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Environmental Health and Disease Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which disease has fever, aches and chills and can lead to organ failure?

a)

Yellow Fever

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Plague

d)

Cholera

2.

Which disease is most likely to lead to dehydration due to vomiting and diarrhea?

a)

Smallpox

b)

Yellow Fever

c)

Cholera

d)

Plague

3.

Which disease has skin pustules that lead to scarring?

a)

Syphilis

b)

Yellow Fever

c)

Cholera

d)

Smallpox

4.

Which disease is spread human to human primarily through sexual contact?

a)

Syphilis

b)

Spanish Flu

c)

Measles

d)

Covid-19

5.

Which virus would be considered the most successful?

a)

one that is very deadly

b)

one that causes people to become very sick

c)

one that is very contagious with mild symptoms

d)

one that is not very contagious

6.

What system does Covid-19 have the greatest affect on?

a)

respiratory

b)

digestive

c)

immune

d)

circulatory

7.

Which of the following has the greatest affect increasing the spread of disease?

a)

a nomadic lifestyle

b)

airplane travel

c)

international shipping

d)

pollution

8.

Which way is Cholera most often spread?

a)

through a mosquito

b)

through drinking infected water

c)

from person to person

d)

through contact with body fluids

9.

Yellow Fever, Malaria and Leichmaniasis are spread through

a)

infected water

b)

human to human

c)

body fluids

d)

an insect vector

10.

Which organization responds to pandemics in the United States?

a)

WHO

b)

CDC

c)

EPA

d)

SGA

11.

Vaccines cause your body to produce ____________________.

a)

antibodies

b)

virus

c)

inflammation

d)

white blood cells

12.

Why do new pathogens often emerge from China?

a)

because they have markets with live animals

b)

because they have a dense human population

c)

because the climate is idea for disease

d)

because there is more unclean water

13.

During which pandemic was vaccination first developed?

a)

smallpox

b)

plague

c)

Flu of 1918

d)

Covid-19

14.

During which pandemic was quarantine first utilized?

a)

Smallpox

b)

Plague

c)

Flu of 1918

d)

Covid-19

15.

The pathogen that has caused the most pandemics in the last 100 years is the

a)

bacteria

b)

human

c)

virus

d)

fungi

16.

A major consequence of a pandemic is

a)

food shortage

b)

new disease emergence

c)

education shut down

d)

economic shut down

17.

Symptoms that cause a discharge of body fluids cause a disease to be contagious.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Choose all that apply. Which of the below are visible symptoms.

a)

Sneezing

b)

Coughing

c)

Vomitting

d)

Fever

19.

Choose all that apply. Which of the below symptoms are invisible?

a)

Fever

b)

Blood Oxygen saturation

c)

Kidney disease

d)

Pustules from smallpox

20.

Choose all that apply. Which of the following symptoms is most likely to lead to death?

a)

Dementia

b)

Diarrhea

c)

Nausea

d)

Encephalitis

21.

Which country has experienced the greatest number of deaths related to Covid-19?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

The United States

d)

Brazil

22.

The Death rate for Covid-19 is closest to

a)

1%

b)

2.5%

c)

20%

d)

50%

23.

Which disease is the most contagious?

a)

Measles

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Rabies

d)

Covid-19

24.

Which disease is the most deadly?

a)

Measles

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Rabies

d)

Covid-19

25.

Which state in the United States has had the most deaths from Covid-19?

a)

California

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

d)

Wisconsin