quiz 26

Question 1

Define communicable disease

Answer 1

A disease which can be spread from person to person via a pathogen

Question 2

Name 3 diseases caused by viruses

Answer 2

Measles,HIV and tobacco mosaic virus

Question 3

What are the 4 types of micro-organisms that can cause disease in animals?

Answer 3

Bacteria,viruses,fungi and protists

Question 4

Name 4 ways in which diseases caused by pathogens can be spread

Answer 4

through air,through water,direct contact, vectors

Question 5

Name one disease caused by a fungus

Answer 5

rose black spot

Question 6

Name one disease caused by a protist

Answer 6

malaria

Question 7

Define pathogen?

Answer 7

A micro-organism that causes infectious disease

Question 8

Define a healthy person

Answer 8

A person with both physical and mental well-being

Question 9

How do bacteria make us ill?

Answer 9

They release small chemicals called toxins which damage cells

Question 10

Name 2 diseases caused by bacteria

Answer 10

salmonella and gonorrhoea

Question 11

How do viruses make us ill?

Answer 11

they reproduce inside cells until the cell is damaged or bursts