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WorksheetsDisease and Biotechnology Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Which requires a host cell to reproduce?
Bacterium
Fungus
Parasite
Virus
What pathogen would you use an antibiotic to treat?
Bacterium
Parasite
Virus
Fungus
Why would someone need to get an influenza vaccine every year?
Viruses replicate more rapidly over time
Viruses can mutate from year to year
Vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year
Vaccines get stronger over time
Which two types of pathogens can be decomposers?
Bacteria
Fungus
Viruses
Parasites
If a disease is a worldwide threat then it is a(n)
Epidemic
Outbreak
Pandemic
Endemic
Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the best explanation for how the people got sick?
Contact with an environmental source
Contact with an infected animal
Contact with a contaminated object
Contact with an infected person
How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?
By taking medication daily
By wearing clean clothing
By preventing transmission between people
By performing dental hygiene three times a day
How are viruses different from bacteria?
Viruses affect plants, while bacteria affect animals
Viruses are pathogenic, while bacteria are nonpathogenic
Viruses are treated with antibiotics, while bacteria are treated with vaccines
Viruses require a host organism, while bacteria live host free
Which field would most likely NOT incorporate biotechnology?
Agriculture
Genetics
Medicine
Mining
Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide?
developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy
developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures
developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain
developing plants that will not die
Which of the following subjects would someone most likely study if they wanted to work in the biotechnology field?
Chemistry
Genetics
Physics
Environmental Science
Wolves and household dogs are members of the same family; however, their sizes are vastly different. What is the cause of this difference?
biochemical makeup
genetics
behavioral makeup
habitual size
Which process uses a body cell to create a new organism?
crossbreeding
cloning
genetic modificaiton
gene splicing
Which of these is a type of genetic modification?
Crossbreeding
Kidney Surgery
Gene Splicing
Use of herbicides
Which of these is not a way in which biotechnology can benefit agriculture?
increase crop population
reducing the loss of crops due to insects
producing better-tasting food
improving farm machinery
