Antibiotics Quiz - Top Notch 3 U 8

What do antibiotics do?

• Kill viruses

• Stop viruses from spreading

• Kill or stop bacteria from multiplying

• Increase the immune system

Who discovered microorganisms using a microscope?

• Alexander Fleming

• Louis Pasteur

• Ernst Chain

• Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

What did Louis Pasteur confirm?

• That viruses can cause disease

• That bacteria cause diseases

• That penicillin cures all infections

• That antibiotics are useless

What did Alexander Fleming discover?

• A new type of virus

• The power of penicillin to kill bacteria

• A cure for the flu

• A method to make penicillin

Why wasn’t Fleming able to use penicillin as a drug?

• It was too expensive

• He didn’t know how to grow it

• He couldn’t extract it properly

• It didn’t work on viruses

When was penicillin mass-produced?

• 1928

• After the Nobel Prize

• During World War II

• In the 21st century

What made penicillin so important during the war?

• It helped grow crops

• It cured viral infections

• It saved soldiers from bacterial infections

• It boosted energy

What kind of diseases are antibiotics NOT effective against?

• Bacterial infections

• Skin infections

• Viral diseases like colds and flu

• Streptococcal infections

Why is it a problem to overuse antibiotics?

• They taste bad

• Bacteria can become resistant to them

• They stop working on viruses

• People prefer natural remedies

What happens when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?

• Antibiotics become more effective

• Antibiotics are no longer needed

• The antibiotics stop working

• Viruses mutate