Bacteria and viruses share a common characteristic but are different from toxins. Which of the following explain that difference?
A) Toxins are poisonous and dangerous, while bacteria and viruses are normally safe when found in their natural environments.
B) Toxins are not considered living organisms, while bacteria and viruses are. Instead, toxins are non-living chemical substances produced as a by-product by living organisms.
C) Bacteria and viruses have a low specificity but toxins have a high specificity because most attack certain organs that only humans have.
D) Bacteria and viruses are found naturally occurring in the environment but toxins are synthetic.
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A) the extent to which
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Q20: Controllability refers to
A) how quickly victims will
Q21: Residual effects refers to
A) whether or not
Q22: If a virus cannot find a non-immunized
Q24: The seriousness of a pathogen does not
Q25: What has the growing and widespread use
Q26: The sarin gas attack was
A) a chemical
Q27: Once the contamination from chemical agents dissipates,
Q28: Chemical agents tend to be the hardest
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