DCSG Y8 Microbes and Disease Quiz

What is the best definition of a Pathogen?

• A microbe that sometimes causes disease.

• A microbe that causes disease.

• An organism that causes disease.

• A microbe that does not cause disease.

Which pathogen is the smallest?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Protist

When yeast respires aerobically, which two substances are the products

• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Water
• Glucose

What do bacteria have that other pathogens do not?

• DNA
• Cell wall
• Cytoplasm
• Flagellum

Which type of pathogen is responsible for influenza?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Protist

Which type of pathogen is responsible for athlete's foot?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Protist

When milk ferments to become yoghurt the bacteria respires anaerobically. _______ is created along with the energy (ATP) that is released.

On which part of a microscope would you place a microscope slide?

• Objective Lens
• Base
• Focus
• Stage

The general term for an organism that transmits disease, e.g. a mosquito, is a _______?

Which type of pathogen is responsible for amoebic dysentery?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protist