Agents of Disease Quiz
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How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?
A. by taking medication daily
B. by wearing clean clothing
C. by preventing transmission between people
D. by performing dental hygiene three times a day
Which process uses a body cell to create a new organism?
A. crossbreeding
B. cloning
C. genetic modification
D. gene splicing
Which of these is not a way in which biotechnology can benefit agriculture?
A. Increase crop population
B. reducing the loss of crops to insects
C. producing better-tasting fruits
D. improving farm machinery
What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic disease?
A. epidemic is from bacteria, pandemic is from viruses
B. epidemic is more local, pandemic is over a large area
C. pandemic is preventable, epidemic is not preventable
D. there is no real difference between an epidemic and pandemic disease
According to the table above, which disease had the highest number of cases before the vaccine?
A. Measles
B. Mumps
C. Pertussis
D. Tetanus
Why do doctors suggest people get a flu vaccine every year?
A. viruses replicate more rapidly over time.
B. viruses can mutate from year to year.
C. vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year
D. vaccines get stronger over time.
Which can be treated with antibiotics?
A. bacterium
B. mutagen
C. parasite
D. virus
Both bacteria and fungi can be _________________.
A. decomposers
B. eukaryotes
C. multicellular
D. prokaryotes
Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide?
A. developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy
B. developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures
C. developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain
D. developing plants that will not die
Which of these has to do with genetic modification?
A. crossbreeding
B. kidney surgery
C. gene splicing
D. use of herbicides
Which of the following careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?
A. electrical engineering
B. astronomy
C. agricultural research
D. geology
Tigers and household cats are members of the same family; however, their sizes are vastly different. What is the cause of this difference?
A. biochemical makeup
B. genetics
C. behavioral makeup
D. habitat size
How are viruses different from bacteria?
A. Viruses affect plants, while bacteria affect animals
B. Viruses are pathogenic, while bacteria are nonpathogenic
C. Viruses are treated with antibiotics, while bacteria are treated with vaccines
D. Viruses require host organism, while bacteria live host free
Which of the following reasons would explain why an infectious disease is pandemic?
A. The disease is a worldwide threat.
B. The disease is confined to a particular area.
C. The disease has been controlled through vaccination.
D. The disease is not a worldwide threat.
Which field would most likely NOT incorporate biotechnology?
A. agriculture
B. genetics
C. medicine
D. mining
Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the best explanation for how the people got sick?
A. contact with an environmental source
B. contact with an infected animal
C. contact with a contaminated object
D. contact with an infected person
Which requires a host cell in order to reproduce?
A. algae
B. bacterium
C. protist
D. virus
Which of the following subjects would someone most likely study if he or she wanted to work in the biotechnology field?
A. chemistry
B. genetics
C. physics
D. environmental science
The table below shows the data about diseases and vaccines availability. Which disease had the lowest number of cases after the vaccine?
A. tetanus
B. measles
C. diphtheria
D. rubella
This chart shows the worldwide number of pertussis, tuberculosis, and measles cases over 16 years. Which is most likely the cause of the decline in measles cases from 1980 to 1990?
A. antibiotics
B. chemotherapy
C. quarantines
D. vaccinations
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