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Viruses & Bacteria

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a bacteria?

a)

single celled organism that has a nucleus

b)

single celled organism that lack a nucleus and is found everywhere

c)

single celled organism that isn't found everywhere

d)

single celled organism that is always harmful

2.

What is a virus?

a)

bacteria causing particle thats small

b)

a small particle that is harmful

c)

disease causing particle which is smaller and less complex as a cell

d)

a great source of nutrition

3.

Which of the following are ways ways that diseases can spread?

a)

close contact with someone thats sick

b)

contaminated food/water

c)

the air

d)

All of the choices listed are ways that diseases can spread.

4.

How can you prevent diseases from spreading?

a)

get vaccinated

b)

wash your hands

c)

come in close contact with someone who is ill

d)

maintain a healthy lifestyle (sleep, nutrition, etc)

5.

Which of the following are true statements?

a)

all viruses and bacteria are safe

b)

bacteria is living and viruses are not

c)

antibiotics only work with bacteria

d)

all viruses and bacteria are harmful

6.

Which of the following are diseases caused by viruses?

a)

AIDS

b)

Polio

c)

Flu

d)

Common Cold

7.

How do vaccines prevent the spread of viruses?

a)

Vaccines put a weak virus into you so the white blood cells can engulf it

b)

Vaccines kill all the viruses present your body.

c)

Vaccines allow your immune system engulf viruses faster when the actual virus comes into your body

d)

Vaccines make it so no virus can come into your body

8.

What are some benefits of bacteria?

a)

medical research

b)

digestion

c)

food production

d)

All of the answers given are benefits of bacteria.

9.

When and why are antibiotics are used?

a)

to kill bacteria

b)

to kill viruses

c)

when you are healthy

d)

when you are sick

10.

When shoud you use vaccines?

a)

Once every 6 months to prevent bacteria

b)

Ususally before you become ill, as a prevention from major sickness

c)

Only as a last resort and you've tried everything else

d)

When you can't find antibiotics.

11.

Which of the following is the FIRST step in virus reproduction?

a)

Assemble genetic info & protein coat

b)

Have host cell make copies of genetic info

c)

Atttach on to host cell & inject genetic material

d)

Leave the host cell

12.

When bacteria reproduce by binary fission, this means...

a)

genetic information from one cell is transferred to another bacteria

b)

a virus has infected the bacteria

c)

a bacterial cell joins with another bacterial cell to make a giant cell

d)

a bacterial cell splits in two, making an exact copy of itself

13.

What are similarities between viruses and bacteria?

a)

they can both make you sick

b)

all of bacteria and viruses are bad

c)

they usually both spread from humans to other mammals

14.

What does "strepto" mean?

a)

circles

b)

chains

c)

clusters

d)

bean/rod shaped

15.

What does "coccus" mean?

a)

rod/bean shaped

b)

spiral shaped

c)

round/sphere

d)

clusters

16.

Where/how should viruses be classified?

a)

Plant kingdom

b)

Fungi kingdom

c)

Protist kingdom

d)

Not in a kingdom

17.

What are the parts of a virus?

a)

core of genetic material

b)

protein coat

c)

astroturf

d)

cilia

18.

What kingdom are bacteria in?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Hydrobacteria

d)

Probacteria

19.

Antibiotics are useful at treating ___.

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

viruses and bacteria

d)

neither viruses nor bacteria

20.

How fast can some bacteria reproduce?

a)

every 2 min

b)

every 20 min

c)

every 200 min

d)

every 2,000 min

21.

What shape are viruses?

a)

round/sphere

b)

rod/bean

c)

spiral

d)

all sorts of shapes

22.

This is an image of ___.

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

both viruses and bacteria

d)

neither viruses nor bacteria

23.

Which of the following best describes what happend to Mary Mallon?

a)

She stopped working as a cook and instead worked as a seamstress.

b)

She was allowed to keep cooking for different families.

c)

She was quarantined on North Brother island until she died.

d)

She cooperated with New York health officials.

24.

This giant microbe represents ___.

a)

ebola

b)

typhoid

c)

common cold

d)

chicken pox

25.

The information on handwashing for step #3 has been removed. What should it say?

a)

Make sure you don't take too long in the bathroom.

b)

Use a timer when you wah your hands.

c)

Scrub for at least 20 sec.

d)

Don't take your time when washing your hands.