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Year 11 Microbes & Disease

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the four types of microbes.
a)
pizza, burgers, tacos, and fries
b)
bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa
c)
bacteria, viruses, a fun guy, prototype
d)
germs, bacteria, antibiotics, protozoa
2.
Which microbe would be considered the smallest and can cause a cold or the flu?
a)
Tick
b)
Bacterium
c)
Virus
d)
Germ
3.
Which type of microbe comes in various shapes such as rods and spirals and causes strep throat?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protozoa
c)
Virus
d)
Fungi
4.
Which type of microbe lives and grows like plants and can cause athlete’s foot?
a)
Protozoa
b)
Virus
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
5.
Which type of microbe can move without help and lives in stale, stagnant (dirty) water?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Fungi
d)
Protozoa
6.
What are the four ways in which microbes are spread?
a)
touch, food, water, insects & animals
b)
touch, sight, taste, hearing, smell
c)
jumping, leaping, hopping, skipping
d)
touch, food, drink, oxygen
7.
What does the word “transmitted” mean?
a)
spoken
b)
thrown
c)
spread
d)
read
8.
Name one way in which microbes can enter the body through the circulatory system.
a)
Enter through a cut
b)
Enter through a wound
c)
Enter through a bite
d)
All of the above
9.
Name one way in which microbes can enter the body through the respiratory system.
a)
People breathe microbes  
b)
People touch their ears with dirty hands
10.
A ____________________ is an organism that is so small that it is invisible to the naked eye, or microscopic (can only be seen with a microscope).
a)
cell
b)
microbe/microorganism
c)
molecule
d)
speck
11.
An organism with only one cell is called ________________________________.
a)
multi-celled
b)
duracell
c)
single-celled
d)
slow
12.
_________________________ means “of a kind likely to be damaging”.
a)
beneficial
b)
harmful
13.
_________________________means “producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous; helpful; useful.”
a)
beneficial
b)
harmful
14.
A _________________________________ is an instrument used to magnify objects that are hard to see or invisible to the naked eye. 
a)
telescope
b)
stethoscope
c)
endoscope
d)
microscope
15.
All microbes are harmful.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Microbes can enter your body while swimming.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
You can breathe in microbes.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What are some things you can do to keep from getting sick?
a)
Wash your hands
b)
Clean and cover wounds with a band-aid
c)
Cook your food thoroughly
d)
All of the above
19.

What are TWO examples of how microbes can help us.
a)
Make bread dough rise & make yogurt
b)
Cramp your stomach & give you gas
c)
Make your hair shiny & clear up acne
d)
None of these
20.

VIRUSES ARE SMALLER THAN A BACTERIA

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

CHICKENPOX IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

SOME ANTIBIOTICS ARE MADE BY FUNGI...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

LACTOBACILLUS IS A

a)

BACTERIA

b)

YEAST

c)

ANIMAL

d)

PLANT

24.

Which of the following is not a type of microbe?

a)

bacteria

b)

fungi

c)

mosquito

d)

virus

25.

Typhoid is caused by?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

protozoa

d)

fungus

26.

Identify the microbe?

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

protozoa

d)

fungus

27.

Influenza or common flu spread by

a)

coughing or sneezing

b)

direct body contact

c)

both 1 and 2

d)

insects

28.

Which microbe causes malaria?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

29.

Which microscopic organism is treated with antibiotics?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

30.

Which pathogen is nonliving?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

31.

Which infectious agent is an organism that lives on or in a host organism?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

32.

Which microbe leads to mold spores that cause serious allergies and lung infections?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

33.

Which microorganism reproduces through binary fission?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

34.

Which pathogen invades healthy cells and use organelles to make copies of itself?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

35.

Which infectious agent needs a host cell to reproduce?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

36.

Which microbe includes a nucleic acid and a protein coat?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

37.

Which pathogen can be prevented by the use of vaccines?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

38.

Which microbe causes E. coli, strep throat, and bronchitis?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungi

d)

parasite

39.
Most microorganisms cannot be seen without a...
a)
microscope
b)
magnifying lens
c)
telescope
d)
x-ray machine
40.
Which is bigger, a bacteria or a virus?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
41.
Most bacteria are surrounded by a strong structure that acts like a shield for the virus called the…?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Protein Coat
42.
Which of the following helps prevent the spread of infectious diseases?
a)
Surgery
b)
Medication
c)
Vaccines
43.
Which can be treated with antibiotics?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Mutagen
d)
Parasite
44.
How are infectious diseases, such as colds and influenza, most commonly spread?
a)
Breathing viruses in air
b)
Hand-to-face contact
c)
Drinking infected water
d)
Eating contaminated food
45.
___ such as penicillin are chemicals that can kill bacteria.
a)
Vaccines
b)
Antibiotics
46.
The term "antibiotic resistant" refers to bacteria that ___.
a)
are resistant to a vaccine
b)
survive in the presence of an antibiotic
c)
are weakened and destroyed by antibiotics
d)
are dead or altered
47.
How do bacteria reproduce?
a)
Endospores
b)
Sexually
c)
Magic
d)
Binary Fission
48.
Penicillin is called a/an ________________?
a)
antibody
b)
antibiotic
c)
vaccine
d)
enzyme
49.

Which of the following are indirect ways of spreading pathogens (select ALL that apply):

a)

Sharing a drink

b)

Sneezing

c)

Touching someone

d)

Touching an object

50.
Any method of reproducing that create offspring identical to the single parent. 
a)
asexual
b)
budding
c)
sexual
d)
sporogenesis
51.
Vaccinations are used for
a)
Curing the illness
b)
Preventing the Illness
c)
Getting the illness
52.
Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...
a)
autoimmune diseases
b)
helper t-cells
c)
fever
d)
antibodies
53.
Introduction into the body of a weakened, killed or piece of a disease-causing agent to prevent disease.
a)
vaccination
b)
immunization
c)
organ transplant
d)
pathogen
54.

What makes up the outside part of a virus?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Flagellum

c)

Protein coat

d)

Cell wall

55.

Jake is suffering badly from a bacterial infection. What might the doctor do?

a)

Prescribe antibiotics

b)

Prescribe painkillers

c)

Tell Jake to get some rest

d)

All of the above

56.
A bacterial infection __________ be treated using an antibiotic.  A viral infection __________.
a)
can; also can
b)
can; cannot
c)
cannot; can
d)
cannot; also cannot
57.

Antibiotics are...

a)

Chemicals that kill bacteria

b)

An example of a painkiller

c)

Chemicals that help bacteria

58.
Antibiotics are chemical substances that kill bacterial cells by interrupting a key cellular function
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Maybe
59.
Antibiotics do not work on 
a)
bacteria
b)
viruses
c)
fungi
d)
children
60.
HIV is an example of what kind of transmission?
a)
Bloodborne
b)
Waterborne
c)
Airborne
61.
What is the scientific term for spreading a disease?
a)
Passing
b)
Catching
c)
Transmitting
d)
Giving
62.
Cholera is spread through
a)
polluted air
b)
contaminated food and water
c)
insect bites
d)
helminths
63.
Some staphylococcal infections result from direct contact with infected wounds.
Which of the following cells is a first line of defence against staphylococcal bacteria? 
a)
B cells
b)
Skin cells
c)
Killer T cells
d)
Helper T cells
64.
Disease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
a)
pathogen 
b)
allergen
c)
prion 
d)
antigen 
65.
The process where leukocytes engulf and digest bacteria is called 
a)
leukocytosis
b)
hydrostatic pressure
c)
pathogenolysis
d)
phagocytosis
66.
What do white blood cells do?
a)
Seek out and kill all living tissue
b)
Seek out and kill pathogens
c)
Transport food around the body
d)
Repair cuts and injuries
67.
Antibiotics are used to treat
a)
viruses
b)
bacteria
c)
both viruses and bacteria
d)
fungal infections, only
68.

Sticky mucus are...

a)

a type of mechanical barrier

b)

a type of chemical barrier

c)

a type of direct transmission

d)

a type of indirect transmission

69.

Lymphocytes produce

a)

antigens

b)

phagocytes

c)

antibodies

d)

pathogens

70.

Passive immunity is obtained by

a)

Injection of antigens

b)

infection

c)

injection of antibodies

71.

Active immunity is

a)

a short term defence

b)

obtained by an injection of antibodies

c)

obtained by breast feeding

d)

a long term defence

72.

The green line shows

a)

Passive immunity

b)

The response to an injection of antibodies

c)

The response to a phagocyte

d)

Active immunity

73.

Vaccines only work if at least

a)

85% of the people are vaccinated

b)

80% of the people are vaccinated

c)

90 % of the people are vaccinated

d)

100% of the people are vaccinated

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