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G9 infections and immunity - pathogens

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the theory that was believed by people to cause diseases

a)

flogiston theory

b)

germ theory

c)

miasma theory

d)

plasma theory

2.

Which scientist isolated the cholera causing bacteria?

a)

Koch

b)

Snow

c)

Pasteur

d)

Einstein

3.

Which scientist isolated developed penicillin?

a)

Koch

b)

Snow

c)

Pasteur

d)

Einstein

4.

Which scientist connected the deaths in Soho to a contaminated water pump?

a)

Koch

b)

Snow

c)

Pasteur

d)

Einstein

5.

Which of the following is true about a virus?

a)

it can live and thrive outside the host

b)

it is usually much smaller than a bacteria

c)

measles is a virus

d)

COVID is a virus

e)

very large viruses (e.g. elephant virus) do exist.

6.

What is this (tick the correct answers)

a)

a bacteria

b)

a virus

c)

H1N1 virus

d)

Ebola virus

e)

E-coli

7.

What is this (you may answer more than one)

a)

a bacteria

b)

a virus

c)

E boli

d)

E coli

e)

H1N1

8.

If you have a COVID virus?

a)

drink lots of water

b)

take antibiotics

c)

take paracetamol to keep a fever down

d)

take ibuprofen to keep a fever down

e)

If you (youngster) are carrying the virus, it is likely that you do not show any symptoms

9.

5. What are the two main types of white blood cells?

a)

phagocytes and lymphocytes

b)

phagocytes and antibodies

c)

antigens and leukocytes

d)

leukocytes and phagocytes

10.

Where are leukocytes made in the body?

a)

heart

b)

kidney

c)

bone marrow

d)

brain

e)

pancreas

11.

What are the molecular tracers that betray the presence of invaders and sit on the surface of pathogens in the body.

(a)  

12.

What is the key role of phagocytes?

a)

to recognise antigens and produce antibodies

b)

to make antigens on the surface of pathogens

c)

to engulf and digest pathogens

d)

to replicate pathogens

13.

What is the role of lymphocytes?

a)

to make antigens on the surface of pathogens

b)

to recognise antigens and produce antibodies

c)

to engulf and digest pathogens

d)

to replicate pathogens

14.

What are the name of the proteins which are made by B cells and helper T cells to latch onto the antigens and destroy the invading cells.

(a)  

15.

In 2020 the COVID virus mutated very slightly but can still be attacked by our bodies and vaccine. What is this called?

a)

antigenic drift

b)

antigenic shift

c)

phagocytosis

d)

homeostasis