
Unit 5: Disease Preassessment
Quiz by Jessica Bethea
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- Q1
Which of these diseases is caused by a bacteria?
Flu
Chicken Pox
Strep Throat
Rabies
30s8.L.1.1 - Q2
Which is the best way to prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic?
Eating fruits and vegetables
Washing hands often
Getting a vaccination
Taking antibiotics
30s8.L.1.1 - Q3
Which characteristic of viruses prevents them from being used as evidence to support cell theory?
Viruses cannot move by themselves.
Viruses can have glycoproteins on their surfaces.
Viruses do not have nuclei.
Viruses replicate only inside host cells.
30s8.L.1.1 - Q4
Pandemics are harder to prevent than epidemics. Which best explains this?
Pandemic diseases do not have vaccines, while epidemic diseases have vaccines.
Pandemic diseases affect humans and animals, while epidemic diseases only affect humans.
Pandemics are caused by viruses, while epidemics are caused by bacteria.
Pandemics cover a large geographical area, while epidemics are specific to a given area.
30s8.L.1.2 - Q5
Which pathogen, by being the smallest, is able to spread and infect the greatest number of hosts?
Protists/Parasite
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
30s8.L.1.2