Disease

Question 1

What is Health?

Answer 1

Mental, Physical, Social and Emotional wellbeing

Question 2

What is an infectious disease?

Answer 2

Disease that travels from host to host and is caused by pathogens

Question 3

What is a non-infectious disease?

Answer 3

A disease that is not caused by a pathogen and is an abnormal bodily function

Question 4

What is an endemic?

Answer 4

Disease in a small controlled area with a few people affected each year. E.g. Malaria

Question 5

What is an epidemic?

Answer 5

Bigger than usual outbreak of a disease in a small area. E.g. Black Plague, Small pox

Question 6

What is an outbreak?

Answer 6

Uncontrolled outbreak of a disease. E.g. Ebola

Question 7

What is a pandemic?

Answer 7

Uncontrolled outbreak that crosses continental borders

Question 8

What are the three lines of defence?

Answer 8

Physical Barriers, Non-Specific response and Specific response

Question 9

What are examples of physical barriers?

Answer 9

Skin, Mucus, Cilia

Question 10

What are examples of non-specific response?

Answer 10

Pus, Inflammation response, Phagocytes

Question 11

What are examples of specific response?

Answer 11

Antibodies and acquired immunity

Question 12

What is are the main types of pathogens?

Answer 12

Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Macro Organism, Protozoa, Prions

Question 13

What is a disease caused by a virus?

Answer 13

Influenza

Question 14

What is a disease caused by bacteria?

Answer 14

Salmonella

Question 15

What is a disease caused by protozoa?

Answer 15

Cryptosporidium, Giardia

Question 16

What is a disease caused by fungi?

Answer 16

Ringworm

Question 17

What is a disease caused by prions?

Answer 17

Mad Cow Disease

Question 18

What are examples of infectious disease?

Answer 18

Malaria, AIDS, Influenza, Measles etc

Question 19

What are examples of non-infectious disease?

Answer 19

Dementia, Depression, Cerebral Palsy, Leukaemia etc

Question 20

What is are the four types of non-infectious disease?

Answer 20

Environmental, Lifestyle, Genetic, Malfunction

Question 21

What is an examples of an environmental non-infectious disease?

Answer 21

Asthma, Cancers caused by asbestos

Question 22

What are examples of a genetic non-infectious disease?

Answer 22

Depression, Dementia, Autism, some Cancer

Question 23

What are examples of a lifestyle non-infectious disease?

Answer 23

Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes etc

Question 24

What are the different types of immunity?

Answer 24

Passive, Active, Natural, Artificial

Question 25

What is a disease?

Answer 25

An affliction of your health that is not caused by an injury

Question 26

What is an examples of passive artificial immunity?

Answer 26

Injection or taking of antibodies

Question 27

What is an example of passive natural immunity?

Answer 27

Immunisation passed through breast feeding

Question 28

What is an examples of artificial active immunity?

Answer 28

Vaccinations

Question 29

What is an example of active natural immunity?

Answer 29

Getting the infection

Question 30

What are arguments for vaccination?

Answer 30

They protect you against diseases and stop the spread of disease

Question 31

What are arguments against vaccinations?

Answer 31

One study showed a link between autism and immunisations. Natural immunity is better than artificial immunity