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Middle School: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade
Biology
Biology - Superbugs
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Q.1
What part of the bacteria controls resistance?
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Chromosomes
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Nucleus
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Cytoplasm
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Genes
Q.2
Why should you always complete a course of antibiotics?
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So that you don't waste the money spent on your prescription
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It is illegal not to finish the whole course
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It avoids wasting the antibiotics
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It kills off the maximum number of bacteria
Q.3
What are antibiotics?
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Chemicals that destroy viruses
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Chemicals that prvent bacteria from growing or kill them
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Hormones that are found naturally in white blood cells
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Hormones secreted by white blood cells that stick to antigens
Q.4
What is a resistant bacteria?
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One that can resist being squashed
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One that is not affected by acids
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One that is not affected by antibiotics
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One that can resist an attack by a bacteriophage virus
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MRSA is the abbreviation for which of the following?
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Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
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Microbiologically resistant staphylococcus aureus
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Multi resistant staphylococcus aurelius
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Microbiologically resistant streptococcus aurelius
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How do these resistant strains of bacteria arise?
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Natural selection
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Artificial selection
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Selective breeding
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Non-selective breeding
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What is the outcome when a resistant strain of bacteria develops?
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Some diseases could become very difficult to control
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The bacteria will grow larger
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New types of antibiotic will need to be developed
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An epidemic
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Resistance to antibiotics is genetic. Why is this a problem?
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Resistance can be passed on to future generations of bacteria
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It means that resistant bacteria genes could become part of your genes
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You might become immune to the antibiotic
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It makes bacteria grow faster
Q.9
What are doctors doing to slow down the development of resistant bacteria?
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Prescribing more antibiotics
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Prescribing longer courses of antibiotics
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Prescribing fewer antibiotics
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Not prescribing antibiotics
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Which of the following answers contain the missing words in the correct order? _________ are one cause of variation in a population of bacteria. A course of ____________ will kill off the non-resistant bacteria leaving ____________ bacteria to multiply. If these escape from the patient it is possible they can _______ others with bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics.
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Genes, antibodies, resistant, enter.
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Antigens, antibiotics, resistant, infect.
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Zygotes, cytoplasm, superbug, do
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Mutations, antibiotics, resistant, infect.
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