Educoot: COVID-19 Vocabulary

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Short quiz on vocabulary for COVID-19
Janna Tiearney
Quiz by Janna Tiearney, updated more than 1 year ago
Janna Tiearney
Created by Janna Tiearney about 4 years ago
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Question 1

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A [blank_start]pandemic[blank_end] is a disease which has [blank_start]spread[blank_end] throughout an entire [blank_start]country[blank_end], continent, or the [blank_start]whole[blank_end] world.
Answer
  • pandemic
  • spread
  • country
  • whole

Question 2

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What is a communicable disease?
Answer
  • A disease that affects only children
  • A disease that affects only adults
  • A disease that spreads easily
  • A disease that can't spread from person to person

Question 3

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Self-quarantine is when someone does not have to go into quarantine but chooses to do so to be cautious.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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What does 'flatten the curve' mean?
Answer
  • this means slowing the spread of an epidemic disease
  • this means staying at home for 2 weeks
  • this means meeting up with friends and family
  • this means making sure that the healthcare system can cope

Question 5

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[blank_start]COVID-19[blank_end] is a highly infectious respiratory [blank_start]disease[blank_end], caused by a new coronavirus, discovered in [blank_start]China[blank_end] in December 2019 and has since [blank_start]spread[blank_end] around the [blank_start]world[blank_end].
Answer
  • COVID-19
  • disease
  • China
  • spread
  • world

Question 6

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What is social distancing?
Answer
  • Having parties with less than 50 people
  • Taking steps to reduce contact between groups of people
  • Keeping a distance of 6 feet (2 metres) between you and others
  • Keeping a distance of 3 feet (1 metre) between you and others

Question 7

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WHO stands for the World [blank_start]Health[blank_end] Organisation.
Answer
  • Health

Question 8

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Mitigation is the steps taken to slow the spread of infection. Which are examples of this?
Answer
  • quarantine
  • sneezing and coughing
  • social distancing
  • proper hand washing

Question 9

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What is it called when people are checked to see if they have a disease?
Answer
  • social distancing
  • isolating
  • screening

Question 10

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What is another word for 'respiration'?
Answer
  • coughing
  • breathing
  • sneezing
  • high temperature
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