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Diseases

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.What type of pathogen causes malaria?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Protist

d)

Fungi

2.

How is tuberculosis transmitted?

a)

Droplets in the air

b)

Blood

c)

Sexually transmitted

d)

Vomit

3.

How can transmission of HIV be prevented?

a)

Wearing a mask

b)

Condom

c)

Washing your hands

d)

Disinfectant

4.

Which organisms does ring rot affect?

a)

People

b)

Plants

c)

Pandas

d)

Pangolins

5.

What type of pathogen causes black sigatoka?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Protist

d)

Fungi

6.

What part of the body does bacterial meningitis affect?

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Brain

d)

Kidneys

7.

How does potato blight spread?

a)

Through dead matter, air and water

b)

Through the wind only

c)

Through dead matter only

d)

Through water only

8.

What type of pathogen causes ring worm?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Virus

d)

Protist

9.

How is influenza different from the common cold?

a)

High fever

b)

Coughing

c)

Sneezing

d)

Blocked nose

10.

What organisms does Tobacco Mosaic Virus affect?

a)

Tobacco plants

b)

Smokers

c)

Pandas

d)

Koala bears

11.

Most diseases that plants have are caused by fungi. True or false

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Covid 19 is spread by droplets in the air and touching contaminated surfaces. True or false.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

You can be infectious even when you have no symptoms. True or false.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Viruses die after 60 minutes of leaving the body. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Washing your hands in hot water alone will kill a virus. True or false.

a)

True

b)

False