B5 Communicable Diseases

Question 1

What is health

Answer 1

Health is your state of physical and mental wellbeing not just an absence of disease

Question 2

What are 3 factors that may affect health

Answer 2

Diet
Stress
Life situations

Question 3

What are non-communicable diseases

Answer 3

A disease which isnt spread from person to person

Question 4

What is a communicable disease

Answer 4

A disease carried person by person caused by pathogens

Question 5

What is correlation

Answer 5

An apparant link between two factors

Question 6

What does a casual mechanism do

Answer 6

Explains how one factor affects another

Question 7

What is a pathogen

Answer 7

A micro-organism that causes communicable diseases

Question 8

What are the main types of pathogens?

Answer 8

Bacteria,viruses,fungi,protists

Question 9

What are the three ways white blood cells in our immune system mount an attack

Answer 9

Phagocytosis
Producing antibiotics
Producing antitoxins

Question 10

What do platelets do

Answer 10

Rush to the surface forming a clot which dries into a scab

Question 11

What do goblet cells produce

Answer 11

A ticky mucus to trap pathogens

Question 12

What do ciliated cells have and what do they do

Answer 12

They have Tiny hairs like projections and they move in a sweeping motion to direct the mucus so it can be swollowed

Question 13

What does the enzyme lysozyme do

Answer 13

Acts like an antiseptic to kill harmful pathogens

Question 14

What type of pathogen causes aids

Answer 14

A virus (HIV)

Question 15

What type of pathogen causes salmonella

Answer 15

Bacteria

Question 16

Bhat type of pathogen causes gonorrhoea

Answer 16

Bacteria

Question 17

Bhat type of pathogen causes malaria

Answer 17

Protist

Question 18

What is cholera

Answer 18

A bacterial infection thats spread by drinking dirty water

Question 19

What are the three ways pathogens can be spread

Answer 19

Water
Air
Direct contact

Question 20

What type of pathogen causes TMV tobacco mosaic virus

Answer 20

Virus

Question 21

What are the 3 viral (virus) diseases you need to know

Answer 21

Measles
HIV
Tobacco mosaic virus

Question 22

What pathogen causes rose black spot

Answer 22

Fungi

Question 23

What is rose black spot. What does it do and how can you stop it.

Answer 23

A fungus disease thst causes purple or black spots that develops on the leaves of rose plants. This can make the leaves drop off so less photosynthesis occurs. This means the plant wont grow very well. Gardeners can strip affected leaves and the leaves need to be destroyed so the fungus doesnt spread

Question 24

What is malaria and how does it occur. One way to reduce risk

Answer 24

Caused by a protist. Caused by mosquitos. They pick up the malarial protist when they feed on an infected animal. The mosquito feeds on another animal and infects it by inserting the protist into the blood vessels. Use mosquito nets to minimise risk of getting bit by mosquito

Question 25

How is measles spread. What does it do and how can you prevent it

Answer 25

Measles is a viral disease. Spread by droplets from an infected persons sneeze or cough. People with messles develop red skin rash and will show signs of fever. Most people vacinated against measles when young

Question 26

What is salmonella, how do you get it, how to reduce risk of gettinng it.

Answer 26

A type of bacteria that causes food poisoning. Infected people can suffer from fever,vomitting,diasrheoa. Caused by toxins that the bacteria produce. Caught by eating food contaminated with salmonella. Most chickens and turkeys are vacinated abainst salmonella.

Question 27

What is gonorrhoea, what is it caused by, how to prevent the spread of it.

Answer 27

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease. Passed on by sexual contact. Caused by bacteria. Pain when urinating. Use of contraception prevents spread of STD.