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Pathogens, immunity and vaccines

9th grade (Year 10 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS1-2 · England: KS4 Combined Science: Health, disease and the development of medicines

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Question 1
What type of pathogen causes athlete's foot?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist
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Question 2
Disease: which statement is NOT true?
- A. You can catch heart disease from someone else.
- B. Antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses.
- C. Mosquitoes spread malaria.
- D. Heart disease is a non-communicable disease.
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Question 3
How does a vaccine protect you?
- A. It makes you ill so you learn to avoid germs.
- B. It kills every bacterium in your body.
- C. It is an antibiotic.
- D. It trains white blood cells to make antibodies quickly if the real pathogen arrives.
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Question 4
What type of pathogen causes Salmonella food poisoning?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist
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Question 5
Disease: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Vaccines contain antibiotics.
- B. Heart disease is a non-communicable disease.
- C. Skin is a barrier that stops many pathogens entering.
- D. Antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses.
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Question 6
Why should a doctor not give antibiotics for a cold?
- A. Antibiotics make colds worse.
- B. Colds are not diseases.
- C. Colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics do not kill viruses.
- D. Antibiotics only work on fungi.
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Question 7
What type of pathogen causes tuberculosis?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist
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Question 8
Disease: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Mosquitoes spread malaria.
- B. Skin is a barrier that stops many pathogens entering.
- C. You can catch heart disease from someone else.
- D. Antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses.
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Question 9
Which is a way to reduce the spread of flu?
- A. sharing cups
- B. washing hands and covering coughs and sneezes
- C. taking antibiotics
- D. eating more sugar
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Question 10
What type of pathogen causes measles?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist
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Question 11
Disease: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Skin is a barrier that stops many pathogens entering.
- B. Antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses.
- C. Vaccines contain antibiotics.
- D. Mosquitoes spread malaria.
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Question 12
Which is a way to reduce the spread of flu?
- A. taking antibiotics
- B. sharing cups
- C. washing hands and covering coughs and sneezes
- D. eating more sugar
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Question 13
What type of pathogen causes ringworm?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist
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Question 14
Disease: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Skin is a barrier that stops many pathogens entering.
- B. Mosquitoes spread malaria.
- C. Heart disease is a non-communicable disease.
- D. You can catch heart disease from someone else.
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Question 15
Which is a way to reduce the spread of flu?
- A. washing hands and covering coughs and sneezes
- B. eating more sugar
- C. taking antibiotics
- D. sharing cups
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Question 16
What type of pathogen causes HIV?
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. fungus
- D. protist

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