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Chapter 3 (Diseases)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is occurring in the picture?

a)

A bacteria is producing toxins to make a cell sick

b)

A parasite has infected a cell and is making copies of itself

c)

A virus is using a host cell to replicate (reproduce) to infect other cells

d)

White blood cells are attacking a virus

2.

Vaccines cause the body to _______

a)

get sick

b)

make viruses

c)

make antibodies

3.

The part of the body that keeps out germs is the _______

a)

lungs

b)

brain

c)

skin

4.

Diseases caused by bacteria and viruses can be spread by _______

a)

resting

b)

sneezing and coughing

c)

reading

5.

How can we prevent the diseases cause by mosquitoes?

a)

Do not throw away water in vases

b)

Do not throw away water in containers

c)

Keep toilet wet

d)

Use insect repellent

6.

Which of the following way is the correct way to prevent the spread of diseases?

a)

Littering

b)

Spitting on the ground

c)

Wearing a mask

d)

Food left uncovered

7.

How do influenza spread by?

a)

Air

b)

Food

c)

Water

d)

Animals

8.

Which animal spread Dengue Fever?

a)

Aedes mosquito

b)

Chicken

c)

Bat

9.

Which animal spread malaria?

a)

Pig

b)

Chicken

c)

Anopheles

Mosquito

d)

Dengue Mosquito

10.

What mostly cause the spread of diseases?

a)

Germs

b)

Fungi

c)

Plants

d)

Insects

11.

Which of the following is a virus?

a)

Influenza

b)

Strep throat

c)

Athlete's Foot

d)

cholera

12.

Which type of microbe generally affects the skin?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

Fungi

d)

Protists

13.

An organism that lives on or in a host, and causes it harm while it takes its nutrients is called

a)

a host

b)

a parasite

c)

a cell

d)

a virus

14.

A microbe that can cause harm is known as a

a)

Pathogen

b)

Pathogon

c)

Virus

d)

Bacteria

15.

Which pathogen is non-living?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

They are all alive

16.

Which pathogen needs a host cell to reproduce?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

fungus

d)

parasite/protist

17.

Keeping yourself and the things around you clean.

a)

pneumania

b)

body's defences against diseases

c)

hygiene

18.

 What living things cause chicken pox?


a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

fungi

19.

 What living things cause athlete's foot?


a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

fungi

20.

 What living things cause ringworm?


a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

fungi

21.

 What living things cause pneumonia?


a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

fungi

22.

 What living things cause cholera?


a)

bacteria

b)

viruses

c)

fungi

23.

What is the host for malaria?

a)

human

b)

mosquito

c)

Plasmodium falciparum

24.

any living thing that lives on or in the body of another living thing where it causes harm


a)

Host

b)

parasite

c)

Vector

d)

mucus

25.

the living thing that a parasite infects


a)

Host

b)

parasite

c)

Vector

d)

Repellent

26.

When the pathogen passes from one host to another is called...

a)

Transition

b)

Transmission

c)

infection

d)

Transportation

27.

Examples of disease that are caused by virus are....

a)

Ebola, malaria, dengue fever

b)

Chickenpox, typhoid, athlete's foot

c)

COVID-19, Ebola, common cold

d)

diarrhea, yellow fever, monkeypox

28.

All infectious diseases are caused by virus.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

Not all bacteria cause disease.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

We have ____ in our stomach to defend our body from getting disease.

a)

mucus

b)

saliva

c)

acid

d)

hair

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