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Vaccines, antibiotics and painkillers

9th grade (Year 10 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS1-2, NGSS.SEP 7 · England: GCSE Combined Science: Infection and response

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  1. Question 1

    Which type of medicine is described: treats a bacterial throat infection?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

  2. Question 2

    What is herd immunity?

    • A. When one person is immune to every disease
    • B. When antibiotics are added to water
    • C. When so many people are immune that a disease cannot spread easily, protecting the unvaccinated
    • D. When animals in a herd are vaccinated

  3. Question 3

    In one region, measles vaccination coverage rose from 64 % to 93 %. Yearly measles cases fell from 48 to 3. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • A. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
    • B. The vaccine made measles cases rise.
    • C. The data prove that measles has disappeared everywhere.
    • D. Vaccination has no link with the number of cases.

  4. Question 4

    Which type of medicine is described: treats a bacterial throat infection?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

  5. Question 5

    How did mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 work?

    • A. They were antibiotics
    • B. They contained live, full-strength virus
    • C. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
    • D. They changed the person's DNA

  6. Question 6

    In one region, measles vaccination coverage rose from 60 % to 93 %. Yearly measles cases fell from 42 to 3. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • A. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
    • B. Vaccination has no link with the number of cases.
    • C. The data prove that measles has disappeared everywhere.
    • D. The vaccine made measles cases rise.

  7. Question 7

    Which type of medicine is described: gives cells mRNA instructions to make a harmless viral protein?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

  8. Question 8

    How did mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 work?

    • A. They changed the person's DNA
    • B. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
    • C. They were antibiotics
    • D. They contained live, full-strength virus

  9. Question 9

    In one region, measles vaccination coverage rose from 66 % to 96 %. Yearly measles cases fell from 88 to 1. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • A. The data prove that measles has disappeared everywhere.
    • B. Vaccination has no link with the number of cases.
    • C. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
    • D. The vaccine made measles cases rise.

  10. Question 10

    Which type of medicine is described: relieves a headache during flu but does not cure it?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

  11. Question 11

    How did mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 work?

    • A. They contained live, full-strength virus
    • B. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
    • C. They were antibiotics
    • D. They changed the person's DNA

  12. Question 12

    In one region, measles vaccination coverage rose from 58 % to 96 %. Yearly measles cases fell from 41 to 4. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • A. The vaccine made measles cases rise.
    • B. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
    • C. Vaccination has no link with the number of cases.
    • D. The data prove that measles has disappeared everywhere.

  13. Question 13

    Which type of medicine is described: paracetamol or ibuprofen?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

  14. Question 14

    What is herd immunity?

    • A. When antibiotics are added to water
    • B. When one person is immune to every disease
    • C. When so many people are immune that a disease cannot spread easily, protecting the unvaccinated
    • D. When animals in a herd are vaccinated

  15. Question 15

    In one region, measles vaccination coverage rose from 56 % to 95 %. Yearly measles cases fell from 57 to 4. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • A. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
    • B. The vaccine made measles cases rise.
    • C. The data prove that measles has disappeared everywhere.
    • D. Vaccination has no link with the number of cases.

  16. Question 16

    Which type of medicine is described: prevents measles before you are exposed?

    • A. vaccine
    • B. antibiotic
    • C. painkiller

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  1. antibiotic
  2. When so many people are immune that a disease cannot spread easily, protecting the unvaccinated
  3. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
  4. antibiotic
  5. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
  6. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
  7. vaccine
  8. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
  9. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
  10. painkiller
  11. Cells used the mRNA to make the virus's spike protein, training the immune system
  12. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
  13. painkiller
  14. When so many people are immune that a disease cannot spread easily, protecting the unvaccinated
  15. Cases fell sharply after vaccination rose, which supports the vaccine reducing measles.
  16. vaccine