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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which pathogen is non-living?
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Parasite/Protist
They are all alive
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which pathogen reproduces using binary fission (Asexual Reproduction)?
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Parasite/Protist
- 3. Multiple Choice
Ticks are an example of this way of transmitting (spreading) disease
Air-borne
Vector
Touching a surface
Contaminated food or water
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which pathogen does NOT have DNA?
fungi
protist/parasite
bacteria
virus
they all have DNA
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?
protist/parasite
fungi
bacteria
virus
- 6. Multiple ChoiceViruses reproduce themselves by...dividing into two identical copiescausing cells to transform into virusesmaking host cells reproduce copies of the virusesplanting eggs inside host organisms
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements about pathogens is true?A pathogen describes anything that causes illness or diseasePathogens are all microscopicAll pathogens are transmitted through the air from host to hostAll pathogens cause cells to swell and burst
- 8. Multiple ChoiceVaccines work by...killing pathogens that are already infecting a hosthelping antibodies build immunity against a specific pathogencausing the body to expel pathogens faster than normalpreventing a specific pathogen from entering the body
- 9. Multiple Choicewhich pathogen lives in or on a host?bacteriavirusparasitefungus
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the structure of a virus?a nucleic acid with a protein coata prokaryotic cella eukaryotic cella unicellular organism
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