Bacteria and Viruses Quiz
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What is the best way to prevent the spread of all diseases?
A. vaccines
B. antibiotics
C. cover your mouth when coughing
D. wash you hands
______________ are bacteria can break down dead and decaying materials (decompose).
A. saprophytes
B. bacteriophages
C. methane producing bacteria
What are the poisons produced by some pathogens?
A. toxins
B. lysosomes
C. slime
What is a host?
A. An organism that eats another organism
B. An organism or a cell that the virus needs to reproduce in
C. Something that causes harm to the cell
D. The person that greats you at a resturant
Viruses require a host cell to
A. Breathe and eat
B. Replicate
C. Move and sleep
D. Make protein and carbohydrates
Which is smaller, a virus or a bacteria?
A. virus
B. bacteria
Whiplike tail that bacteria use for movement
A. pili
B. cytoplasm
C. cell wall
D. flagellum
One important way to control the spread of bacterial and viral diseases is
A. hand washing
B. shaking hands
C. sharing drinks
D. the use of antibiotics
What is used to protect you from a virus?
A. antirbiotic
B. Rest
C. Vaccine
D. Viruses have no cure
Spherical bacteria
A. coccus
B. bacillus
C. endospore
Bacteria are used to make which of the following foods?
A. yogurt
B. cheese
C. sauerkraut
D. all of these are correct
Where are bacteria located?
A. No where.
B. Every where!
C. Only in the restroom.
D. On my hands only.
Rod shaped bacteria
A. coccus
B. prokaryote
C. spirillum
D. bacillus
Do antibiotics work to cure bacteria/infections?
A. No
B. Yes
Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning they ________.
A. lack a nucleus
B. are very large
C. contain no DNA
D. have a cytoplasm
When a virus attaches to a host, what does it inject into the host
A. protein coat
B. Capsid
C. DNA/ RNA
D. Envelope
Virus that is inactive inside a cell, gets reproduced with the cell, and can active at a later time is ______.
A. latent
B. hidden
C. fixation
D. aerobe
Which is most often used to treat a bacterial infection?
A. vaccine
B. antibiotics
C. vitamins
D. water
Can a virus be cured with antibiotics?
A. yes
B. no
Spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria
A. coccus
B. bacillus
C. spirillum
D. prokaryote
What do doctors use to help our immune systems resist viruses?
A. antibiotics
B. vaccines
C. gene therapy
D. chemotherapy
One way in which bacteria are beneficial:
A. they make food
B. they cause disease
C. they cause food poisoning
D. they create sugar
Bacteria that can cause disease are
A. viruses
B. pathogens
C. protists
A bacterium reproduces asexually by dividing to form two new bacterial cells. What is the name of the process by which bacteria reproduce?
A. meiosis
B. mitosis
C. fission
Bacteria are considered
A. Living
B. Non-living
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