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Unit 5: Disease Preassessment

Quiz by Jessica Bethea

Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study

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Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study

8.L.1.1
8.L.1.2

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  • Q1

    Which of these diseases is caused by a bacteria?

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    Flu

    Chicken Pox

    Strep Throat

    Rabies

    30s
    8.L.1.1
  • Q2

    Which is the best way to prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic?

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    Eating fruits and vegetables

    Washing hands often 

    Getting a vaccination

    Taking antibiotics

    30s
    8.L.1.1
  • Q3

    Which characteristic of viruses prevents them from being used as evidence to support cell theory?

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    Viruses cannot move by themselves.

    Viruses can have glycoproteins on their surfaces.

    Viruses do not have nuclei.

     Viruses replicate only inside host cells.

    30s
    8.L.1.1
  • Q4

    Pandemics are harder to prevent than epidemics. Which best explains this?

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    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.

    30s
    8.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

    30s
    8.L.1.2

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