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B5 Communicable diseases

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following can be pathogens?

a)

Bacteria only

b)

Viruses only

c)

Bacteria and viruses

d)

Neither bacteria or viruses

2.

What is most commonly used to observe bacteria?

a)

Magnifying glass

b)

Microscope

c)

Stethoscope

d)

Magnifying glass

3.

At what temperature are cultures grown in the school laboratory?

a)

25 degrees C

b)

30 degrees C

c)

35 degrees C

d)

40 degrees C

4.

Why are cultures not incubated at body tempeature in the school laboratory?

a)

It is too hot for most microbes to grow

b)

It could lead to the growth of harmful microbes

c)

It is expensive to do

d)

It requires specialist equipment

5.

Who first realised that hand washing reduced disease transmission?

a)

Ignaz Semmelweis

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Doctor Foster

d)

Doctor No

6.
What is a pathogen?
a)
A small group of viruses
b)
The name given to colds and flu's
c)
A microorganism that causes disease
d)
A microbes that cause infectious diseases 
7.
Bacteria ...
a)
are 10, 000 times smaller than viruses
b)
none of these options
c)
multiply every 20 minutes
d)
are only living once they enter a host cell
8.
What is a protist?
a)
organisms that create their own energy from sunlight
b)
large single celled oranism
c)
multicellular organism that cause infection
9.
Some pathogens are killed by...
a)
eating them
b)
stomache acid
c)
stomach acid
d)
cake
10.
Pathogens enter your body through
a)
droplet infection
b)
direct contact
c)
on food or through cuts 
d)
all of the above
11.
___________ is the smallest pathogen. 
a)
bacteria
b)
fungi
c)
virus
d)
parasite 
12.
Which of the following diseases or infections is caused by FUNGI?
a)
Strep Throat
b)
Athletes Foot
c)
Lice 
d)
The Flu 
13.

A disease that can be spread.

a)

Communicable

b)

Non-communicable

14.

Which is not a type of pathogen?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Diabetes

d)

Fungus

15.

A fungal disease that is found in plants?

a)

Rose black spot

b)

Tobacco mosaic virus

c)

HIV

d)

Malaria

16.

A viral disease found in humans?

a)

Rose black spot

b)

Tobacco mosaic virus

c)

AIDS

d)

Malaria

17.

A bacterial disease spread by contaminated food?

a)

Malaria

b)

Salmonella

c)

Measles

d)

Gonorrhoea

18.

A pathogen spread by mosquitos?

a)

Malaria

b)

Salmonella

c)

Measles

d)

Gonorrhoea

19.

A pathogen that can be controlled by giving people vaccines.

a)

Malaria

b)

Salmonella

c)

Measles

d)

Gonorrhoea

20.

A pathogen that causes a yellow or green discharge from the vagina or penis.

a)

Malaria

b)

Salmonella

c)

Measles

d)

Gonorrhoea

21.

2 pathogens that infect plants

a)

Rose black spot

b)

Tobacco mosaic virus

c)

Malaria

d)

Salmonella

22.

How can white blood cells help to prevent infections?

a)

Engulf/ingest pathogens

b)

Produce antibodies against pathogens

c)

Produce antitoxins

d)

All of these options

23.

Which hair-like structures in the airways prevent the entrance of pathogens to the lungs?

a)

Cilia

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Flagella

d)

Plasmids