Infection And Response

Question 1

What are pathogens

Answer 1

Pathogens and microorganisms that cause infectious disease

Question 2

What are four examples of pathogens

Answer 2

Bacteria, viruses, protists and fungi

Question 3

What does bacteria do to your body

Answer 3

Once inside the human body bacteria reproduces very rapidly then releases harmful chemicals called toxins which damage tissue

Question 4

How do you viruses attack cells

Answer 4

Viruses will enter a cell then reproduce causing the cell to burst and die

Question 5

What is an example of how can pathogens be spread

Answer 5

Spread in the air by water droplets, or spread by directly in water, or by direct contact

Question 6

How can you prevent pathogens

Answer 6

Washing your hands before dinner

Question 7

How is measles spread

Answer 7

Through water droplet when an infected person coughs or sneezes

Question 8

What is a symptom of measles

Answer 8

After three days the patient developed a red skin rash

Question 9

What does HIV do to your body

Answer 9

Attacks the cells of the patients immune system meaning they cannot fight infections

Question 10

What is the name of the drug that can be taken to help with HIV

Answer 10

Antiretroviral drugs

Question 11

Are salmonella and gonorrhoea communicable or noncommunicable

Answer 11

Communicable

Question 12

How does salmonella spread

Answer 12

Food poisoning bacteria spreads by ingesting infected food

Question 13

How could food be infected

Answer 13

Prepared in unhygienic conditions

Question 14

What are symptoms of salmonella

Answer 14

Fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea

Question 15

Where is salmonella food poisoning found

Answer 15

Poultry

Question 16

How is gonorrhoea spread

Answer 16

Sexually transmitted disease

Question 17

What are the symptoms of gonorrhoea

Answer 17

Yellow or green discharge from the penis or vagina and pain when urinating

Question 18

Is malaria communicable and noncommunicable

Answer 18

Communicable

Question 19

What is a protist

Answer 19

Cannot spread directly from one person to the other

Question 20

How does malaria spread

Answer 20

A mosquito bites a person with malaria and when they bite someone else they then pass the disease onto them

Question 21

What is a mosquito to this process

Answer 21

A vector

Question 22

How can you prevent the spread of malaria

Answer 22

Stopping mosquitoes from breeding by draining still water, Using insecticide to kill mosquitoes and prevent them from biting by using mosquito net

Question 23

What is a disease made by fungi

Answer 23

Athletes foot

Question 24

How does the body act against infection and disease

Answer 24

Skin, mucus, platelets, white blood cells

Question 25

How does the skin prevent infection and disease

Answer 25

Acts as a physical barrier

Question 26

How do platelets stop infection and response

Answer 26

Clot blood around a cut

Question 27

How does mucus effect infection and response

Answer 27

Traps pathogens attempting to enter the nose

Question 28

How does acids prevent infection and response

Answer 28

Sterilises any substances that enter the stomach

Question 29

What are types of white blood cells

Answer 29

Lymphocytes and phagocytes

Question 30

What do lymphocytes do

Answer 30

Produce anti bodies that attack specific foreign substances that enter the body

Question 31

What do phagocytes

Answer 31

Detect foreign substances and engulf and destroy them.