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Disease Dilemmas

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
________ is a disease that can be passed to a person from another person, animal or object.
a)
Non-communicable disase
b)
Communicable Disease
c)
Pathogens
2.

________ are disease-causing organisms that are so small you need a microscope to see them. Think "fancy word for germs".

a)

Virus

b)

Disease

c)

Communicable

d)

Pathogen

3.
Mosquitoes and Ticks are examples of organisms that can spread disease.  These types of organisms are refereed to as?
a)
Vectors
b)
Fungi
c)
Pathogens
4.
The study of the spread of disease is ?
a)
Pathology
b)
Biology
c)
Anatomy
d)
Epidemiology
5.
Cancer, Hypertension, and Asthma are examples of what types of disease?
a)
Non-communicable
b)
Communicable
6.
Disease transmission by kissing
a)
indirect
b)
direct
c)
droplet
7.
Catch the disease by touching a contaminated object
a)
direct
b)
indirect
c)
fecal-oral
d)
vector borne
8.

The word 'corona' comes from latin and means:

a)

sun

b)

bat

c)

coke

d)

crown

9.

What does Coronavirus look like?

a)

a crown

b)

a cow

c)

a germ

d)

a dog

10.

Which part of the body does the COVID-19 coronavirus affect the most? (新冠肺炎病毒會嚴重影響我們身體的哪一個器官?)

a)

heart

b)

brain

c)

lungs

d)

liver

11.
A person can contract HIV by:
a)
Sharing needles with an infected person
b)
Kissing an infected person
c)
Hugging an infected person
d)
Swimming with an infected person
12.
Which of the following is a noninfectious disease that affects the respiratory system?
a)
Influenza
b)
Parkinson's disease
c)
Cold
d)
Asthma
13.
Which disease is caused by a virus and causes muscle aches and a high fever?
a)
Influenza
b)
Cold
c)
Strep Throat
d)
Athletes foot
14.

Which of these can spread an infectious disease?

a)

contaminated food or water

b)

animal vectors

c)

person-person contact

d)

all of these!

15.

What disease did epidemiologist John Snow track in London?

a)

Plague

b)

Flu

c)

Cholera

d)

Typhus

16.

Diseases that are infectious between different species are called

a)

epidemic

b)

zoonotic

c)

contagious

d)

autoimmune

17.

True or False: Antibiotics can prevent you from getting an infection.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Community-spread of an infectious disease is called a(n)

a)

epidemic

b)

pandemic

c)

endemic

d)

genomic

19.

Which of these is NOT a vector-borne disease?

a)

typhus

b)

plague

c)

Zika

d)

tetanus

e)

Lyme disease

20.

In 2010 an earthquake struck Haiti causing a disease that infects the water.

a)

cholera

b)

ebola

c)

tuberculosis

d)

swine flu