Fighting Diseases Flashcards
1
Q
What is bacteria?
A
Bacteria is a small living cell.
2
Q
What can bacteria do quickly in your body?
A
Bacteria can reproduce rapidly inside our body.
3
Q
How does bacteria make us feel ill?
A
Bacteria damages our cells and releases toxins.
4
Q
What are viruses?
A
Viruses are not cells.
5
Q
How does viruses make us ill?
A
Viruses replicate themselves by attacking our cells and use the cells machinery to produce many copies of themselves.
6
Q
What happens to the cell when the virus has attacked?
A
The cell bursts and releases all the viruses into the body.
7
Q
What are the two types of pathogen?
A
Bacteria and viruses.
