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Science Quiz: Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases (Part I)

An educational illustration showing animals like bats and pangolins, alongside images of urbanization and virus transmission, with a backdrop of a globe to represent global ecosystems.

Unleash Your Knowledge: The Zoonosis Challenge

Test your understanding of zoonotic diseases and the impact of human activity on global ecosystems with our engaging quiz. This quiz explores the transmission of diseases from animals to humans, recent outbreaks, and the ecological factors that influence health.

11 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank formats
Learn about the importance of wildlife in disease spread

11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CatchingDisease481

1. The definition of Zoonosis is when a disease is transmitted to humans from animals.

True

False

2. From the New York TImes article, the Coronavirus was spread by what captured animal?

Frogs

Chimpanzees

Sheep

Bats

Belugas

3. What food type is a bat?

Carnivore

Herbivore

Omnivore

Insectivore

4. How would you describe a Pangolin?

A small scaly mammal that looks like an armadillo wearing an pineapple

A small scaly mammal that looks like an armadillo wearing an artichoke

A small scaly mammal that looks like an armadillo wearing an coconut

A small scaly mammal that looks like an armadillo wearing aftershave

5. Through pathways of contagion linked to the trade and consumption of wildlife, the coronavirus journeyed from villages in rural China to the city of ____________. (Fill in the blank)

Wahun

Whuan

Wohan

Wuhan

6. Regardless of SARS-CoV-2’s precise trajectory, experts agree that Covid-19 is a _________________, a disease that jumped from animals to humans.

7. Zoonosis can be linked to what diseases/viruses? (Check the correct boxes)

SARS

Ebola

AIDS/HIV

Rabies

Mad Cow Disease

Pink Eye

West Nile Virus

Zika

8. Zoonotic pathogens typically seek us out as they stumble onto us by pure coincidence.

True

False

9. Does rapid urbanization, like what took place in China's Yunnan province where urban areas expanded into the countryside, create the spread of lethal viruses because it disturbs local ecosystems?

Yes

10. When human-caused ecological pressures and disruptions bring animal pathogens ever more into contact with human populations, it is called:

Overkill

Virus-load

Spillover

Covid-pressure

BONUS: On a 1 to 5 star rating (5 being the absolute worst), rate how human beings have transformed and impacted global ecosystems in such a short span of time.

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