Rapid Diagnostic Test — Questions and answers

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What helps the liquid sample move along the rapid test strip, just like water moves up a plant stem?

Choices

  1. A tiny motor pushing it.
  2. The wind blowing it.
  3. Capillary action. ✓
  4. Someone gently blowing on the strip.

Answer: Capillary action.

From page 6

What are the two important lines found on a rapid diagnostic test strip?

Choices

  1. The start line and the finish line.
  2. The test line and the control line. ✓
  3. The happy line and the sad line.
  4. The red line and the blue line.

Answer: The test line and the control line.

From page 7

How did rapid diagnostic tests change how we find out if someone is sick?

Choices

  1. They made everyone able to fly.
  2. They made it much easier to diagnose sickness quickly, even at home or far away. ✓
  3. They turned all doctors into superheroes.
  4. They made food taste like broccoli.

Answer: They made it much easier to diagnose sickness quickly, even at home or far away.

From page 8

What are scientists still trying to do with rapid diagnostic tests for the future?

Choices

  1. Make them turn into robots and talk.
  2. Make them even better at finding sicknesses and detecting many things at once. ✓
  3. Make them taste like delicious candy.
  4. Make them fly to the moon and back.

Answer: Make them even better at finding sicknesses and detecting many things at once.

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