Bacteria
Which Disease is caused by bacteria: Strep throat or the flu?
Strep throat.
What is the smallest and simplest form of life?
Viruses.
Antibiotics are a chemical defense against bacteria or virus?
Name a place where bacteria can live.
Inside the mouth, nose, throat, or intestines.
True or false: a health immune system can fight off most viral infections in the body.
True.
True or false: Some bacteria are useful for body functions.
True.
True or false: All viruses are harmful to the body to some extent.
False.
True or false: Antibiotics are chemicals that kill bacteria and/or stop them from growing with no side effects.
False- They can have side effects.
Which is larger is size: bacteria or virus?
Bacteria.
What do viruses need in order to multiply?
A living host, such as a plant or animal.
What is the term for antibiotic overuse and misuse in which bacteria no longer responds to antibiotics treatments?
Antibiotic resistance.
What is the root of the word bacteria, which means staff or stick?
Bakteria.
The latin root of virus means what?
Toxin or poison.
Why is antibiotic resistance a very serious problem?
Because bacteria no longer respond to antibiotic treatment.