Agents of Disease Practice Game

What sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?

• A bacterium
• A virus
• A fungus
• A protist

Which would most likely prevent a cold virus from spreading in a classroom?

• tissue at a teacher's desk
• students wash hands regularly with soap 
• students shake hands regularly with each other
• students wipe desks with dry paper towels

The treatment of parasitic diseases like lice, fleas, and bed bugs is:

• Chlorox Wipes
• Antifungals
• Antiparasitic drugs
• Antivirals

The branch of science that deals with microorganisms.

• host cell
• disease
• microbiology
• pathogen

A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

• epidemic
• pandemic
• pathogen
• parasite

An organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another.

• bacteria
• virus
• vector
• pathogen

Which pathogen is non-living?

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• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Parasite

Which pathogen can be treated with antibiotics?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• All of them

Which pathogen reproduces using spores?

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• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Parasite

Needs host cell to reproduce.

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungus
• Protozoan