Bacteria Diseases

Question 1

What are bacterial diseases?

Answer 1

Diseases caused by bacteria

Question 2

List some bacterial diseases:

Answer 2

•Salmonella
•Gonorrhoea

Question 3

What are the symptoms of Gonorrhoea?

Answer 3

•thick yellow or green discharge
•pain while urinating

Question 4

How is Gonorrhoea spread?

Answer 4

Through sex

Question 5

How can Gonorrhoea be treated and prevented?

Answer 5

*treated by antibiotics
*prevented by using condoms

Question 6

What are the symptoms of Salmonella?

Answer 6

•fever
•vomiting
•Abdominal cramps
Diarrhoea
•caused by toxins released by bacteria

Question 7

How is Salmonella spread?

Answer 7

•Contaminated food or unhygienic conditions

Question 8

How can Salmonella be prevented ?

Answer 8

•by vaccinating poultry
•good food hygiene

Question 9

How can overuse of antibiotics lead to antibiotic resistance in a population of bacteria?

Answer 9

•RANDOM MUTATIONS cause VARIATION in a population of bacteria e.g. some are antibiotic resistant
•antibiotic resistant bacteria have an ADVANTAGE
•those bacteria SURVIVE , REPRODUCE and pass on GENES
•further generations become antibiotic resistant

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Question 10

What is a ‘superbug’?

Answer 10

an antibiotic resistant bacterium