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1
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What is antiseptic?

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A chemical agent which inhibits the growth and multiplcation of bacteria

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What does non-pathogenic mean?

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Does not produce disease and is not harmful

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What do you call the overpopulation of an organism?

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Infestation

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What do you call the complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause?

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Sterilisation

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What is a substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores?

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Fungicide

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Whatis a fungicide?

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A substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores

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What are classic symptoms of a bacterial infection?

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Localised redness, heat, swelling and pain

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What do you call infectius agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell?

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Viruses

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What is a bacteriostat?

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A substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them

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6
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Localised redness, heat swelling and pain are classic symptoms of what sort of infection?

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Bacterial

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What conditions are favourable to the growth of micro-organisms?

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Moisture, warmth, darkness, and sufficient food supply

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What is a substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else?

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Bactericide

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9
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What are bacteria?

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A large group of unicellular organisms that can be either pathogenic or non-pathogenic

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What sort of infection grows on the host?

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Fungal

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A fire extinguisher containg powder has what colour label?

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White

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In general viral infections are what?

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Systemic

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What do you call the breathing in of a substance?

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Inhalation

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What do you call making something clean and sanitary?

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Sanitation

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What does sterilisation mean?

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The complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause

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What do you call the consumption of a substance?

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Ingestion

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What are the two eays that immunity can be acquired?

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Naturally or artificially

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What is a chemical agnt which inhibits the growth and multiplication?

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Antiseptic

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15
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A fire extinguisher containg foam has what colour label?

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Blue

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What does inhalation mean?

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The breathing in of a substance

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What does cross-infection mean?

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Infection that is transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices

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What is a chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing?

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Fungistat

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What do you call an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly?

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Disease

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What is disease?

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An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly

23
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A fire extinguisher with a plain label contains what?

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Water

24
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What is a fungistat?

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A chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing

26
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A systemic infection is usually what?

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Viral

27
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What is a bactericide?

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A substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else

27
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A fire extinguisher containg water has what colour label?

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Plain

28
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What does infection mean?

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The detrimental colonisation of a host organism by a foreign species

30
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What do you call something that does not produce disease and is not harmful?

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Non-pathogenic

31
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What is disinfectant?

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A chemical agent which completely destroys bacteria

33
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What do you call infection transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices

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Cross-infection

34
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What do you call something that is disease producing and harmful?

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Pathogenic

35
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What does the term immunity describe?

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A state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion

36
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A fire extinguisher with a blue label contains what?

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Foam

37
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What is pH?

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The unit used to measure the acidity and alkalinity of a substance

38
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What does hygiene refer to?

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Practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness

39
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What are poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms?

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Toxins

40
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What does aseptic mean?

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To be free of bacteria and other micro-organisms that cause disease

41
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What are fungi?

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Microscopic plant organisms consisting of many cells that are parasitic in nature as they can’t produce their own food

42
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What does ingestion mean?

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The consumption of a substance

44
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What is a substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them?

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Bacteriostat

45
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What term means to be free bacteria and other micro-organisms that could cause disease?

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Aseptic

46
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What term refers to practices associted with ensuring good health and cleanliness?

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Hygiene

47
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What do you call the detrimental colonisation of a host organismby a foreign species?

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Infection

48
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A fire extinguisher containg carbon dioxide has what colour label?

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Black

50
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What does pathogenic mean?

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Disease producing and harmful

51
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What is a chemical agent which comletely destroys bacteria?

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Disinfectant

53
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What sort of infestation would be itchy due to another organism living on you?

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Insect

54
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What does infestation mean?

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The overpopulation of an organism

55
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What are toxins?

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Poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms

56
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A fire extinguisher with a black label contains what?

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Carbon dioxide

57
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What is a medical term used to describe a state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or unwanted biological invasion that can be naturally or artificially acquired?

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Immunity

59
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A fire extinguisher with a white label contains what?

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Powder

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What is the unit used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance?

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pH

61
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What are viruses?

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Infectious agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell

62
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What does sanitation mean?

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To make something clean and sanitary

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