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Killer Plagues

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

American and Russian labs kept vials of smallpox in order to...

a)

stop terrorists

b)

conduct future research

c)

send vials into space

d)

prevent smallpox deaths

2.

Why do scientists at the Centers for Disease Control wear special suits during parts of their work?

a)

there is no gravity inside the labs

b)

they need to protect themselves from a fire

c)

they need to protect themselves from diseases

d)

it is cold in the lab and the suits are warm

3.

Which event happened first during the Ebola epidemic in Kitwit?

a)

A man was bitten by an Ebola infected bat

b)

Sister Belleri contracted Ebola and died

c)

People with Ebola were quarantined

d)

The CDC tested the disease and found out it was Ebola

4.

Although the victims of the plague didn't know it at the time, the disease was spread by...

a)

breathing infected air in plague villages

b)

fleas, which were carried from town to town by rats

c)

food that was contaminated and carried across Europe

d)

children, who were more easily infected than adults

5.

Why are scientists interested in studying the village of Eyam, the plague village?

a)

Someone in the village found a cure for the plague

b)

The village citizens were good people

c)

Some people survived because of a genetic mutation called delta 32

d)

The people in Eyam were the only ones to die from the plague

6.

A vaccine can give people resistance to an illness.

a)

anger and hostility about a situation

b)

ability to avoid the effects of a disease

c)

feelings

d)

organization

7.

The smallpox vaccine had a huge impact on controlling the disease.

a)

importance

b)

effect

c)

hit

d)

death

8.

During the epidemic, many children fell ill.

a)

the rapid spread of a disease among many people

b)

a trend that became very popular

c)

a long-ago era when many people died

d)

a civil war

9.

What is a synonym for contagious? My cold was so contagious that my whole family got sick.

a)

really bad

b)

painful

c)

infectious

d)

very rare

10.

What is the opposite of internal?

a)

bad

b)

external

c)

inside

d)

unhappy

11.

A synonym for feasible is...

a)

impossible

b)

possible

c)

happy

d)

eating too much

12.

To be courageous is to be...

a)

happy

b)

sad

c)

brave

d)

jealous

13.

Why do you get vaccines?

a)

To boost your energy

b)

To make you happy

c)

To get really sad

d)

To prevent a disease/infection

14.

When you estimate, you..

a)

make an educated guess

b)

pick a random number

c)

meticulously count

d)

get really mad

15.

If you've been exposed to something, you've been..

a)

super bored

b)

sleeping

c)

near it

d)

far away from it