Disease and Biotechnology Review

Which requires a host cell to reproduce?

• Bacterium

• Fungus

• Parasite

• Virus

What pathogen would you use an antibiotic to treat?

• Bacterium

• Parasite

• Virus

• Fungus

Why would someone need to get an influenza vaccine every year?

• Viruses replicate more rapidly over time

• Viruses can mutate from year to year

• Vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year

• Vaccines get stronger over time

Which two types of pathogens can be decomposers?

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• Viruses

• Parasites

If a disease is a worldwide threat then it is a(n)

• Epidemic

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

• Endemic

Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the best explanation for how the people got sick?

• Contact with an environmental source

• Contact with an infected animal

• Contact with a contaminated object

• Contact with an infected person

How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?

• By taking medication daily

• By wearing clean clothing

• By preventing transmission between people

• By performing dental hygiene three times a day

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How are viruses different from bacteria?

• Viruses affect plants, while bacteria affect animals

• Viruses are pathogenic, while bacteria are nonpathogenic

• Viruses are treated with antibiotics, while bacteria are treated with vaccines

• Viruses require a host organism, while bacteria live host free

Which field would most likely NOT incorporate biotechnology?

• Agriculture

• Genetics

• Medicine

• Mining

Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide?

• developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy

• developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures

• developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain

• developing plants that will not die

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