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Microbiology vocab (no immune)

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Medication that kills bacteria

a)

antiviral

b)

antibiotic

c)

antiprotozoal

d)

vaccine

2.

Chemicals from the natural warfare between fungi and bacteria used as a medication

a)

antiviral

b)

antibiotic

c)

antiprotozoal

d)

vaccine

3.

Any piece of foreign substance that causes an immune response

a)

antibiotics

b)

antivirals

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

4.

A medication that is used to treat viral infections

a)

antibiotics

b)

antivirals

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

5.

A rod (hot dog) shaped bacteria

a)

coccus

b)

bacillus

c)

spirillus

d)

vibrio

6.

A circle shaped bacteria

a)

coccus

b)

bacillus

c)

spirillus

d)

vibrio

7.

A spiral shaped bacteria

a)

coccus

b)

bacillus

c)

spirillus

d)

vibrio

8.

Streptobacillus

a)

a cluster of circles

b)

a cluster of rods

c)

a chain of circles

d)

a chain of rods

9.

Staphylococcus

a)

a cluster of circles

b)

a cluster of rods

c)

a chain of circles

d)

a chain of rods

10.

Streptococcus

a)

a cluster of circles

b)

a cluster of rods

c)

a chain of circles

d)

a chain of rods

11.

Staphylobacillus

a)

a cluster of circles

b)

a cluster of rods

c)

a chain of circles

d)

a chain of rods

12.

Resistance of disease spread when a sufficiently high proportion of the population is immune

a)

Acquired immunity

b)

Passive immunity

c)

Herd immunity

d)

Innate immunity

13.

When viral DNA is incorporated into host DNA and copied along with the host cell

a)

Lytic cycle

b)

Lysogenic cycle

c)

innate immunity

d)

Herd immunity

14.

When the host cell uses its own resources to make copies of a virus until they burst out of the host cell, killing the cell and invading the host body

a)

Lytic cycle

b)

Lysogenic cycle

c)

innate immunity

d)

Herd immunity

15.

Any microscopic living organism

a)

pathogen

b)

microbe

c)

microbiome

d)

antigen

16.

Any microbe that causes harm

a)

pathogen

b)

microorganism

c)

microbiome

d)

antigen

17.

The collection of all of the microbes on and in your body

a)

pathogen

b)

microorganism

c)

microbiome

d)

antigen

18.

An infectious agent consisting of nucleic acid and protein

a)

microbe

b)

bacteria

c)

virus

d)

protozoa

19.

Amoebas, Euglena, and Paramecium are examples of

a)

microbe

b)

bacteria

c)

virus

d)

protozoa

20.

Medications that can be given to PREVENT disease (by activating B cells to produce antibodies)

a)

vaccines

b)

antibiotics

c)

antivirals

d)

antibodies

21.

Another name for a microbe

a)

microorganism

b)

pathogen

c)

virus

d)

bacteria

22.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of bacteria

a)

produces oxygen

b)

decomposes

c)

causes tetanus

d)

helps digestion

23.

A pair of circles

a)

Streptococcus

b)

Staphylococcus

c)

Diplococcus

24.

A situation when enough of a population is vaccinated to be able protect the few vulnerable unvaccinated individuals

a)

Herd immunity

b)

Natural immunity

c)

Active immunity

d)

Passive immunity

25.

What shape is this bacteria?

a)

Bacillus

b)

Coccus

c)

Spirillus

26.

What shape is this bacteria?

a)

Bacillus

b)

Coccus

c)

Spirillus

27.

What shape is this bacteria?

a)

Bacillus

b)

Coccus

c)

Spirillus

28.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of bacteria

a)

produces oxygen

b)

decomposes

c)

causes tetanus

d)

helps digestion

29.

Vaccines

a)

contain antibodies

b)

cause your B cells to produce antibodies

c)

can cause you to get sick

d)

treat diseases after you have gotten sick

30.

Fungi digest their food....

a)

with the assistance of microbes

b)

externally by excreting digestive enzymes and then absorbing the nutrients

c)

by engulfing the food source

d)

internally by producing digestive enzymes within an organelle or organ and absorbing the nutrients

31.

This organism is unicellular, an photosynthetic autotroph, has a nucleus, and some of them can be heterotrophic. What is the classification of this organism?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Viruses

d)

Protists

32.

Which type of microorganisms are not characterized by eukaryotic cells?

a)

Fungi

b)

Protists

c)

Bacteria

d)

Plantae

33.

Which of the following is not a cell but can reproduce within a living cell?

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

alga

d)

yeast

34.

What is special about viruses and their host cell

a)

viruses can attach to any type of cell

b)

viruses are bigger than their host cells

c)

viruses are living things

d)

viruses can only attach to specific host cells

35.

Why do antibiotics not work against viruses?

a)

Viruses are to small

b)

Viruses do not have a protein coat

c)

Viruses do not have cells or cell organelles

d)

Viruses are too complex

36.

Viruses and cells both contain...

a)

mitochondria

b)

vacuoles

c)

chloroplasts

d)

nucleic acids

37.

The projections on the surface of this virus allow the virus to...

a)

move inside a host cell

b)

signal other viruses to infect a host cell

c)

control a host cell's DNA

d)

attach to a host cell

38.
During the lytic infection by a virus, the host cell is-
a)
destroyed
b)
copied
c)
passed on to the lysogenic cycle
d)
not affected
39.

How can vaccines prevent people from getting sick if they aren't personally vaccinated?

a)

Herd immunity

b)

Immunosupression

c)

Plasmolysis

d)

Apoptosis