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Topic 3 Flashcards

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1
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Name the four types of pathogen

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Bacteria
Protist
Fungus
Virus

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How does bacteria make you ill?

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Produced Toxins

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What are Bacteria?

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Very small cells

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How do viruses make you ill

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Live in cells and rapidly replicate themselves using your cells machinery and eventually your cell will burst releasing all the new viruses

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What are Protists?

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Single-celled Eukaryotes

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How do protists make you ill?

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Most protists are parasites that live on an Organism and are transferred by vector

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How does fungi make you ill?

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Hyphae can grow and penetrate human skin and surface of plants causing disease

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What are fungi?

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Single-felled and have a body made up of hyphae

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9
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Name 3 viral diseases

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Measles
HIV
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

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How is measles spread?

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Droplets from an infected persons cough or sneeze

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Symptoms of measles?

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Red skin rash and fever

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How do you prevent spread of measles?

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Vaccination

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How is HIV spread?

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Sexual contact

exchanging body fluids

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Symptoms of HIV

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Flu like symptoms

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Hat drug is used to control HIV?

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Antiretroviral drugs

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What does HIV do to your body?

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Attacks the Cells in the immune system

17
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What does TMV cause?

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Mosaic pattern on leaves and discolouration

18
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Effects of TMV?

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Plants can’t do photosynthesis

19
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Give a fungal disease

A

Rose black spot- causes black spots to grow on leaves and prevents them from photosynthesising

20
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Name a Protist disease

A

Malaria

21
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How is malaria spread?

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Mosquitos transfer the protist when they feed off animals

22
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Symptoms of malaria

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Fever

23
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How is malaria stopped?

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Stopping Mosquitos from breeding or use of insecticides and mosquito nets

24
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Name 2 bacterial diseases

A

Salmonella

Gonorrhoea

25
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What causes Salmonella?

A

Contaminated food

26
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What does salmonella cause?

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Food poisoning

27
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Symptoms of Salmonella

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Fever
Cramps
Diarrhoea

28
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How is Salmonella stopped?

A

Poultry are vaccinated

29
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What is Gonorrhoea

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STD

30
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How is Gonorrhoea spread

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Sexual Contact

31
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Symptoms of Gonorrhoea

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Pain when urinating

Yellow or green discharge from genitals

32
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How to prevent Gonorrhoea

A

Antibiotics

Contraception

33
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4 ways disease can be reduced

A

Being hygienic
Destroying vectors
Isolating infected
Vaccination

34
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Explain the defence system

A

Skin - barrier
Nose - hair and mucus trap particles
Trachea- waft mucus up to back of throat
Stomach- acid

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