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WorksheetsPathogens
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which pathogen is non-living?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Parasite
2.
What do antibiotics cure?
a)
bacteria
b)
virus
c)
parasite
d)
fungus
3.
Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
c)
fungus
d)
parasite
4.
Which pathogen is most likely to look like a worm or insect?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Protist
5.
Which pathogen can be prevented with vaccines
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
All of them
6.
Which pathogen reproduces using binary fission (Asexual Reproduction)?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Parasite
7.
This is the word for a disease causing organism.
a)
Phagocyte
b)
Pathogen
c)
Pandemic
8.
Which best compares bacteria and viruses?
a)
bacteria are smaller than viruses
b)
bacteria cause disease, but viruses do not
c)
bacteria have genetic material, but viruses do not
d)
bacteria are living organisms, but viruses are not
9.
Which best explains how a nonliving virus is able to reproduce?
a)
A virus becomes living when in contact with a host organism.
b)
A virus infects a host organism by injecting its DNA into the cells of the host organism.
c)
A virus infects a host organism by pulling the DNA from the cells of the host organism into itself.
d)
A virus becomes living when a sufficient number of viruses invade a host organism and cause an infection.
10.
Which best distinguishes an infectious disease from a noninfectious disease?
a)
Infectious diseases can be cured with antibiotics; noninfectious diseases cannot.
b)
Infectious diseases can be prevented with vaccines; noninfectious diseases cannot.
c)
Infectious diseases can be spread from one organism to another; noninfectious diseases cannot.
d)
Infectious diseases cannot be transmitted from one organism to another; noninfectious diseases can.
11.
What is a major difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a)
Eukaryotic cells are multicellular and Prokaryotic cells are unicellular.
b)
Eukaryotic cells have been on earth longer than Prokaryotic cells.
c)
Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles
d)
Prokaryotic cells are bacteria and viruses that make you sick.
12.
Which of the following pathogens are prokaryotic?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Protists
d)
Fungus
13.
Which of the following pathogens are eukaryotic
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Protists
14.
Viruses are not considered living organisms even though they have several characteristics of living things. What is the reason viruses are not considered alive?
a)
They are too small.
b)
A virus is a living organism.
c)
They need a host to reproduce.
d)
Viruses do not have DNA/genetic material.
15.
Which of the following is not a kind of pathogen?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protists
c)
Mosquitoes
d)
Fungi
16.
Vaccines are most often associated with this pathogen.
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungus
17.
Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Fungus
d)
Protozoan
18.
Disease causing organism.
a)
Phagocyte
b)
Pathogen
c)
Pandemic
19.
What is a noninfectious disease?
a)
A disease that can spread
b)
A pathogen
c)
A disease that can't spread
d)
Rabies
20.
Which is not an infectious disease?
a)
Malaria
b)
diabetes
c)
food poisoning
d)
measles
21.
Cause of common cold and flu.
a)
Viruses
b)
Bacteria
c)
Reaction by the body to substances
22.
What are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?
a)
animals, bacteria, fungi and plants
b)
bacteria, fungi, nucleus, protist
c)
bacteria, fungi, viruses, protist
d)
bacteria, plants, fungi, protist
23.
The type of bacteria that is spiral shaped is called:
a)
Coccus
b)
Bacillus
c)
Spirillium
d)
Capsule
24.
Which pathogen can be cured by antibiotics?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Protist
d)
Fungi
25.
a single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus is called
a)
a bacteriophage
b)
a virus
c)
a protist
d)
bacteria
26.
What shape is a bacteria with bacillus in the name?
a)
Spiral
b)
Rods
c)
Sphere
d)
None of the Above
27.
What shape is a bacteria with coccus in the name?
a)
Spiral
b)
Rods
c)
Sphere
d)
None of the Above
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