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6. Why is it important not to use antibiotics too frequently?

  • To allow the white blood cells of the body to kill more often instead of letting the antibiotics do all the work.
  • So the antibiotics don't run out.
  • To prevent more resistant strains of bacteria appearing.
  • To ensure the illness is fully spread before starting to kill the bacteria off.

7. What is agar jelly?

  • A culture medium. It contains carbohydrate as an energy source along with various minerals and sometimes other chemicals.
  • A type of jelly that is found in cake recipes.
  • A culture medium. It contains proteins as an energy source along with various minerals and sometimes other chemicals.
  • A culture medium. It is a solid, with a slight jelly-like structure, that contains minerals and sometimes other chemicals.

8. Which is a Pandemic?

  • When a new type of disease is found on a patient in more than one country.
  • When more cases of an infectious disease are recorded that expected in one country.
  • When more cases of an infectious disease are recorded than expected in more than one country.
  • When a new type of disease is found on a patient in one country.

9. What is an antibiotic?

  • Medicines that can work inside your body to kill the bacteria that cause diseases.
  • Bacteria that can work inside the body to relieve the pain that is caused by infectious disease cells.
  • Bacteria that can work inside your body to kill the infectious disease cells.
  • Medicines that can work inside your body to relieve the pain that is caused by bacteria.

10. Which protect you from disease?

  • Bacteria
  • Pathogens
  • Viruses
  • White blood cells
  • Red blood cells

11. What form of a bacterium do vaccines have in them?

  • Protective
  • Infective
  • Inactive
  • Active

12. What is a mutation?

  • A change in the DNA
  • A new type of food group
  • A change in the structure of cells
  • A change in the structure of bones
  • A new type of bacteria

13. How was penicillin discovered?

  • Flemming experimented with bacteria very often. One day, he found a bacteria that killed other on the tes he was experimenting on. He called it penicillin.
  • Flemming grew bacteria on agar plates. He was a careless person and didn't conduct experiments properly, and one day discovered a mould being formed that killed other bacteria. He called it penicillin.
  • Semmelweiss experimented with bacteria very often. One day, he found a bacteria that killed other on the tes he was experimenting on. He called it penicillin.
  • Semmelweis grew bacteria on agar plates. He was a careless person and didn't conduct experiments properly, and one day discovered a mould being formed that killed other bacteria. He called it penicillin.

14. A white blood cell helps protect your body in many ways. Which ways are correct?

  • Ingesting microorganisms, producing antibodies, and producing antitoxins.
  • Act as protective barriers around your body cells, every time an infection touches them, the infection is killed.
  • They come out of your skin pores and prevent any infection from entering, by sacrificing their lives.

15. Decribe a bacterium.

  • Single-celled living organisms that are much smaller than animal cells but larger than plant cells.
  • Single-celled living organisms that are much smaller than animal and plant cells.
  • Multiple-celled living organisms that are much bigger than both plant and animal cells.
  • Multiple-celled living organisms that are much smaller than animal and plant cells.
  • Single-celled living organisms that are much larger than animal cells but smaller than a plant cell.

16. Why must everything be sterilised before you start a culture?

  • To kill off unwanted or harmful bacteria that will affect the results of the experiment.
  • To ensure that the bacteria made will be absolutely clean and healthy.
  • To make sure lots and lots of bacteria are produced rapidly.
  • To provide the culture lots of nutrients and energy needed to start a bacterial colony.

17. Through which one of these ways can an infectious disease spread?

  • Droplet infection
  • Miasma
  • Vaccines
  • Inoculation

18. How do viruses make you feel ill?

  • A single virus produces enough toxins and takes over all the white blood cells in your blood streams.
  • They take over the cells of your body as they reproduce, damaging and destroying your cells.
  • They reproduce, producing toxins which affect your organs.
  • They reproduce, making toxins and spreading them in your blood.

19. "Viruses can very rarely produce toxins." True or False?

  • True
  • False

20. What is a culture medium?

  • A substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.
  • A new fashion trend which involves mixing two completely different cultures.
  • A substance containing the nutrients needed for microorganisms to grow.
  • A genetic disease that affects the lungs, digestive and reproductive systems.