12.1 Animal And Plant Pathogens

Question 1

Communicable disease

Answer 1

Disease that can be spread between individual organisms through the air, physical touch etc

Question 2

Vector

Answer 2

Carrier of a pathogen from an infected individual to a non-infected individual, it’s food or environment

Question 3

Virus

Answer 3

Non-living infectious agent. 50x smaller than the average bacteria. Basic structure- some genetic material surrounded by a protein. Invade living cells, take over biochemistry and reproduce to make more viruses.

Question 4

Bacteriophage

Answer 4

Type of virus that attacks bacteria