Health and Disease

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity

Question 2

Disease can affect which 2 types of health?

Answer 2

physical and mental

Question 3

What is disease?

Answer 3

the departure from good health

Question 4

Name examples of mental health diseases.

Answer 4

depression, anorexia, schizophrenia, PTSD

Question 5

Diseases can be grouped into which 2 main catergories?

Answer 5

communicable and non-communicable diseases

Question 6

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 6

a disease that is able to spread between organisms

Question 7

What organisms mainly cause disease?

Answer 7

microorganisms

Question 8

What is a pathogen?

Answer 8

An organism that causes disease when entered into an organism

Question 9

What type of pathogen does Athletes Foot come from?

Answer 9

fungi

Question 10

What type of pathogen does tuberculosis come from?

Answer 10

bacteria

Question 11

What type of pathogen causes influenza?

Answer 11

viruses

Question 12

What type of pathogen causes malaria?

Answer 12

protozoa

Question 13

What type of pathogen causes powdery mildew?

Answer 13

fungi

Question 14

What type of pathogen causes crown gall disease?

Answer 14

bacteria

Question 15

What type of pathogen causes tobacco mosaic disease?

Answer 15

viruses

Question 16

What type of pathogen causes coffee phloem necrosis?

Answer 16

protozoa

Question 17

What is a non-communicable disease?

Answer 17

a disease which cannot spread between organisms

Question 18

What can cause a non-communicable disease?

Answer 18

• Poor diet
• Obesity
• Genetic disorder inheritance
• Body processes not operating correctly

Question 19

Name non-communicable diseases.

Answer 19

Human papilloma virus (HPV), Human immunodeficiency disease (HIV)

Question 20

What can HPV lead to, and is it treatable?

Answer 20

causes most forms of cervical cancer, people usually recover from an HPV infection without long term effects

Question 21

How may HIV increase the risk of getting tuberculosis?

Answer 21

HIV weakens the person’s immune system which makes it easier for tuberculosis-causing bacteria to cause disease