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Virus, pandemic...

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did COVID-19 Originate?

a)

Wuhan, China

b)

Delhi, India

c)

NYC, USA

d)

Paris, France

2.

When was this virus discovered?

a)

End of February 2020

b)

End of December 2019

c)

End of December 2020

3.

What is the minimum time for washing Hands?

a)

20 seconds

b)

10 seconds

c)

15 Seconds

d)

30 Seconds

e)

None of the above

4.

COVID-19 is also known as?

a)

SARS COV II

b)

Coronilla Virus

c)

Ebola Virus

d)

None Of The Above

5.

Which type of genetic material does Corona virus carry?

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

MRNA

d)

PNA

6.

The plague forced Rome’s retreat in the war to recapture its former capital city. The emperor himself was stricken. Constantinople lost 5,000 people each day.

a)

Plague of Antonius

b)

Plague of Peloponnesian

c)

Plague of Cyprian

d)

Plague of Justinian

7.

In February 1692, in the Massachusetts village of Salem, eight young women accused their neighbors of witchcraft. Some historians blame the hysteria on a viral fever spread by insects and birds.

a)

Bird flu

b)

Encephalitis

c)

Typhoid

d)

Yellow fever

8.

A London doctor used a dot map to pioneer the modern science of epidemiology.

a)

Third cholera pandemic

b)

Great Plague of London

c)

Typhus “Irish fever”

d)

Diphtheria

9.

Scientists blamed stressed-out bats and their habitat loss for this 21st century pandemic.

a)

COVID-19

b)

Ebola

c)

SARS

d)

All of the above

10.

Charles IV of Spain launched history’s first global immunization campaign. Pathogens from a diseased cow passed arm-to-arm in a human chain from the Canary Islands to the Americas and then on to the Philippines.

a)

Spanish flu

b)

Whooping cough

c)

Rubella

d)

Smallpox

11.

Which body part can COVID-19 harm a person the most?

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Intestine

d)

GallBladder

12.

A protein produced by a component of the immune systems known as plasma cells to neutralize pathogens.

a)

Antibody

b)

Virus

c)

Immunity

13.

VACCINE

a)

When enough people in a population are immune to a disease,

b)

Staying at home voluntarily to help prevent the spread of disease.

c)

A biological preparation that provides immunity to a specific infectious agent.

14.

When enough people in a population are immune to a disease, either by recovering from a previous infection or receiving a vaccine, so that the disease no longer spreads easily

a)

Quarantine

b)

Herd immunity

c)

Lockdown

15.

The rapid spread of a disease to a large number of people above what is normally expected and within a short period of time.

a)

Pandemic

b)

Epidemic

c)

Virus

16.

VIRUS

a)

An infectious agent made of DNA or RNA inside of a protein envelope that can only grow and multiply by using the machinery of other cells.

b)

A group of related viruses that can infect mammals and birds.

c)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

17.

Outbreak

a)

The same as an epidemic but occurring over a more limited geographic area.

b)

When someone contracts a disease and the precise source of the infection cannot be found.

c)

When bacteria or viruses travel within small drops of liquid from the respiratory tract.

18.

True or False: Viruses are living things.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Viruses are considered nonliving because (check all that apply)

a)

They can't reproduce on their own.

b)

They do not require energy

c)

They are not cells

d)

They don't grow

20.

Is a vaccine a cure or a prevention?

a)

prevention, because you have to get it before you ever get sick

b)

cure, because you take it once you get sick and it kills the bacteria or virus.