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WorksheetsDisease Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
A disease that can be passed from person to person is called a...
Noninfectious Disease
Infectious Disease
Which of these is an example of a NONinfectious disease?
Influenza
COVID-19
Cancer
Chicken Pox
What do we call microbes that cause disease?
Evil
Pathogens
Antibodies
Spores
Which term is scientific for the passing of a pathogen from one organism to another?
catching
vector
transmission
infecting
Which of these is an example of indirect contact with a pathogen?
Touching an infected doorknob
Hugging an infected person
Being bitten by an infected animal
Which of these is a benefit from bacteria?
They cause strep throat
They help produce certain foods
They produce water
Which of these is an example of a bacterial infection?
Chicken Pox
COVID-19
Influenza
Strep Throat
Which of these is not a shape of bacteria?
Squarella
Cocci
Bacilli
Spirilla
How do we treat bacterial infections?
Vaccines
We can't, they just have to run their course
Antibiotics
Antifungal Medication
Why is antibiotic resistance a bad thing?
It's not
Bacteria can mutate to become resistant to treatment
Bacteria can be destroyed more effectively
It makes it easier to kill the bacteria
Which of these is considered a virus?
Cholera
Brain Eating Amoeba
Influenza
Athlete's Foot
How do viruses reproduce?
By taking over the reproductive system of healthy cells
By binary fission
By sexual reproduction
You are a doctor and Little Billy is in your office with the flu. His mother wants you to prescribe an antibiotic. Which would be the best response?
"Absolutely, get that kid an antibiotic!"
"Actually, he just needs to take a painkiller."
"Unfortunately, antibiotics do not work against viruses like the flu."
"Give him a vaccine and he will feel better right away!"
What is the BEST way to prevent a virus?
Eat healthy food
Drink lots of water
Get vaccinated
Stay inside forever
Which of these diseases is caused by a protist?
Cholera
Strep Throat
Brain Eating Amoeba
Yeast Infection
Which of these diseases is caused by a fungus?
Athlete's Foot
Influenza
The Common Cold
Tetanus
What is the name for an organism that needs a host to survive?
Pathogen
Parasite
Pest
Which of the following relationships would be considered parasitic?
A tapeworm in your intestinal tract
Pilot fish swimming under sharks
Bees transporting pollen for flowers
Birds eating insects from an alligator's mouth
If a monkey is a vector for an infectious disease, which best describes how it transmits into the human population and becomes an epidemic?
The monkey inhales contaminated drops from the air.
The monkey bites a human.
The monkey shares food.
A/an ________ is an injection of a weakened form of a pathogen to help the individual gain immunity from a disease.
Virus
Vacuum
Vaccine
Antibiotic
Herd immunity is the result of a large number of people being immune to a pathogen.
True
False
