Paper 1 B3 Flashcards
How does bacteria make you feel ill
Produces toxins
What does illness do in the body
Damage cells and tissue
How do you get salmonella
Bacteria on food
Is gonorrhoea a STD
Yes
A symptom of gonorrhoea?
Pain when urinating
What antibiotic can help gonorrhoea
Penicillin
Is measles a virus and how is it spread
Yes,spread by sneezes and coughs
HIV is a virus
How is it spread
Sexual contact
Symptoms of hiv
Like a cold
What does TMV stand for and what does it affect/who
Tobacco mosaic virus
Effects plants
Rose black spot is it a fungi if not what is is it
Yes it is
What causes the disease malaria
Protist
How do mosquitoes spread malaria
It’s on the infected animal they eat - when biting a human it is injected into the blood
What can kill rose black spots
Fungicide
Name a body defence system against particles entering the body
Nose hair
Snot
What do vaccinations contain
Dead pathogens
Disadvantage of vaccination
Could have a bad reaction
Where did a lot of drugs come from
Give 2 examples
Plants
Aspirin -willow
Penicillin-mould
Why are drugs tested before use
Name the 3 things
(ETD)
Efficacy- whether the drug works
Toxicity - if it’s harmful
Dosage
