CB5 Communicable Diseases Essential

Question 1

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 1

A disease caused by pathogens.

Question 2

What is a non-communicable disease?

Answer 2

A disease that is not caused by pathogens but a lifestyle or genetic factor.

Question 3

What is a pathogen?

Answer 3

A microorganism that causes disease.

Question 4

What are the 4 types of pathogen?

Answer 4

Bacteria, fungi, viruses, protoctists

Question 5

What are 4 examples of diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria?

Answer 5

Tuberculosis (TB), cholera, salmonella, Gonorrhoea

Question 6

What is an example of a disease caused by pathogenic protists?

Answer 6

Malaria

Question 7

What is an example of a disease caused by pathogenic fungi?

Answer 7

Chalara dieback

Question 8

What is a vector?

Answer 8

An organism used by a pathogen to gain entry to a host.

Question 9

What are 2 examples of vectors?

Answer 9

Mosquito (malaria), herbivores (chalara dieback)

Question 10

What are 2 examples of diseases caused by pathogenic viruses?

Answer 10

HIV / AIDS, Ebola

Question 11

What are 3 physical barriers to infection in humans?

Answer 11

Skin, cilia / mucus, blood clots/scabs

Question 12

What are 2 chemical defences to infection in humans?

Answer 12

mucus, stomach acid