Infection Detection Quiz
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Tiny, one-celled organisms that get nutrients from their environment in order to live.
A. stomach
B. cilia
C. infection
D. bacteria
The system in the body responsible for identifying and fighting off unwanted bacteria, viruses, and other bugs.
A. immune system
B. bacteria
C. infection
D. viruses
A person who is able to become infected by a communicable disease.
A. susceptible
B. infected
C. scientist
D. virus
Infectious nonliving agents much smaller than bacteria that invade cells and cause diseases such as the common cold and measles.
A. viruses
B. communicable diseases
C. germs
D. experiment
Bacteria can be found where?
A. Everywhere
B. Nowhere
C. Only in some places
What is the function of cilia in defending our body from infection?
A. Secretes hormones that prevent infection.
B. Send signals to the brain to tell us we are sick.
C. Fluid produced to trap and destroy germs.
D. Little fine hairs found in the nose that trap and push out invading germs.
Bacteria can be in the food we eat. True or False?
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
When a person can spread their infection to someone else. Also called infectious.
A. contagious
B. communicable disease
C. germs
D. experiment
Tiny, non-living invaders are what?
A. Bacteria
B. Bugs
C. Virus
D. Fever
Cilia help protect the body from infection by doing what?
A. Grabs germs and keeps them in
B. Captures germs and pushes them out
What can you use to see bacteria up close?
A. A mirror
B. A table
C. A microscope
D. A lotion
Guidelines or rules used to judge or make a decision about something.
A. criteria
B. constraint
C. germs
D. infection
A person who has a communicable disease.
A. infected
B. germs
C. bacteria
D. virus
To write down or draw the detailed plan for creating a solution to a problem.
A. design
B. experiment
C. infection
D. germs
What is the function of mucus in defending our body against germs?
A. Traps invading germs and prevents them from getting into the body.
B. Swells when filled with germs.
C. Produces fluids that push germs out.
D. Send signals to our brain.