What is the name of the scientist who worked with Darwin on a theory of natural selection?
Watson
Wallace
Mendel
Some bacteria have a mutation that allows them to be antibiotic resistant. What does this mean?
Mutated bacteria have an advantage
Mutated bacteria are at a disadvantage
Antibiotics have an advantage
Organisms that have a survival advantage are more likely to do what?
Die
Breed
Evolve
Which of these words describes bacteria that can no longer be killed by an antibiotic?
Resistant
Immune
Inactive
Which of these is a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria or ‘superbug’?
HIV
MRSA
AIDS
What is a mutation?
A change in the DNA of an organism
A change in the way an organism looks
A change in the way an organism behaves
Which of these is a common antibiotic?
Penicillin
Paracetamol
Aspirin
Which of these encourages the growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Not finishing the antibiotics course
Not using antibiotics enough
Prescribing only appropriate antibiotics
Which of these is a definition of extinction?
It is the dying out of only the dinosaurs
It is the death of organisms in a particular area
It is the death of a species worldwide
Which of these factors can lead to extinction?
New vaccinations
New diseases
Captive breeding programmes