Free Printable Agents of diseases

1.

Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance.What likely happened?

a)

Contact with environmental sources

b)

contact with an infected animal

c)

contact with a contaminated object

d)

contact with an infected person

2.

Which term describes a disease spread across the largest area?

a)

epidemic

b)

pandemic

3.

Which best describes the difference between a pandemic and epidemic?

a)

Pandemic is like an apple if epidemic is like an orange

b)

epidemic is like a city if pandemic is like the whole country

c)

both mean the same thing

d)

pandemic is smaller than an epidemic

4.

Which best describes the difference between a pandemic and epidemic?

a)

Pandemic is like an apple if epidemic is like an orange

b)

epidemic is like a city if pandemic is like the whole country

c)

both mean the same thing

d)

pandemic is smaller than an epidemic

5.

Which pathogen is non-living?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Parasite

6.

Which pathogen can be treated with antibiotics?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

All of them

7.

Which pathogen reproduces using spores?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Parasite

8.

What is the job of the immune system?

a)

To protect your body from drugs and medicine

b)

To protect your body from air and water

c)

To protect your body from pathogens

d)

To protect your body from itself

9.

Is it smart to wash your hands?

a)

No

b)

Yes

10.

What is one of the ways that antibiotics work?

a)

They can stop bacteria from reproducing

b)

They can stop viruses from reproducing

c)

They stop toxins from poisoning the tissues of hosts

11.

What sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?

a)

A bacterium

b)

A virus

c)

A fungus

d)

A protist

12.

Which would most likely prevent a cold virus from spreading in a classroom?

a)

tissue at a teacher's desk

b)

students wash hands regularly with soap

c)

students shake hands regularly with each other

d)

students wipe desks with dry paper towels

13.

An organism that causes disease

a)

Pathogen

b)

Infectious Disease

c)

Phagocyte

d)

Antigen

14.

A disease that is NOT caused by a pathogen

a)

Vaccine

b)

Passive Immunity

c)

Vaccination

d)

Noninfectious disease

15.

What is a noninfectious disease?

a)

A disease that can spread

b)

A pathogen

c)

A disease that can't spread

d)

Rabies

16.

Which is not an infectious disease?

a)

Malaria

b)

diabetes

c)

food poisoning

d)

measles

17.

The treatment of parasitic diseases like lice, fleas, and bed bugs is:

a)

Chlorox Wipes

b)

Antifungals

c)

Antiparasitic drugs

d)

Antivirals

18.

Can be cured using antibiotics

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

parasite

19.

One celled animal

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungus

d)

Protozoan

20.

Needs host cell to reproduce.

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungus

d)

Protozoan

21.

Decomposer in nature but can cause disease.

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungus

d)

Protozoan

22.

World wide epidemic.

a)

Pandemic

b)

Plague

c)

Pathogen

23.

Disease causing organism.

a)

Phagocyte

b)

Pathogen

c)

Pandemic

24.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major types of human pathogens.

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

fungi

d)

plants

25.

Rabies is an example of a disease spread by infected animals.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

You can catch a noninfectious disease from a classmate.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

What is a noninfectious disease?

a)

A disease that can spread

b)

A pathogen

c)

A disease that can't spread

d)

Rabies

28.

A medicine that kill microorganism like bacteria.

a)

antibiotics

b)

pathogen

c)

virus

d)

bacteri

29.

Microscopic single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environments.

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

30.

An illness that affects a person, animal, or plant

a)

virus

b)

parasite

c)

vaccine

d)

disease

31.

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a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

pathogen

d)

disease

32.

An enormous group of organisms that are neither plants nor animals. They obtain nutrients through the absorption of decaying organic matter, ...

a)

virus

b)

fungi

c)

bacteria

d)

pathogens

33.

Its is a living cell in which a virus reproduces.

a)

plant

b)

cell

c)

host cell

d)

animal

34.

Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health through cleanliness.

a)

parasite

b)

vaccine

c)

hygiene

d)

vector

35.

The branch of science that deals with microorganisms.

a)

host cell

b)

disease

c)

microbiology

d)

pathogen

36.

A microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus.

a)

pathogens

b)

microbiology

c)

microorganism

d)

vaccine

37.

Infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide.

a)

virus

b)

epidemic

c)

pandemic

d)

bacteria

38.

An organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

pathogen

d)

parasite

39.

A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

a)

epidemic

b)

pandemic

c)

pathogen

d)

parasite

40.

A group of people or animals of the same kind living in an area or country.

a)

pandemic

b)

epidemic

c)

population

d)

virus

41.

A preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease.

a)

disease

b)

antibiotic

c)

vaccine

d)

host cell

42.

An organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another.

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

vector

d)

pathogen

43.

Non living thing tat can be only reproduce inside host cell and cause diseases.

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

parasite

d)

pathogens

Agents of diseases

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 27mins

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