Lesson 4.3.1.8
4.3.1.8 Antibiotics and painkillers Quiz: AQA Combined Science, Unit 3
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What is the primary function of antibiotics inside the body?
- Destroy antibodies
- Relieve symptoms
- Kill viruses
- Kill bacteria
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Which type of pathogen can antibiotics NOT destroy?
- Fungi
- Bacteria
- Protists
- Viruses
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What is the function of painkillers when treating a disease?
- Destroy toxins
- Kill pathogens
- Treat symptoms
- Produce antibodies
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Why must specific bacteria be treated with specific corresponding antibiotics?
- Bacterial size
- Universal cure
- Antibiotic specificity
- Identical strains
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What has the widespread use of antibiotics greatly reduced?
- Genetic disorders
- All diseases
- Viral infections
- Bacterial deaths
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What major concern has emerged from the misuse of antibiotics?
- Resistant strains
- Tissue damage
- Viral immunity
- Antibody loss
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Why is it difficult to develop antiviral drugs without harming the patient?
- Viruses use cells
- Viruses are large
- Viruses lack DNA
- Viruses produce toxins
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Which infection requires treatment with an antibiotic?
- Fungal infection
- Genetic condition
- Viral infection
- Bacterial infection
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Why is prescribing an antibiotic for a viral illness ineffective?
- Viruses lack proteins
- Viruses are immune
- Antibiotics cause pain
- Antibiotics target bacteria
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When treating a bacterial infection, what do painkillers specifically provide?
- Pathogen destruction
- Immune boost
- Symptom relief
- Bacterial death
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What evolutionary outcome results from the overuse of antibiotics?
- Pathogen extinction
- Tissue adaptation
- Antibiotic resistance
- Viral mutation
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Which medicine is most appropriate for a headache without killing pathogens?
- A vaccine
- An antibiotic
- An antitoxin
- A painkiller
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Where do viruses reproduce, making them hard to target safely with drugs?
- On skin surfaces
- Inside stomach acid
- Inside host cells
- Within blood plasma
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Which property is characteristic of penicillin?
- Prevents allergies
- Destroys viruses
- Kills bacteria
- Relieves pain
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What historical medical trend demonstrates the success of antibiotics?
- Increased viral cures
- Shorter flu duration
- Fewer bacterial deaths
- ErADication of cancer
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What causes an infection to persist despite a course of antibiotics?
- Weakened antibodies
- Viral presence
- Resistant bacteria
- Dead pathogens
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How do antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria spread rapidly in a population?
- Cells stop dividing
- Surviving bacteria multiply
- Mutation stops
- Antibiotics kill all
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Why do antibiotics fail to cure viral infections?
- Viruses are strong
- Lack target structures
- Viruses kill white cells
- Antibiotics are weak
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What is the primary limitation of painkillers when treating an illness?
- Destroy pathogens
- Stop cell division
- Treat only symptoms
- Kill good bacteria
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Which process drives the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria?
- Genetic engineering
- Natural selection
- Cell differentiation
- Osmosis
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