WorksheetsAW Quiz: Pandemic
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The 1918 pandemic is often referred to as the Spanish flu, yet scientists have largely discarded this country as the place where the pandemic began. Where did the virus originate?
a)
We don't know
b)
US
c)
France
d)
Spain
2.
In 2005 scientists brought the Spanish Flu back from extinction using frozen lung tissue from 3 of the victims. Two were from the US, where was the third from?
a)
Alaska
b)
Greenland
c)
Siberia
d)
Antartica
3.
How many people do scientists estimate died from the 1918 Spanish Flu
a)
50 millioin
b)
40 million
c)
30 million
d)
20 million
4.
AIDS has claimed an estimated 35 million people since it was first identified. Where were the first cases reported in the scientific literature?
a)
Los Angles
b)
San Francisco
c)
New York City
d)
Washington D.C
5.
What nonhuman primate did the HIV virus jump from to affect humans?
a)
Chimpanzees
b)
African green monkeys
c)
Sooty mangabeys
d)
Rhesus macaques
6.
The bubonic plague, the infection spread during the Black Plague of the 14th century, was caused by a strain of what agent?<br /><br />
a)
Yersenia
b)
Influenza
c)
Salmonella
d)
Variola
7.
Deaths from plague in the Middle Ages may have left more people with a gene that made them resistant to what other pandemic-causing disease?
a)
AIDS
b)
Influenza
c)
Covid-19
d)
Dengue
8.
What does Covid-19 stand for?
a)
It's a term for Coronavirus Disease 2019, the year it was first identified
b)
It's a term for Corona Virus Disease 19, because it is the 19th strain of coronavirus discovered
9.
What other viruses belong to the coronavirus family?
a)
Mers and SARS
b)
Sars and influenza
c)
Sars and HIV
10.
True or False: A vaccine stimulates your immune system to produce antibodies, like it would if you were exposed to the virus
a)
true
b)
false
11.
There are currently vaccines for the following coronavirus:
a)
None of the above
b)
SARS
c)
MERS
d)
SARS and MERS
12.
How many vaccine candidates for COVID-19 have been proposed?
a)
120+
b)
25
c)
100
13.
True or False: The virus is mutating rapidly.
a)
false
b)
true
c)
Unknown
14.
How does weather seem to affect the novel coronavirus?
a)
It is not yet known
b)
The virus can' t survive in hot, humid climates
c)
Cold temperatures can kill the virus
15.
Currently, which group has had more severe effects of COVID-19?
a)
Men
b)
Women
16.
True or False: COVID-19 has currently been detected on all seven continents
a)
false
b)
true
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