Communicable Disease

Question 1

HIV

Answer 1

Human Immunodeficiency virus, HIV infection causes AIDS, but can be treated

Question 2

AIDS

Answer 2

Acquired Immmunodeficiency Syndrome, when immune system is seriously weakened due to HIV infection

Question 3

Salmonella

Answer 3

Genus of bacteria that causes food poisoning

Question 4

Name a fungal disease

Answer 4

Rose black spot

Question 5

Name a bacterial disease

Answer 5

Gonorrhoea, salmonella

Question 6

Name a protist disease

Answer 6

Malaria, mosquitoes

Question 7

Culture

Answer 7

Population of microorganisms deliberately grown

Question 8

Binary fission

Answer 8

How bacteria multiply, one bacterial cell divides into two identical cells

Question 9

Contamination

Answer 9

Unwanted bacteria mix in with bacteria trying to grow

Question 10

Aseptic

Answer 10

Without contaminating microorganisms

Question 11

Culture Medium

Answer 11

Substance where microorganisms are grown

Question 12

Inoculating loop

Answer 12

Equipment used to transfer microorganisms to a culture medium

Question 13

Agar plate

Answer 13

Petri dish filled with agar gel

Question 14

Colony

Answer 14

Population of bacteria

Question 15

Lawn culture

Answer 15

Agar plate spread evenly with bacteria

Question 16

Mean division time

Answer 16

Average time it takes for a type of bacteria to divide once