What are antibiotics?

Chemicals that prevent bacteria from growing or kill them

Hormones that are found naturally in white blood cells

Hormones secreted by white blood cells that stick to antigens

What is a resistant bacteria?

One that can resist being squashed

One that is not affected by acids

One that is not affected by antibiotics

One that can resist an attack by a bacteriophage virus

MRSA is the abbreviation for which of the following?

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Microbiologically resistant staphylococcus aureus

Multi resistant staphylococcus aurelius

Microbiologically resistant streptococcus aurelius

What is the least probable outcome when a resistant strain of bacteria develops?

Some diseases could become very difficult to control

New types of antibiotic will need to be developed

Why should you always complete a course of antibiotics?

So that you don't waste the money spent on your prescription

It is illegal not to finish the whole course

It avoids wasting the antibiotics

It kills off the maximum number of bacteria

Resistance to antibiotics is genetic. Why is this a problem?

Resistance can be passed on to future generations of bacteria

It means that resistant bacteria genes could become part of your genes

You might become immune to the antibiotic

What are doctors doing to slow down the development of resistant bacteria?

Prescribing longer courses of antibiotics

Which of the following answers contain the missing words in the correct order? _________ are one cause of variation in a population of bacteria. A course of ____________ will kill off the non-resistant bacteria leaving ____________ bacteria to multiply. If these escape from the patient it is possible they can _______ others with bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics.

Genes, antibodies, resistant, enter.

Antigens, antibiotics, resistant, infect.

Zygotes, cytoplasm, superbug, do

Mutations, antibiotics, resistant, infect.

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GCSE Science Biology - Superbugs (AQA) Quiz

Learn about the rise of superbugs and the role of antibiotic resistance in this GCSE Biology quiz. Understand the impact of MRSA and other resistant bacteria.

Written by Daniel FosterReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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