Body Defense Systems Quiz

Who discovered the cause for some diseases?

• Albert Einstein

• Louis Pasteur

• Bill Nye

The organisms that cause disease are called?

• Pathogens

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Who is the person who said that pathogens are what caused diseases?

• Albert Einstein

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

A disease caused by a pathogen is called a ______________

• Sickness

• Infectious Disease

• Pathogen

Single celled microorganisms that cause illnesses like food poisoning are called_______________

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protists

Some bacteria damage cells and can poison the body. This is called a ____________________.

• Disease

• Illness

• Toxin

What can only reproduce inside living cells?

• Protists

• Viruses

• Bacteria

Fungi only grows in what type of environment?

• Cold, light, and dry areas

• Really hot places

• Warm, dark, and moist areas of the body

What are larger than bacteria, but are still very small and can cause some diseases, like Malaria?

• Protists

• Fungi

• Bacteria

How are pathogens spread?

• Only infected people

• Infected people, soil, food, water, contaminated objects, and infected animals

• Only soil, water, and food