Microbes

Question 1

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 1

A disease that can be transferred form one person to another, or from one organism to another

Question 2

What is a non-communicable disease?

Answer 2

Those that are not transferred between people or other organisms

Question 3

What is a pathogen

Answer 3

Is a microbe that is dangerous and makes us ill

Question 4

What is the structure of a bacteria

Answer 4

Have one cell and are shaped like a sphere rod and spiral

Question 5

Structure of a virus

Answer 5

Small, smaller than bacteria and need a host cell so they can grow

Question 6

Structure of fungi

Answer 6

Network of threads find them in damp places

Question 7

What is a microbe

Answer 7

An organism that can only be seen with the aid of a microscope

Question 8

What can microorganisms be grown on?

Answer 8

Agar gel/jelly in a petri dish

Question 9

How are humans protected against pathogens

Answer 9

Immune system and non specific defences

Question 10

Give examples of non specific defences

Answer 10

Skin, stomach acid, tears, cilia and mucus

Question 11

What do phagocytes do?

Answer 11

Engulf and digest pathogens

Question 12

What do lymphocytes do?

Answer 12

Produce antibody molecules that cause bacteria to burst or clump together for the phagocyte to engulf.

Question 13

What is the Aseptic technique?

Answer 13

Working in an environment that reduces the chances of contamination.

Question 14

Who was Edward Jenner

Answer 14

The English doctor who fist developed vaccinations

Question 15

Who first discovered antibiotics?

Answer 15

Alexander Fleming

Question 16

What do antibiotics do?

Answer 16

Kill bacteria

Question 17

What is a superbug?

Answer 17

Bacteria that are now resistant to antibiotics because of an overuse. Charles Darwin evolution theory, only strongest survive.

Question 18

Define outbreak

Answer 18

A sudden rise in the number of cases of a disease. Occurs in a community or geographical area

Question 19

Define epidemic

Answer 19

When an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people.

Question 20

Define pandemic

Answer 20

A global disease outbreak. Humans may have little to no protection against the rapidly spreading virus.

Question 21

What shape are cocci?

Answer 21

Sphere

Question 22

What shape are baccilli?

Answer 22

Rod

Question 23

What shape are spirochetes?

Answer 23

Spiral

Question 24

How do antibiotics work?

Answer 24

Antibiotics work by attacking the cell wall or strands of DNA in a bacteria cell.