pathogens, bacteria and fungi

Question 1

ways pathogens are spread

Answer 1

skin contact
animals to people
contact with feces

Question 2

the 2 types of direct transmission

Answer 2

Direct contact-physical contact between an infected person

Droplet spread- contact with droplets from an infected person’s cough or sneeze.

Question 3

types of indirect transmission

Answer 3

Airborne-transmitted through small respiratory droplets

Vehicleborne-occurs when a substance carries an infectious agent to a new host.

vectorborne-occurs when a living organism carries an infectious agent on its body (mechanical) or as an infection host itself (biological), to a new host.

Question 4

non communicable disease

Answer 4

type of acquired disease that is not caused by a pathogen and not contagious-usually lasts a long time(chronic)

Question 5

non-communicable disease consist of/ example

Answer 5

Cardiovascular disease
Cancers
respiratory disease
Metabolic diseases (

Question 6

how much of the diseases in australia are non communicable

Answer 6

71%

Question 7

Types of pathogens

Answer 7

Bacteria
Fungi
Viruses

Question 8

Bacteria

Answer 8

are prokaryotic organisms

Question 9

what is scientficially conisdered first form of life on earth

Answer 9

Bactiera

Question 10

What kind of forms does bacteria come in

Answer 10

good and bad(probiotics vs pathogenic)

Question 11

What does bacteria use for protection

Answer 11

bacteria has a slimy capsule to protect itself from white cells

Question 12

What does bacteria have that fungi doesnt

Answer 12

some bacteria has a tail , some but not all

Question 13

Prokaryotes

Answer 13

cells that have no membrane bound nucleus

Question 14

Eukaryotes

Answer 14

cells that have a nucleus

Question 15

Fungi

Answer 15

are eukaryotic organisms

Question 16

What are fungi more related to

Answer 16

more closely related to the animal
kingdom than the plant kingdom.

Question 17

What does fungi not have

Answer 17

chlorophyll or chloroplast

Question 18

What is fungi classified as

Answer 18

decomposer or parasite

Question 19

What can fungi be used for

Answer 19

used to make medicine

Question 20

How does coloured fungi effect humans and animals

Answer 20

toxic to animals and mammals

Question 21

endospores

Answer 21

an asexual spore that allow bacteria to survive in hostile environments

Question 22

antigen

Answer 22

any substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it.

Question 23

prion

Answer 23

a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally

Question 24

endo vs ecto parasite

Answer 24

Endoparasites live inside an organism, and ectoparasites live on the surface of the host.

Question 25

Where do we get gut bacteria from?

Answer 25

parent-to-child transmission and transfer from food, water, and other environmental sources.

Question 26

Are any two people’s gut microbiomes identical?

Answer 26

No, it depends on many factors, making everyone’s microbiome different.

Question 27

. Suggest factors that influence the composition of our gut microbiota over our lifetime.

Answer 27

disease antibiotics prebiotics and probiotics

Question 28

example of types of indirect transmission

Answer 28

airborne-chickenpox vehicle borne-disease in foods vector borne-Malaria

Question 29

protist

Answer 29

eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant, or fungus.

Question 29

differenc between protist and fungi

Answer 29

protist are uni celluar fungi ar emutlicelluar

Question 30

difference between non celluar and celluar pathogens

Answer 30

celluar pathogens are livingwhilst non celluar pathogens are not living

Question 31

what is an example of a suitable substance used to kill pathogens on a tabletop

Answer 31

bleach

Question 32

STI/STDS are caused by

Answer 32

bacteria, fungus and viruses

Question 33

what is not a way that pathogens can be introduced to an orgnaism

Answer 33

bacteria sitting on intact skin

Question 34

antigen-antibody complex

Answer 34

molecule formed from the binding of multiple antigens to antibodies.