Health + Disease

Question 1

Define Health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO)

Question 2

Define Infirmity

Answer 2

Weakness or frailty, commonly due to old age

Question 3

Define Disease

Answer 3

A condition where part of an organism doesn’t function properly

Question 4

Name the two types of disease

Answer 4

Communicable
Non-communicable

Question 5

Define communicable disease

and give an example

Answer 5

Diseases that can be spread between individuals (e.g. ebola or tuberculosis)

Question 6

Define non-communicable disease and give and example

Answer 6

Diseases that can’t be transmitted between individuals (e.g. cancer)

Question 7

Name the 4 types of pathogen

Answer 7

Bacteria
Fungi
Protists
Viruses

Question 8

Define pathogen

Answer 8

Micro-organisms that cause communicable disease

Question 9

Name 3 diseases caused by bacteria

Answer 9

Cholera
Tuberculosis
Stomach Ulcers

Question 10

Which type of pathogen causes Malaria?

Answer 10

Protist

Question 11

Give a symptom of the ebola virus

Answer 11

Haemorrhagic fever (a fever with bleeding)

Question 12

Name the disease that infects ash trees and its pathogen

Answer 12

Chalara ash dieback
Fungus

Question 13

What are the symptoms of Cholera?

Answer 13

Diarrhoea which causes dehydration

Question 14

What are the symptoms of Tuberculosis?

Answer 14

Coughing and lung damage

Question 15

What are the effects of malaria?

Answer 15

Damage to RBC and, in extreme cases, the liver

Question 16

What are the symptoms of stomach ulcers?

Answer 16

Stomach pain, nausea and vomiting

Question 17

Name 2 symptoms of Chalara Ash Dieback

Answer 17

Bark lesions
Leaf loss

Question 18

How is Cholera spread?

Answer 18

Via Contaminated water

Question 19

How is Tuberculosis spread?

Answer 19

Through the air when infected people cough

Question 20

How is Malaria spread?

Answer 20

Female mosquitoes act as animal vectors and they pass on the protist to humans they bite without themselves becoming infected

Question 21

How is Ebola spread?

Answer 21

Via Bodily fluids

Question 22

How is Chalara Ash Dieback spread?

Answer 22

Through the air by the wind and when ash trees are moved from area to area

Question 23

How are Stomach Ulcers spread?

Answer 23

Oral transmission (e.g. swallowing contaminated water or food)

Question 24

How can the transmission of Cholera be prevented?

Answer 24

Drinking only bottled water
Boiling/treating water

Question 25

How can the spread of Ebola be prevented?

Answer 25

Isolating those infected
Sterilising any areas where the virus may be present

Question 26

How can the spread of Tuberculosis be prevented?

Answer 26

Infected people should avoid crowded spaces
Practice good hygiene
Sleep alone
Well-ventilated home

Question 27

How can the spread of Malaria be prevented?

Answer 27

Mosquito nets
Insect repellent

Question 28

How can the spread of Stomach Ulcers be prevented?

Answer 28

Clean water supplies
Hygienic living conditions

Question 29

How can the spread of Chalara Ash Dieback be prevented?

Answer 29

Removing and burning infected ash trees
Restricting movement of ash trees