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Middle School: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade
Biology
Biology - Fighting Disease
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Q.1
Why do pathogenic diseases make you feel ill?
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They alter all of the chemical reactions in your body
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They slow down your metabolic rate
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They produce toxins and can damage cells
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It is because your immune system is fighting them off
Q.2
Why do doctors think carefully about prescribing antibiotics?
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Because they are expensive
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Because they kill harmless viruses as well as pathogenic viruses
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Because over use or patients who don't take the whole course can lead to the development of resistant bacteria
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Because writing out a prescription for antibiotics is complicated and takes them a lot of time
Q.3
Antibiotics are effective against what?
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Bacteria only
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Viruses only
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Both bacteria and viruses
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Neither bacteria or viruses
Q.4
Which of the following is not caused by bacteria or viruses?
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Salmonella and listeria (food poisoning)
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Cholera and typhoid
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Whooping cough and sore throats
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Scurvy and anemia
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How do antibiotics work?
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They absorb the toxins released by the bacteria
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They kill the viruses that have got into the body
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They ingest the bacteria that are causing the infection
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They stop the bacteria from reproducing
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What is a pathogen?
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Someone who carries out autopsies
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A type of infectious disease
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A microorganism that cause infectious diseases
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A torch that surgeons wear on their heads during operations
Q.7
Which of the following statements about the first ever antibiotic is true?
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It is called pennysillyum and invented by Alexander Flaming
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It is called penicillin and was discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming
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It is called penicilliase and was made for use in the First World War
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It is called amoxycillin and discovered by James Lister
Q.8
What do vaccines contain?
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Live pathogens but treated to make them harmless
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Dead pathogens
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Fragments of the pathogen that are harmless but which carry the antigen
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Any of the above
Q.9
Which of the following types of drugs is most effective against a bacterial infection?
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Painkiller
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Hallucinogen
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Stimulant
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Antibiotic
Q.10
Before the 19th Century, why did doctors not wash their hands in between dealing with their patients?
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They did not understand about infectious diseases
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They were too lazy
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Soap was not available
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It meant that they could move on to the next patient as quickly as possible and make more money
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