microbes and disease

Question 1

what are microbes?

Answer 1

they are very tiny living things that can cause disease

Question 2

what is the size of a bacteria?

Answer 2

1/1000mm

Question 3

what is the structure of bacteria?

Answer 3

they are single celled organisms which don’t have a nucleus

Question 4

do they reproduce quickly?

Answer 4

yes they reproduce very quickly

Question 5

what are three microbes?

Answer 5

viruses, fungi, bacteria

Question 6

what is the size of a virus?

Answer 6

1/1000000mm

Question 7

what is the shape of the virus?

Answer 7

they are regular and geometric shapes

Question 8

how do viruses reproduce?

Answer 8

they can only reproduce inside other living things

Question 9

what is the size of fungi?

Answer 9

2 to 10 micro meters

Question 10

what is fungi’s shape?

Answer 10

trick question, they come in different types of shapes

Question 11

what are examples of viruses?

Answer 11

flu and hiv

Question 12

what are examples of fungi

Answer 12

penicillium and yeast

Question 13

what are the uses of fungi?

Answer 13

to make food like Quorn

Question 14

what does yeast do?

Answer 14

it carries out respiration of the microbe

Question 15

what is the aerobic respiration of yeast used for?

Answer 15

it makes alcohol and ethanol

Question 16

what is the anaerobic respiration used for?

Answer 16

to make beer and wine

Question 17

name how microbes can get in the body

Answer 17

eyes, nose, ears, skin, cuts and genitals

Question 18

how can microbes be spread?

Answer 18

air, water, animals, contact( hand, walking on wet floors and sexual contact)

Question 19

can hiv spread from the mother to the child while being developed

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

can a child pick up microbes by the mother by breast feeding?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

how do we avoid it?

Answer 21

good hygiene, antibiotics and vaccines

Question 22

why does our body produce white blood cells?

Answer 22

to defend the body from microbes

Question 23

how do white blood cells defend the body

Answer 23

by engulfing the microbes

Question 24

what are antibiotics

Answer 24

chemicals that kill bacteria inside the body

Question 25

what are antibodies

Answer 25

chemicals produced by white blood cells to fight microbes

Question 26

what is bacteria?

Answer 26

single celled organisms

Question 27

what is immunity

Answer 27

resistance to infections from microbes

Question 28

what is transmission

Answer 28

the spread of disease from person to person