3.2.33 - Bacteria and Disease

Question 1

Bacteria can cause infections only in a few locations in the body. True or False.

Answer 1

False. Bacteria can cause infections at almost any location.

Question 2

Bacteria in the respiratory tract cause what?

Answer 2

Pneumonia

Question 3

What other places can bacteria cause infections?

Answer 3

the respiratory tract, the digestive system, the blood, or the nervous system

Question 4

What illness is caused by infection in the nervous system?

Answer 4

Meningitis

Question 5

What are the most common locations for bacterial infections?

Answer 5

the ear and the mouth

Question 6

What is responsible for tooth decay (cavities)

Answer 6

bacteria

Question 7

what often infects the skin at the location of a wound?

Answer 7

bacteria

Question 8

What are 3 common ways bacteria can contaminate us?

Answer 8

food, air and animals

Question 9

Often food related illnesses are related to infections in our…

Answer 9

digestive system

Question 10

Bacteria are the only thing that can cause foodborne illnesses. True or False.

Answer 10

False. Viruses and other microorganisms can also.

Question 11

What are common types of bacteria that can cause foodborne illnesses?

Answer 11

salmonella sp. and E. coli

Question 12

What are the typical symptoms from foodborne illnesses?

Answer 12

diarrhea, fever, and vomiting

Question 13

What is the most common source of food contamination?

Answer 13

Raw food, esp raw meat

Question 14

How are infectious diseases spread?

Answer 14

Through the air or physical contact

Question 15

Diseases that spread from one person to another are known as what?

Answer 15

airborne illnesses

Question 16

Diseases like pneumonia or tuberculosis are often spread how?

Answer 16

when a sick person coughs, releasing bacteria in to the air

Question 17

What are 2 STDs that are spread during intercourse?

Answer 17

syphilis, gonorrhea

Question 18

What is a vector?

Answer 18

An organism that transmits an illness from the place it originates to a new host.

Question 19

What is one thing that is used as a vector?

Answer 19

Animals

Question 20

What creature carries the bacteria that cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme Disease?

Answer 20

ticks or parasites

Question 21

What diseases do ticks or parasites carry bacteria for?

Answer 21

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme Disease

Question 22

What disease do cats spread to humans?

Answer 22

Cat Scratch Disease

Question 23

What vector was believed to have spread the plague (Black Death , Y. Pestis)?

Answer 23

Rats

Question 24

How many people did the plague kill?

Answer 24

100s of 1000

Question 25

What disease is usually caused by bacteria that comes from an inanimate object? What’s an example of a likely object?

Answer 25

Tetanus, rusty nail puncturing skin

Question 26

The rust from the nail is what causes tetanus. True or False.

Answer 26

False.

Question 27

What causes tetanus?

Answer 27

the bacteria: C. tetani

Question 28

Where does C. tetani grow?

Answer 28

The rough surface of nails that have been left outside. or other rough surfaces outside