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WorksheetsVaccines and Antibiotics use
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
Choose the correct word to make the sentence true.
(Antibiotics / Vaccines) are medicines that you take because you are ALREADY sick.
(a)
Choose the correct word in () that makes the sentence true.
A(n) (antibiotic / vaccine) is something that you take BEFORE you ever get sick.
(a)
Choose the correct word in () that makes the sentence true.
You should take a (antibiotic / vaccine) while you're healthy, not sick.
(a)
Name the disease that for thousands of years would cause a rash, high fever, and often resulted in death.
(a)
People who worked with ______________ were not getting smallpox at all.
turtles
dogs
cows
cats
Name the disease that farm workers were getting from cows?
(a)
How were smallpox and cowpox alike? (check 2)
fever
cowpox is more deadly
rash
both made you, "Moo," instead of talk
What is the biggest difference between smallpox and cowpox?
Cowpox was much more deadly.
Smallpox was much more deadly.
Cowpox made people talk like cows.
Smallpox shrunk the height of people.
What Latin word meaning, "Cow," does vaccine get its name from?
(a)
Which cells have to learn how to fight a disease in your body?
red blood cells
immune cells
fat cells
happy cells
Dr. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine in 1796 for this disease:
cowpox
chickenpox
smallpox
the flu
The disease smallpox was eradicated (ended) in 1979 because
of worldwide vaccination
it went away naturally
of antibiotic treatment
of variolation (blowing smallpox up the nose)
True or False: Bacteria that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.
True
False
True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.
True
False
What is the best way to prevent illnesses caused by viruses?
(a)
How many of the following are stimulated in your body by a vaccine?
the body's immune response
the production of antigens
the production of antibodies
the production of antibiotics
The two types of traditional vaccines are made from:
only a part of the virus
the entire virus, either weakened or killed
the entire virus, 100% full strength
the genome (genetic material) of the virus
The new RNA vaccine for Covid-19 is made from:
the entire virus
the entire genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus
only a small part of the virus
only a small part of the genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus
Why must the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines be kept at very cold temperatures?
because the RNA is unstable unless kept cold
because the virus doesn't like hot temperatures
because the vaccines can melt
I'm in! Rolling up my sleeve right now for the vaccine!
I still have concerns about the safety of this vaccine.
