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what type of pathogen is tobacco mosaic virus

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a virus

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symptoms of TMV and how does this affect plants

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  • causes mosaic pattern of discoloured patches on the leaves
  • this restricts the plants growth as it cant photosynthesize or produce sugars for growth in the discoloured patches
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how is TMV spread

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  • through contact between healthy and diseased plants
  • by insects
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how can farmers prevent the spread of TMV

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  • Good field hygiene
  • pest control
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disadvantages of TMV

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  • remain infectious in soil for 50 years
  • can reduce the yield of crop
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what type of pathogen causes measels

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virus

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symptoms of measles

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  • red rash
  • fever
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how is measles spreaded

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  • the inhalation of infectious coughs and sneezes
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how is measles prevented from spreading

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  • people are vaccinated against it at a young age
  • an infected person is isolated
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what type of pathogen causes HIV

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virus

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how is HIV spread

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  • through sexual contact
  • through sharing body fluids e.g needles
  • from a mother to a child via breast milk
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symptoms of HIV and how it affects the body and develops into AIDS

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  • at first the patient develops flu like symptoms such as fever, tiredness and aches but it disappears over a few weeks
  • over time the immune system becomes weaker and damaged as the illness remain hidden in the immune system
  • when the immune system becomes so weak it cant deal with infections or certain cancers it means that the person has developed aids
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why is AIDS so dangerous

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  • as it make a person more prone to diseases and gives them a higher risk of getting cancer
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how can HIV be treated and how does it work

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  • can be treated with antiretroviral drugs, this stops the virus from replicating which stops the disease from developing, so the virus does not damage the patients immune system
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disadvantages of antiretroviral drugs

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  • countries with a high level of HIV cannot access these drugs
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what type of pathogen causes salmonella

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bacteria

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how is salmonella spread

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  • eating undercooked food or food contaminated with salmonella bacteria from raw meat
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symptoms of salmonella

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  • fever
  • stomach cramps
  • vomiting
  • diarrhoea
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what does salmonella do when it enters the body

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  • disrupts the natural gut bacteria inside your stomach causing food poisoning
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how can salmonella be prevented

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  • cooking chicken thoroughly
  • vaccinating chickens
  • avoid washing raw chicken
  • washing hands and surface after dealing with raw chicken
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how to reduce the symptoms of salmonella

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  • drinking lots of water
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what pathogen causes gonorrhoea

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bacteria

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how is gonorrhoea spread

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unprotected sexual contact

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symptoms of gonorrhoea

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  • pain whilst urinating
  • yellow-green discharge
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how to prevent gonorrhoea

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  • avoid unsafe sex
  • use barrier method
  • people who have had unsafe sex should test for gonorrhoea so they can be treated with antibiotics before they pass it on
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treatment for gonorrhoea and its disadvantage

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  • penicillin- however lots of gonorrhoea strains have become resistant to penicillin and this has resulted in doctors to use more expensive and rare treatment
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how can gonorrhoea affect babies

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  • can cause them to go blind and have a severe eye infection
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what type of pathogen causes agrobacterium tumefacien

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bacteria

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what does agrobacterium tumefacien do to plants

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  • causes crown galls which are loads of specialised cells that grow between roots and shoots
  • modifies plants
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what causes agrobacterium tumefacien in plants

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  • when bacteria insert plasmids into the cell causing masses of undifferentiated genetically modified cells to grow
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how can bacteria be treated

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  • with antibiotics and this kills them or stops them from growing
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disadvantages of antibiotics

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  • bacteria is becoming more resistant to antibiotics causing more people to die from bacterial diseases
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what type of pathogen causes rose black spots

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fungi

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symptoms of rose black spots

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  • black or purple spots on leaves
  • yellow leaves which the drop off
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what does rose black spots do to a plant

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  • causes them to not grow properly as it can not photosynthesize in the spots that are affected
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how is rose black spots spread

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by wind or water

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treatments of rose black spots

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  • chop off infected leaves
  • spray the plant with fungicide
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what pathogen is malaria caused by

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protist

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how is malaria spread

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mosquitos

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symptoms of malaria

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  • fevers
  • headaches
  • recurrent episodes (when the symptoms go and then come back)
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what causes recurrent episodes in malaria

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when the protist burst out of the red blood cell

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prevention of malaria

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  • reduce the number of mosquitos by destroying their breeding site or killing them with insecticide
  • use mosquito repellents
  • drain water so they stop breeding or spray it with insecticide ( they breed in in still water)
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how does malaria affect the body

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  • affects the liver
  • damages red blood cells
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what are pathogens

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microorganisms that can cause infectious disease

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how do bacteria cause a person to be ill

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  • they divide rapidly once its in the human body and split into two through the process called binary fission
  • bacteria the release harmful chemicals called toxins
  • the toxins then damage our cells and make us feel ill
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how do bacteria cause a person to be ill

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  • they divide rapidly once its in the human body and split into two through the process called binary fission
  • bacteria the release harmful chemicals called toxins
  • the toxins then damage our cells and make us feel ill
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how do viruses make us feel ill

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  • viruses invade a host cell as they cant reproduce by themselves
  • the virus then reproduces inside the host cell
  • this is very damaging to the cell
  • when the virus leaves the cell it can cause the cell to burst open and die and causing us to be ill
  • this releases the replicated viruses and make them find new cells
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main symptoms of bacteria and viruses

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  • headaches
  • high temperatures
  • rashes
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characteristics of bacteria

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  • can be used to make food and medicine and treat sewage
  • important to the environment (as decomposers) and in the body
  • they are unicellular
  • can be treated with antibiotics
  • can reproduce by themselves
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characteristics of viruses

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  • smaller than bacteria
  • they have regular shapes
  • can cause disease to every type of organism
  • not living
  • cannot be killed by antibiotics
  • cant reproduce by themselves
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what is health

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health is a state of physical and mental well being

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what are communicable diseases

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are diseases that can be passed on from one person to another

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what are non communicable diseases

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are diseases that cannot be passed on from one person to another

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factors that can affect your health

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  • diet - e.g by not eating the right nutrients or not eating enough can cause type 2 diabetes, starvation or malnutrition
  • stress - e.g by having too much stress can result in health disease certain cancers and mental health problems
  • lifestyle situations - can cause communicable and non communicable dieseases
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examples of lifestyle situations

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  • gender
  • where you live
  • ethnic group
  • levels of free health care
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4 ways health problems interacts

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  • viruses living in cells can cause them to change resulting in cancer
  • defects in the immune system can cause them to not work properly and make people more prone to communicable diseases
  • physical and mental health are linked
  • malnutrition is linked to health problems
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how are pathogens spread

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  • through the air as tiny droplets when a person coughs or sneezes
  • direct contact
  • contaminated food or water
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how to stop diseases (6 ways)

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  • hygiene
  • killing vectors
  • reducing direct contact e.g condoms
  • quarantine or isolation
  • vaccinations
  • providing people with clean drinking water
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what is a culture medium and what does it contain

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  • a culture medium is a liquid or gel that contains nutrients to culture microorganisms
60
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what nutrients are need for bacteria to grow

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  • carbohydrates (for energy)
  • nitrogen (to make proteins)
  • minerals
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why do you have to make sure your petri dish is uncontaminated

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  • to reduce the risk of mutations which can form dangerous pathogens
  • to help see the effect of chemicals on pathogens
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how to prevent contamination

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  • sterilize the petri dish, bacterial nutrient broth and the agar gel
  • sterilize the inoculating loop (which transfers bacteria) by passing it through a bunsen burner
  • when the bacteria is inside the petri dish we use adhesive tape to stop the lid from falling off and for any unwanted bacteria entering
  • flip the petri dish upside down in the incubator to stop any moisture drip down onto the bacteria disrupting its colonies
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why do school labs incubate bacteria at 25 degrees

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to reduce the risk of harmful bacteria growing

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why do hospitals incubate bacteria at 37 degrees

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to increase the rate of growth of the bacteria so that they can identify the bacteria quickly

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effects on bacterial growth REQUIRED PRACTICAL

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1) clean the bench with disinfectant to kill any microorganisms that could contaminate the bacteria
2) sterilise the inoculating loop by passing it through a busen burner
3) open a sterilise agar gel plate near a bunsen burner flame and the flame kills the bacteria in the air
4) use the loop to spead the bacteria evenly over the plate
5) place the sterile filter paper discs containing antibiotics onto the plate
6) incubate the plate at 25 degrees

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what is the zone of inhibition and how to calculate the area of it

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the zone of inhibition is where the bacteria has not grown
area = pi x radius squared

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what affects the growth rate of bacteria

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  • temperature
  • pH levels
  • available nutrients
  • oxygen levels
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how to calculate the number of bacteria

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number of bacteria = 2n (n is the rounds of division) x the starting population

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how to prevent bacterial growth

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  • raise or lower the temperature
  • use chemicals to kill them
  • using antibiotics to kill them or prevent them from growing
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how does the skin prevent entry of pathogens

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  • acts as a barrier and prevents bacteria and viruses from reaching beneath the tissue
  • if you cut or damage your skin platelets form a clot and dries into a scab this stops pathogen=s from getting in and stops you from bleeding to death
  • your skin has sebaceous glands which produces sebum and this kills bacteria
  • your skin has an extra layer of microorganisms which acts as ana extra barrier and prevents entry of microorganisms
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how does the digestive system prevent the entry of pathogens

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  • the hair and mucus in your nose traps pathogens from the air
  • the trachea and bronchi also contains mucus which traps pathogens from the air and the tubes contain cilia which waft the mucus to the back of the throat where it is swallowed
  • stomach walls produce hydrochloric acid which kills the bacteria in the food and the mucus you swallow
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3 ways your white blood cells protect you against disease

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  • phagocytosis- your white blood cells engulfs microorganisms that enter your body and ingests the pathogen, digesting and destroying them
  • your white blood cells produce antitoxins which neutralises the toxins
  • your white blood cells produce antibodies which lock onto certain types of antigens, causing the microorganism to be trapped so your white blood cell can digest them
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how do your white blood cells boost your immunity

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  • if the same pathogen re enters the body your white blood cells would respond quick as it has made the antibodies before
  • this quick response stop a person from getting ill and having the same disease
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symptoms of plant ilnesses

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  • areas of decay/rotting- black spot fungus
  • stunted growth- nitrate deficiency
  • discolouration (yellow)- chlorosis
  • discolouration (black spots)- black stop fungus
  • discolouration (mosaic pattern)- TMV
  • malformed stem/leaves- Aphids
  • Growth on lower stem- Bacteria infections
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what are aphids and what do the do

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aphids are small insects which feed from the phloem taking sugars away from the plant, they also act as vectors by transferring pathogens from diseased plants to healthy plants

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what do aphids cause to plants

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  • they make plants suffer from ranges of defficiencies
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how to treat aphids

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  • insecticides
  • enclosed spaces
  • aphid eating insects e.g ladybugs
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what is chlorosis caused by and what does it do to the plant

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its caused by a lack magnesium ions in the soil, this makes it hard for the plant to make chlorophyll this makes the leaves turn yellow (known as chlorosis) and inhibits growth as the plant cant photosynthesize fully

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what does a lack of nitrate ions in the soil do to plants

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it stunts their growth as they wont have enough nitrate ions to convert into sugars by photosynthesis to be converted into proteins for growth in protein synthesis

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physical barriers in plants

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  • tough waxy cuticle- stops the entry of pathogens
  • bark and layers of dead cells, which fall of , taking the pathogens with them
  • the cellulose cell walls prevent invasions by microorganisms
  • leaves fall, taking away any infected leaves
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chemical barriers in plants

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  • antibacterial chemicals- protect them against invading pathogens and bacterial infections
  • poisons to deter herbivores
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mechanical barriers in plants

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  • thorns and hairs to deter animals from eating or touching them
  • leaves that drop or curl when touch
  • mimicry to trick animals into not eating or laying eggs on them by mimicking an unhealthy plant

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