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Characteristics of Pathogens

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A process by which bacteria reproduce asexually

a)

binary fission

b)

cellular respiration

c)

pasteurization

d)

decomposers

2.

Tiny single-celled organisms that live almost everywhere

a)

ribosomes

b)

cytoplasm

c)

bacteria

d)

virus

3.

A whip-like structure that helps a bacterial cell to move

a)

Flagellum

b)

Conjugation

c)

Endospore

d)

Pasteurization

4.

How are bacterial cells different from the cells of eukaryotes?

a)

The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

b)

The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

c)

The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

d)

The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

5.

How is bacteria helpful?

a)

Provide carbon dioxide, food products, environmental recycling, medicine.

b)

Provide oxygen, food products, environmental recycling, medicine.

c)

Provide oxygen, food wastes, environmental recycling, medicine.

d)

Provide oxygen, food products, environment medicine.

6.
Bacteria help you digest food.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A disease causing organism
a)
pathogen
b)
poison
c)
vaccine
8.
True or False: Some types of bacteria eat and clean up oil spills
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Process that sterilizes bacteria so it is safe to eat
a)
pasteurization
b)
boiling
c)
juliette
10.
What do viruses need to reproduce?
a)
they need genetic material
b)
They need a host cell
c)
They need  bacteria
d)
They need insulin
11.
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
12.
True or False
The flu is caused by a virus.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Antibiotics kill viruses
a)
True
b)
False
14.

What is NOT an example of a pathogen?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungi

d)

H20

15.

What is NOT a method that fungi use to reproduce?

a)

Budding

b)

Producing spores

c)

binary fission

16.

What is NOT a reason a virus is considered non living?

a)

It cannot produce it's own food

b)

Contain DNA/RNA

c)

It cannot reproduce outside a host cell

d)

Lacks a nucleus and other basic organelles of a cell

17.

You take antibiotics for a cold, but you're not getting better. Why?

a)

Antibiotics cure bacterial infections, not viruses

b)

Your doctor prescribed you something not strong enough

c)

It will work, just give it more time

18.
Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
c)
fungus
d)
parasite
19.
What do antibiotics cure?
a)
bacteria
b)
virus
c)
parasite
d)
fungus
20.
Which pathogen is non-living?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Parasite
21.
Which pathogen is non-living?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Parasite
22.
Which pathogen can be prevented with vaccines
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
All of them
23.
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
24.
The type of bacteria that is spiral shaped is called: 
a)
Coccus
b)
Bacillus
c)
Spirillium
d)
Capsule
25.
Which best describes the structure of a virus?
a)
a nucleic acid with a protein coat
b)
a prokaryotic cell
c)
a eukaryotic cell
d)
a unicellular organism
26.

Mold is cause by....

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungi

d)

Parasite

27.

Fungi absorb their food through structures called...

a)

hyphae

b)

Spores

c)

Budding

d)

mushrooms