KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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Question
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An antibiotic is ____
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A chemical that kills a bug / insect
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A substance that kills bacteria
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A chemical that destroys any toxins in the stomach
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A substance created by biotechnology to induce mutations in bacteria
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What is an antibiotic? Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria in humans and animals by either killing the bacteria or making it difficult for the bacteria to grow and multiply. Bacteria are germs.
Detailed explanation-2: -A bactericidal antibiotic kills the bacteria while the bacteriostatic antibiotics stop bacterial growth without killing them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antibiotics Seek Out Bacterial Cells Antibiotics work by affecting things that bacterial cells have but human cells don’t. For example, human cells do not have cell walls, while many types of bacteria do. The antibiotic penicillin works by keeping a bacterium from building a cell wall.
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