less sick.

• Humans are catching viruses and diseases more frequently.

5. How has antibiotic resistance changed over time?

• It hasn't changed at all

• Antibiotics are being made cheaply and bacteria are becoming more resistant

• Bacteria are becoming more resistant to the antibiotics that are being prescribed

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6. Antibiotic resistant bacteria can spread to humans through...

• Contact with something infected

• Contact with a person who has antibiotic resistant

• Contact with animals carrying antibiotic resistant bacteria

• All of these

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

• True

• False

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8. Which one of the statements is true?

• Bacteria are still becoming more resistant to antibiotics

• Antibiotics are being used less

• Antibiotics are becoming weaker

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9. Antibiotics are...

• Chemicals that kill bacteria

• An example of a painkiller

• Chemicals that help bacteria

2. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a problem because:

• It is more difficult to treat people infected with them

• bacteria smell pretty bad

• they are not a problem, I love being sick

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