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Health, Disease and Defence part 2

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a clinical drug trial?
a)
Testing drugs before they're released to make sure they're safe and work
b)
Giving people medicine that will help improve their conditions
c)
Developing a drug and putting it on the market for immediate use
d)
Testing drugs in a clinic to see how effective they are
2.
Why are clinical drug trials important?
a)
They can improve the health of patients
b)
To understand whether the drug causes any harmful side effects
c)
They help test the effectiveness of the drug 
d)
To test whether the drug works and if it causes any harmful side effects
3.
Which of these is most likely to be the reason a drug fails the FIRST stage of testing?
a)
The drug damages cells 
b)
Volunteers who took the drug felt too sick 
c)
The drug is too expensive to take to market 
d)
The drug isn't as effective as the treatment options that are already available
4.

A drug that has been trailed to ensure the drug strong enough to make it work but weak enough to not have side effects is called the (a)   dosage

5.

New research that is checked over by other scientists is called...

a)

apoptosis

b)

peer review

c)

refinement

6.

Select the disease which can be treated with antibiotics.

a)

Cold

b)

Influenza

c)

COVID 19

d)

Bacterial infection

7.

Select the example of an antibiotic.

a)

vaccine

b)

pathogen

c)

penicillin

d)

antibody

8.

Antibiotics do not destroy viruses. They only work on (a)  

9.

Select the correct definition for antibiotics.

a)

Chemicals which destroy bacteria.

b)

Chemicals which destroy fungi.

c)

Chemicals which destroy viruses.

d)

Chemicals which destroy parasites.

10.

Select the part of a bacteria cell antibiotics attack and destroy.

a)

DNA

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell membrane

d)

Cell wall

11.

Select the example of something which does not cause antibiotic resistance.

a)

Not finishing a course of antibiotics.

b)

Giving antibiotics to live stock (animals we eat).

c)

Using antibiotics when we don't need them.

d)

Finishing a course of antibiotics.

12.

Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem because the antibiotics we have now to fight bacteria will not work. Therefore we will need to make new kinds of .......... to fight the new types of ...........

a)

antibiotics, bacteria

b)

bacteria, antibiotics

c)

antibodies, bacteria

d)

antibiotics, viruses

13.

Write down the name of the scientist who discovered penicillin.

(a)  

14.
Based on the figure, which antibiotic inhibited the growth of the bacteria the most?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
15.
A disease-causing microbe that is becoming more difficult to treat or cure with medicine.
a)
Strain
b)
Antibiotic resistant
c)
MRSA
d)
Systematic
16.
 Infection is caused by a type of staph bacteria that's become resistant to many of the antibiotics
a)
Strain
b)
Antibiotic resistant
c)
MRSA
d)
Systematic
17.
An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 
a)
tumor
b)
cyst
c)
lesion
d)
polyp
18.
Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting
a)
the cell cycle
b)
red blood cell formation
c)
DNA replication
d)
ATP synthesis
19.
Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a
a)
carcinogen
b)
nicolyte
c)
pathogen
d)
retrovirus
20.
What is cancer?
a)
The heart does not receive enough blood.
b)
Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
c)
Blood filled weak spot.
d)
Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
21.

Which type of tumor is being described:


Slow growing Not dangerous Does not spread

a)

Malignant

b)

Benign

22.

Which type of tumor is being described below:


Spreads Dangerous Grows quickly

a)

Benign

b)

Malignant

23.

These are examples of:


  • Surgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Radiation
a)

Treatments for Cancer

b)

Mutations

c)

Examples of Asexual Reproduction

d)

Types of Tumors

24.

(a)   light can cause mutations leading to skin cancer

25.

Which chemical in cigarettes causes: bronchitis, emphysema and lung cancer

a)

nicotine

b)

tar

c)

carbon monoxide

26.

What is the name of this procedure?

a)

angiograph

b)

statin

c)

balloon stent

d)

angioplasty