Disease

Question 1

State whether the following diseases areviral or bacterial

a) Tobacco Mosaic Virus
b) Measles
c) Gonorrhoea
d) Salmonella
e) HIV

Answer 1

a) Viral
b) Viral
c) Bacterial
d) Bacterial
e) Viral

Question 2

What are the symptoms for TMV?

Answer 2

Reduces photosynthesis

Question 3

What are the symptoms for gonorrhoea?

Answer 3

Urine pain, discharge from penis/ vagina

Question 4

What can cure bacterial diseases?

Answer 4

Antibiotics - unless antibacterial resistance develops

Question 5

Which of these are the symptoms of measles?

a) nausea
b) rash
c) fever
d) lumbs

Answer 5

b) rash

c) fever

Question 6

What can cure measles?

Answer 6

Nothing - but isolation can stop spreading the droplet infection, and people are vaccinated when they are born

Question 7

What are the symptoms of HIV?

Answer 7

initial flu

Question 8

Why is HIV really dangerous?

Answer 8

Because it attack the immune system, and destroys white blood cells. This means that you are vulnerable to all manner of diseases, as nothing else in your body can fight them off.

Question 9

What happens when your white blood cell count goes below around 600?

Answer 9

Instead of HIV, this is AIDS

Question 10

Which 2 diseases that you’re supposed to know are STD’s?

Answer 10

HIV and Gonorrheoa

Question 11

Complete the sentence:

White blood cells stop pathogens and microorganisms from causing disease by…

Answer 11

Producing antibodies
Producing antitoxins
Digesting them