10/18 and 10/19
Students must complete the following Study Guide:
Please select the best answer for the questions below. This sheet will serve as a study guide sheet. Your unit test on viruses will be on Wednesday for M /W classes and Thursday for T/Thurs classes. This assignment will be completed during class time and will count as a classwork grade.
Define the following words
1. analyze
2. compare
3. contrast
4. distinguish
5. disadvantages
6. essential
7. support
8. covid-19
9. variant
10. virus
11. influenza
12. SARS
13. On what continent was coronavirus discovered?
14. In what animal was coronavirus discovered?
15. In what year was coronavirus discovered?
16. How many coronaviruses effect humans?
17. There are hundreds of Corona Viruses? True or False
18. How many Corona viruses cause colds?
19. coronavirus transmits better in what kind of conditions?
20. true or false Cold weather prevents the coronavirus from drying out enabling it to survive longer.
21. Which kind of virus has a proofreading mechanism that duplicates itself? ___________
22. When viruses jump from animal to human it's called a
a. Pandemic b. Epidemic c. Polysemic
23. In what year was the Spanish flu identified?
24. how many people did the Spanish flu kill worldwide?
a. 25-50 million
b. 50 – 100 million
c. 75 – 80 million
d. 100 – 150 million
25. Where did the Spanish flu start?
26. How long did the Spanish flu last?
27. In April of 2009 a new influenza virus showed up where ?
28. What was the name of this 2009 influenza virus?
29. second what are the three types of influenza viruses?
30. Pneumonia is a viral infection caused by influenza? True or False
What are the three most common symptoms of influenza?
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34. Which two types of influenza cause seasonal flu?
35. Which virus type affect humans and animals?
36. Influenza started in what animal? please be specific
37. Explain how influenza went from animals to humans?
38. Vaccines are 100% effective true or false?
Who should receive the flu vaccine?
39. ________________________
40._________________________
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42. How often should you receive a flu shot?
43. What famous individual survived the Spanish flu to later win awards for Snow White and Winnie the Pooh?
44. When did flu vaccines become available?
45. which killed more Americans COVID-19 or the Spanish flu ?
what should you do to limit the spread of viruses?
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49. Flu viruses can live on surfaces for up to how many hours?
50. Flu viruses can live on clothes for how many hours?
51. What painkillers were people accidentally overdosing on during the Spanish flu pandemic?
52. It is important to get information from trusted sources true or false?
53. How long should you wash your hands?
54. the acronym COVID-19 stands for
A. SARS dash COVID-19
B. Coronavirus disease 2019
C. Co - virus disease 2019
55. Viral mutations can make vaccines less effective true or false ?
what are the three kinds of COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States?
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Who is at high risk of having severe illness from COVID-19 or influenza?
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62. How old must you be to get the flu vaccine ?
63. Who should not get the flu shot?