Microbes and Infectious Disease Quiz
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Microorganisms can be found:
A. The the ocean, inside and outside your body
B. On plants and animals
C. In medicine and your food
D. All of the above
Which of the following is an effective method of preventing infection by Malaria?
A. Use pesticides to kill the mosquito (vector)
B. Quarantine the mosquitos that carry the parasite
C. Provide condoms to prevent transmission of parasite during sex
D. Drink plenty of water
Bacteria can exist almost anywhere
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
A large group of one-celled organisms that sometimes cause disease .
A. Virus
B. Protist
C. Fungi
D. Bacteria
Which type of microbe reproduces by binary fission?
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Protists
Probiotics are an example of ….
A. A microorganisms that can make people sic
B. A microorganism that lives in the ocean
C. An example of bacteria and all bacteria is harmful
D. an example of live bacteria and yeast that is helpful to humans by aiding in the digestion of food
What is an infectious disease?
A. A disease that can be spread from person to person
B. A disease that cannot be spread from person to person
Some bacteria is known as ________________ and cause disease.
A. pathogens
B. flagella
C. influenza
D. ebola
What is one of the ways that antibiotics work?
A. They can stop bacteria from reproducing
B. They can stop viruses from reproducing
C. They stop toxins from poisoning the tissues of hosts
D. They engulf the pathogens
Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?
A. Helpful
B. Harmful
C. Both
D. Neither
_____ kill or stop the growth of germs
A. Antibodies
B. Vaccines
C. Antibiotics
Yogurt contains harmful bacteria.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which is not an example of a helpful microorganism?
A. Yeast to help bread rise
B. A virus used in a vaccine
C. Microbes used to clean oil spills
D. Bacteria that causes strep throat
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Protist
D. Fungi
Turberculosis is a disease that was widespread during the turn of the century. This disease is an example of…..
A. A helpful bacteria
B. A helpful fungi
C. A harmful bacteria
D. A harmful probiotic
