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Quiz On Infectious Diseases

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

A(N) ____________________ IS AN ILLNESS CAUSED BY MICROORGANISMS.

a)

ACTION

b)

COMMON COLD

c)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

d)

COUGH

2.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT SPREAD DIRECTLY FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER ARE CALLED ___________________.

a)

BAD

b)

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

c)

GOOD

d)

TERRIBLE

3.

__________________ ARE VERY SIMPLE SINGLE-CELLED MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE.

a)

AMOEBA

b)

ANTIBIOTIC

c)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

d)

BACTERIA

4.

A _____________ IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST AND SIMPLEST DISEASE-CAUSING AGENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMON COLD AND THE FLU(INFLUENZA).

a)

BACTERIUM

b)

VIRUS

c)

INFECTION

d)

ABRASION

5.

THE MOST COMMON VIRAL INFECTION IS THE COMMON ___________.

a)

HEAT

b)

INFECTION

c)

BACTERIUM

d)

COLD

6.

_________ IS THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES MONONUCLEOSISOR "MONO".

a)

EBV( EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS )

b)

BACTERIA

c)

MARSHMELLOWS

d)

BATS

7.

A DRUG THAT KILLS BACTERIA OR SLOWS THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA IS CALLED A(N) _________________.

a)

MEDICINE

b)

MAGIC POTION

c)

WONDERFUL SUPPORT

d)

ANTIBIOTIC

8.

HOW CAN COUGHING AND SNEEZING PASS CONTAGIOUS INFECTIONS?

a)

BY TELLING A JOKE.

b)

LOWERING YOUR NEGATIVE STRESS

c)

BY RELEASING MILLIONS OF GERMS INTO THE AIR

d)

WHISPERING

9.

WHAT CAUSES INFECTIOUS DISEASES?

a)

LUNCH

b)

HOMEWORK

c)

MICROORGANISMS

d)

GHOSTS

10.

HOW DOES WASHING YOUR HANDS AND TAKING WARM SHOWERS LOWER YOUR RISK OF CATCHING AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE?

a)

IT DOESN'T

b)

HELPS A LITTLE

c)

HELPS TO CLEANSE YOUR BODY OF GERMS AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF GERMS

d)

SOMETIMES

11.

IF YOU VACCINATED EVERY LIVING THING THA A CERTAIN COULD INFECT, COULD YOU BE SURE THE VIRUS WOULD BE ELIMINATED? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.( BONUS QUESTION FOR 10 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT)

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