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- 1. Multiple Choice
The rate that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance at can be sped up by:
Exposure to lower levels of antimicrobials than prescribed
2.Exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics (which aren’t specific to a microbe)
3.Overuse of antibiotics in foods/agriculture
4. All of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
The word “antibiotic” means
"against growth"
"against disease"
"against all odds"
“against life”
- 3. Multiple Choice
Examples of antibiotics:
Penicillin
Tetracyclines
Neomycin
All of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Antibiotics are chemical substances that kill bacterial cells by interrupting a key cellular function
True
False
Maybe
- 5. Multiple Choice
Broad spectrum antibiotics are good because:
They Kill many different pathogenic bacteria
They are really cheap to buy
They cause antibiotic resistance
None of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
Broad spectrum antibiotics are bad because:
They kill many different pathogenic bacteria
They are really cheap to buy
They can increase the rate of development of antibiotic resistance
All of the above
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA unicellular organism that does not have a nucleusfungusbacteriabiomevirus
- 8. Multiple Choice
A long, tail like structure that helps a bacterium to move is called a...
cilia
pili
flagellum
capsule
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAll bacteria have DNA.truefalse
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA disease causing organismpathogenpoisonvaccineprokaryote
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBased on the figure, which antibiotic inhibited the growth of the bacteria the most?ABCD
- 12. Multiple Choice
The area where bacteria cannot survive because of the antibiotic inhibits or kills it is called:
zone of inhibition
zone of prohibition
the friend zone
zone of unhappiness
- 13. Multiple Choice
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a problem because:
It is more difficult to treat people infected with them
bacteria smell pretty bad
viruses them grow out of control
they are not a problem, I love being sick
- 14. Multiple Choice
People are increasing the rate at which bacteria populations are acquiring antibiotic resistance by:
taking antibiotics only when they need them
putting antibiotics into our food and environment
not sharing antibiotics with others
- 15. Multiple Choice
The following organisms can be killed by antibiotics
Viruses
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria
- 16. Multiple Choice
What can we do to reduce the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria
Always finish a course of antibiotics
Only take antibiotics when they are really needed
Take antibiotics whenever it is possible
Reduce the amount of antibiotics given to animals in the farming industry
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