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Vaccines and Antibiotics use

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct word to make the sentence true.


(Antibiotics / Vaccines) are medicines that you take because you are ALREADY sick.

(a)  

2.

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)  

3.

Choose the correct word in () that makes the sentence true.


You should take a (antibiotic / vaccine) while you're healthy, not sick.

(a)  

4.

Name the disease that for thousands of years would cause a rash, high fever, and often resulted in death.

(a)  

5.

People who worked with ______________ were not getting smallpox at all.

a)

turtles

b)

dogs

c)

cows

d)

cats

6.

Name the disease that farm workers were getting from cows?

(a)  

7.

How were smallpox and cowpox alike? (check 2)

a)

fever

b)

cowpox is more deadly

c)

rash

d)

both made you, "Moo," instead of talk

8.

What is the biggest difference between smallpox and cowpox?

a)

Cowpox was much more deadly.

b)

Smallpox was much more deadly.

c)

Cowpox made people talk like cows.

d)

Smallpox shrunk the height of people.

9.

What Latin word meaning, "Cow," does vaccine get its name from?

(a)  

10.

Which cells have to learn how to fight a disease in your body?

a)

red blood cells

b)

immune cells

c)

fat cells

d)

happy cells

11.

Dr. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine in 1796 for this disease:

a)

cowpox

b)

chickenpox

c)

smallpox

d)

the flu

12.

The disease smallpox was eradicated (ended) in 1979 because

a)

of worldwide vaccination

b)

it went away naturally

c)

of antibiotic treatment

d)

of variolation (blowing smallpox up the nose)

13.

True or False: Bacteria that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is the best way to prevent illnesses caused by viruses?

(a)  

16.

How many of the following are stimulated in your body by a vaccine?

a)

the body's immune response

b)

the production of antigens

c)

the production of antibodies

d)

the production of antibiotics

17.

The two types of traditional vaccines are made from:

a)

only a part of the virus

b)

the entire virus, either weakened or killed

c)

the entire virus, 100% full strength

d)

the genome (genetic material) of the virus

18.

The new RNA vaccine for Covid-19 is made from:

a)

the entire virus

b)

the entire genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

c)

only a small part of the virus

d)

only a small part of the genome (RNA genetic material) of the virus

19.

Why must the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines be kept at very cold temperatures?

a)

because the RNA is unstable unless kept cold

b)

because the virus doesn't like hot temperatures

c)

because the vaccines can melt

20.
a)

I'm in! Rolling up my sleeve right now for the vaccine!

b)

I still have concerns about the safety of this vaccine.