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What is a pathogen?
A disease-causing microorganism.
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One of the main problems with viruses is that they:
damage the host cell when they reproduce.
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What can vaccination involve?
injecting an inactive form of the pathogen to stimulate immunity.
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What is one way that antibiotics work?
They can stop bacteria from reproducing.
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What is the main reason why we should be careful not to overuse antibiotics?
dangerous strains of resistant bacteria may develop by natural selection
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There is no vaccine against the common cold because:
the cold virus mutates too quickly for a vaccine to be effective
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What are antibiotics?
Substances that kill bacteria or prevent their growth.
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Antibiotics are effective against:
bacteria.
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Antibiotic resistance can develop because:
mutations in individual bacteria protect them from the antibiotic, allowing them to reproduce
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What happens to new medical drugs before they are released?
new medical drugs are tested in the laboratory, and then on volunteers.
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What are the features of a double-blind trial?
neither the researchers nor the volunteers know what the volunteers are receiving.
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A placebo is:
an inactive substance given in place of a drug
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Which blood vessels have the thickest walls?
Arteries.
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Veins take blood:
to the heart and have valves.
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In which vessels is blood pressure greatest?
arteries.
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What do the coronary arteries do?
They supply the heart muscle with blood.
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A common risk factor for heart disease is:
being overweight.
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Which of the following is a correlation between a factor and an outcome?
people who smoke are more likely to have heart disease
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Which of the following factors could increase the risk of heart disease?
The number of cigarettes smoked
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For a scientist, which of the following is an example of the peer review process?
having your work checked by other scientists
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Which of the following scientific claims is the most reliable?
one that has been checked and repeated by other scientists
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One of the main problems with viruses is that they:

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What is one way that antibiotics work?

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