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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do all viruses need to reproduce?
a)
They need host genetic material
b)
They need a host cell
c)
They need bacteria
d)
They need insulin
2.
What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both
a)
store genetic information
b)
have chloroplasts
c)
use glucose for cellular respiration
d)
have endoplasmic reticula
3.
Antibiotics kill viruses
a)
True
b)
False
4.
How does a virus cause a person to develop the common cold?
a)
invades the host cell to reproduce
b)
removes energy from the host cell
c)
produces toxins in the host cell
d)
protects the host cell from bacteria
5.
What helps prevent viral diseases?
a)
Vaccines
b)
Antibiotics
c)
Herbal tea
d)
Gene Therapy
6.
Bacteria is what type of cell?
a)
prokaryote
b)
eukaryote
7.
Bacteria is frequently used in the ____________system to break down food.
a)
integumentary
b)
digestive
c)
reproductive
d)
muscular
8.
Binary fisssion is a type of __________ reproduction ?
a)
asexual
b)
sexual
9.
All bacteria are harmful to humans
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The flu is caused by
a)
bacteria
b)
virus
11.
Bacteria are smaller then viruses.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Viruses can be cured with antibiotics.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Antibiotics kill bacteria.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which of the following is not a fungus?
a)
Yeast
b)
Mould
c)
Mushroom
d)
Algae
15.
Which of the following is not a fungus?
a)
Yeast
b)
Mould
c)
Mushroom
d)
Algae
16.
Mushroom and mould are not plants.
a)
True
True
True
b)
False
17.
Mushroom grows from spores.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which are examples of fungi?
a)
mold
b)
yeast
c)
mushrooms
d)
all of the above
19.
What are some bad effects of fungi?
a)
Athletes Foot
b)
Ringworm
c)
Mushroom's produce deadly poison
d)
All of the above
20.
The bacteria that causes Bubonic Plague is transmitted to humans by fleas. Which term best describes the role of the fleas in transmitting Bubonic Plague?
a)
Decomposer
b)
Pathogen
c)
Parasite
d)
Vector
21.
Many diseases transmitted by vectors lead to the death of millions of people in the world. Which best explains why African countries are harder hit than other regions of the world?
a)
increased number of insects
b)
increased climatic variations
c)
increased ecosystem changes
d)
increased pressure from human activities
22.
Which best contrasts an epidemic and a pandemic?
a)
An epidemic is caused by bacteria, while a pandemic is caused by viruses.
b)
A pandemic is spread by humans, while an epidemic is spread by insects and rodents.
c)
A pandemic occurs in a small region, while an epidemic occurs in a much larger region.
d)
An epidemic affects a small population of humans, while a pandemic affects a large population of humans.
23.
What parasite is most often responsible for the spread of Lyme disease?
a)
Amoeba
b)
Deer tick
c)
Crane Fly
d)
Mosquito
24.
Which is the best method for preventing a parasitic disease?
a)
Vaccination
b)
wearing a mask
c)
Limiting physical contact with others
d)
Avoiding contaminated food and water
25.
Vaccines trigger the production of _____.
a)
pathogens
b)
immunity
c)
proteins
d)
antibodies
26.
Which aspect of modern life could most likely cause an epidemic to turn into a pandemic?
a)
vaccination
b)
communication
c)
transportation
d)
sanitation
27.
How are viruses different from most other microbes?
a)
They can cause disease
b)
Only seen with a microscope
c)
They contain genetic material
d)
They are nonliving
28.
A parasite needs a host.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't Know
29.
A Pandemic is...
a)
a sudden worldwide burst in disease.
b)
a sudden cultural or local burst in disease.
30.
Two examples of pathogens are
a)
bacteria and protests.
b)
smoking and no exercise.
c)
clotting and heart problems.
d)
poor diet and heredity.
31.
Which of these is the unregulated growth of cells?
a)
a noninfectious disease
b)
an allergy
c)
an infectious disease
d)
cancer
32.
When your normal body processes are disrupted, you have a(n)
a)
disease.
b)
pathogen.
c)
enzyme.
d)
immunity.
33.
What kind of disease cannot spread from one person to another?
a)
a pathogenic disease
b)
an infectious disease
c)
a noninfectious disease
d)
a contamination disease
34.
What kind of disease is spread from one person to another?
a)
a contamination disease
b)
an infectious disease
c)
a pathogenic disease
d)
a noninfectious disease
35.
What is the system that attacks pathogens called?
a)
immune system
b)
attack system
c)
vaccine system
d)
antibiotic system
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